2025 Block 2 – Saturday Workshop
This full-day fiddle workshop on Saturday 29th March with Stewart Hardy and Grace Smith will contain four different teaching sessions containing in-depth, high-quality fiddle tuition. There will be three mixed-ability workshops and the chance to join in with a tutor-guided session.
Materials
Materials
These are the resources for the Saturday Workshop for you to have a listen to the tune and print or save the notation.
La Valse de Noël – Notation (pdf)
Audio (mp3)
Tar Road to Sligo – Notation (pdf)
Audio (mp3)
Session
The session element of the day will include tunes from our Live Teaching repertoire. If you have previous versions printed, you may only need the end pages from each, and you can choose the bowed or non-bowed version, you don’t need both. The Tune Sets document has the tunes that we play together on the same page.
Latest NEFS Live Tunes updates: December 2024 – including 2024 Blocks 5 and 6 Live Tunes added. The 2025 Block 1 and 2 tunes to add to complete our repertoire are Andrew Carr’s, Polska from Småland, Tobin’s Favourite and La Planète. The most recent Live Tune Sets document is April 2024.
- NEFS Live Tunes – December 2024
- NEFS Live Tunes – December 2024 – Bowed Version
- Andrew Carr’s
- Polska from Småland
- Tobin’s Favourite
- La Planète
- NEFS Live Tune Sets – Apr 2024
There are harmony lines for some of our Live Tunes if you want to try them, just for fun!
For full notation and audio files of all previous Live Tunes, and Zoom call recordings of the Live Teaching calls, please see the new web page:
Tunes we will play
If you are fairly new to our session material, we will produce a list of about five tunes we will definitely play, so this will be a good place to start. You’ll find the tunes either in the Live Tunes document, or in the list of resources above.
- Andrew Carr’s
- Polska from Småland
- Jenny Lind
- Minstrel’s Fancy
- Bob & Joan
Details
Saturday 29th March
10.00 am – 5.00 pm
Wylam Methodist Church, Chapel Lane, Wylam NE41 8AA
Please arrive from 9.45 am for a 10.00 am start.
- 10:00 – 11:15 : Workshop 1
- 11:15 – 11:45 : Morning break
- 11:45 – 13:00 : Workshop 2
- 13:00 – 14:00 : Lunch
- 14:00 – 15:15 : Workshop 3
- 15:15 – 15:45 : Afternoon break
- 15:45 – 17:00 : Session
You will need to bring all of your own equipment, including a music stand if you wish to use one.
Lunch is not included, so please bring a packed lunch, or there is a tea shop, a pub and a Spar a couple of minutes walk away. There will be a one hour break for lunch.
Tea and coffee will be provided during the morning and afternoon breaks (please advise us of any dietary requirements).
Travel
There is a small car park at the Methodist Church, or please park with consideration in the surrounding residential streets. Wylam Station is well connected by train (about 30 mins from Newcastle Central Station or 20 mins from Hexham Station) and is 10-15 mins walk away, or catch the X84 bus from Eldon Square (35 mins via West Road, or 52 mins from Hexham). If you would like a lift from the station, please ask and we will ask around.
COVID-Secure Guidelines
We will run the workshop with care and consideration for all. If you feel at all unwell, we ask that you take a lateral flow test before travelling, and do not attend if you get a positive result or think your illness might be contagious. Please continue to wash or sanitise your hands regularly and thoroughly, maintain a safe distance and bring an extra layer of clothing in case ventilation leaves the room slightly chilly.
By attending an in-person event organised by NEFS, you agree to follow any COVID-secure Workshop Guidelines in place, and any further reasonable requests made by the venue, the Tutors or Directors to keep the group safe and all attendees feeling as comfortable as possible.