2026 Block 1 – Fiddle Practice
Welcome to Block 1 of 2026
Weds 14th January – Weds 11th February.
Zoom details
Wednesday evenings, from 14th January
7.00 – 7.45 pm Fiddle Practice Call
7.45 – 8.30 pm Live Teaching Call
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81676519647?pwd=ibwEV9AHAl9jca9KOGh3SheiahilH2.1
Meeting ID: 816 7651 9647
Passcode: nefs2026b1
Call open from 6.55 pm
From Week 2:
6.45 – 7.00 pm Tune Surgery (call open from 6.40 pm)
Tech Tools Worksheet
Fiddle Practice Call Recordings
- 2026 Block 1 Week 1: 14th Jan 2026
- 2026 Block 1 Week 2: 21st Jan 2026
- 2026 Block 1 Week 3: 28th Jan 2026
- 2026 Block 1 Week 4: 4th Feb 2026
- 2026 Block 1 Week 5: 11th Feb 2026
Tune Surgery Call Recordings
- 2026 Block 1 Week 2: 21st Jan 2026
- 2026 Block 1 Week 3: 28th Jan 2026
- 2026 Block 1 Week 4: 4th Feb 2026
- 2026 Block 1 Week 5: 11th Feb 2026
NEFS Listening Club
Visit the NEFS Listening Club web page for further details, some guiding questions, and a full list of players and videos as we add them.
Additional Resources
Tips & Techniques for Folk Fiddlers – from Stewart
4/4 Groove (Ticky Tocky) – from Grace
Crushes – from Stewart
Simple Shuffle – from Stewart
Pulse Bowing – from Grace
Technique Video Playlists – from Stewart
Introduction to Melodic Motifs
Introduction to Bowing Patterns
Introduction to Ornaments – Cuts and Flicks
Stewart’s Finger Positions
Open String Hand Frames (images)
Open String Hand Frames PDF worksheets:
- Primary Finger Position
- Secondary Finger Position
- Lesser Finger Position
- Klezmer Finger Position
- Greater Finger Position