2025 Block 5 – Live Teaching
Welcome to Block 5 of 2025
Weds 17th September – Weds 15th October inclusive (five weeks).
Zoom Details
Wednesday evenings, from 17th September
7.00 – 7.45 pm Fiddle Practice Call
7.45 – 8.30 pm Live Teaching Call
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84342332979?pwd=aa7KKVqXlRl7DvpBhmPADvs8n1EJ7m.1
Meeting ID: 843 4233 2979
Passcode: nefs2025b5
Call open from 6.55 pm
From Week 2:
6.45 – 7.00 pm Tune Surgery (from Week 2: call open from 6.40 pm)
Live Teaching Call Recordings
- 2025 Block 5 Week 1: 17th Sept 2025 – Yule Sea (Frankie Cleeve) (taught phrase by phrase)
- 2025 Block 5 Week 2: 24th Sept 2025 – Yule Sea (Frankie Cleeve) / Shirley’s Reel (Willie Taylor) / Gilsland Hornpipe
- 2025 Block 5 Week 3: 1st Oct 2025 – Elliot Finn MacDonald (Finlay MacDonald) (taught phrase by phrase)/ Yule Sea (Frankie Cleeve) / Shirley’s Reel (Willie Taylor)
- 2025 Block 5 Week 4: 8th Oct 2025 – Elliot Finn MacDonald (Finlay MacDonald) / Yule Sea (Frankie Cleeve) / Shirley’s Reel (Willie Taylor) / Sadlers Wells / Gilsland Hornpipe / Elliot’s (reprise)
- 2025 Block 5 Week 5: 15th Oct 2025 – Elliot Finn MacDonald (Finlay MacDonald) / Yule Sea (Frankie Cleeve) / Shirley’s Reel (Willie Taylor) / Kom til mig om natten (Video Tutorial 2) / The Summerhill Hornpipe (Robin Dunn) into Gilsland Hornpipe / Elliot’s (reprise)
New Live Tunes for 2025 Block 5
| Notation (pdf) | Audio (mp3) | Zip file |
| Elliot Finn MacDonald (Finlay MacDonald) – Notation | Elliot’s (Full) Elliot’s (Mid) Elliot’s (Steady) | Elliot’s – zip file |
| Yule Sea (Frankie Cleeve) – Notation | Yule Sea (Full) Yule Sea (Mid) Yule Sea (Steady) | Yule Sea – zip file |
Revision Tunes
| Notation (pdf) | Audio (mp3) | Zip file |
| Shirley’s Reel (Willie Taylor) – Notation | Shirley’s Reel (Full) Shirley’s Reel (Mid) Shirley’s Reel (Steady) | Shirley’s Reel – zip file |
| Sadlers Wells – Notation | Sadlers Wells (Full) Sadlers Wells (Mid) Sadlers Wells (Steady) | Sadlers Wells – zip file |
| Jenny Lind – Notation | Jenny Lind (Full) Jenny Lind (Steady) | Jenny Lind – zip file |
| Gilsland Hornpipe & The Summerhill Hornpipe Gilsland Hornpipe – Notation Summerhill Hornpipe, The (Robin Dunn) – Notation | Gilsland Hornpipe (Full) Gilsland Hornpipe (Steady) The Summerhill Hornpipe (Free) The Summerhill Hornpipe (Steady) | Gilsland Hornpipe – zip file The Summerhill Hornpipe – zip file |
Updated Live Tunes docs! These have the new Live Tunes up to and including 2025 Block 4. If you have previous versions, you will only need the final pages.
- NEFS Live Tunes – July 2025
- NEFS Live Tunes – July 2025 – Bowed Version
- NEFS Live Tune Sets – Apr 2024
Some Live Tune Harmonies – just for fun, if you want to try them!
Full Resources of Live Tunes
For full notation and audio files of all previous Live Tunes, and Zoom call recordings of the Live Teaching calls, please see the web page:
Live Teaching Resources