2026 Block 2 Fiddle Practice

2026 Block 2 – Fiddle Practice

Weds 4th March – Weds 1st April

Zoom details

Wednesday evenings, from 4th March
6.45 – 7.00 pm Tune Surgery (call open from 6.40 pm)
7.00 – 7.45 pm Fiddle Practice Call
7.45 – 8.30 pm Live Teaching Call

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88697189860?pwd=ifGdbbADBwy7zY9LOk1vGWdZxNHPdT.1

Meeting ID: 886 9718 9860
Passcode: nefs2026b2

Jenna Reid – Week 5

Two Shetland tunes – Notation – updated (easier to read pdf)

Audio (mp3)

Tech Tools Worksheet

NEFS 2026 Block 2 – Tech Tools

Fiddle Practice Call Recordings

  1. 2026 Block 2 Week 1: 4th Mar 2026
  2. 2026 Block 2 Week 2: 11th Mar 2026
  3. 2026 Block 2 Week 3: 18th Mar 2026
  4. 2026 Block 2 Week 4: 25th Mar 2026
  5. 2026 Block 2 Week 5: 1st Apr 2026 – Jenna Reid’s Workshop

Link to Playlist

Tune Surgery Call Recordings

  1. 2026 Block 2 Week 2: 11th Mar 2026
  2. 2026 Block 2 Week 3: 18th Mar 2026
  3. 2026 Block 2 Week 4: 25th Mar 2026
  4. 2026 Block 2 Week 5: 1st Apr 2026

Link to Playlist

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.

NEFS Listening Club Playlist

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

Introduction to Bow Hold

Stewart’s Finger Positions

Finger Positions (Open String) (pdf)

Open String Hand Frames (images)

Primary FInger Position
Secondary Finger Position
Lesser Finger Position
Klezmer Finger Position
Greater Finger Position

Open String Hand Frames PDF worksheets: