2026 Block 2 – Live Teaching
Weds 4th March – Weds 1st April
Zoom details
Wednesday evenings, from 4th March
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
Call open from 6.55 pm
From Week 2:
6.45 – 7.00 pm Tune Surgery (call open from 6.40 pm)
Live Teaching Call Recordings
- 2026 Block 2 Week 1: 4th Mar 2026 – The Cuckoo’s Nest (taught phrase by phrase) / Bethany’s Waltz (Jenna Reid)
- 2026 Block 2 Week 2: 11th Mar 2026 – The Cuckoo’s Nest / Bethany’s Waltz (Jenna Reid) / The Rolling Waves
- 2026 Block 2 Week 3: 18th Mar 2026 – The Rolling Waves / The Cuckoo’s Nest / John Walsh’s Polka
- 2026 Block 2 Week 4: 25th Mar 2026 – Polka after Charlie Harris’ Reel / John Walsh’s Polka / Charlie Harris’ & John Walsh’s Polka – joined as a set / Bethany’s Waltz (Jenna Reid) / The Cuckoo’s Nest (Welsh version) / The Rolling Waves
- 2026 Block 2 Week 5: 1st Apr 2026 – Jenna Reid’s Workshop – Shetland Whalers Song / But an Bein
New Live Tunes for 2026 Block 2
| Notation (pdf) | Audio (mp3) | Zip file |
| Jenna’s Shetland tunes – Notation – updated | Jenna’s Shetland Tunes – zip file | |
| – But an Bein | But an Bein | |
| – Shetland Whalers Song | Shetland Whalers Song | |
| Cuckoo’s Nest, The (Welsh) – Notation | Cuckoo’s Nest (Full) Cuckoo’s Nest (Steady) | Cuckoo’s Nest – zip file |
Revision Tunes
| Notation (pdf) | Audio (mp3) | Zip file |
| Bethany’s Waltz (Jenna Reid) – Notation | Bethany’s Waltz (Full) Bethany’s Waltz (Steady) | Bethany’s Waltz – zip file |
| Polka after Charlie Harris’ Reel – Notation | Polka Charlie Harris (Full) Polka Charlie Harris (Mid) Polka Charlie Harris (Steady) | Polka Charlie Harris – zip file |
| John Walsh’s Polka – Notation | John Walsh’s (Full) John Walsh’s (Steady) | John Walsh’s Polka – zip file |
| Rolling Waves, The – Notation | The Rolling Waves (Fast) The Rolling Waves (Medium) The Rolling Waves (Slow) | The Rolling Waves – zip file |
Latest NEFS Live Tunes updates: December 2025 – up to and including tunes from 2025 Blocks 6 Live Teaching. The most recent Live Tune Sets document is April 2024.
- NEFS Live Tunes – Dec 2025
- NEFS Live Tunes – Dec 2025 – Bowed Version
- NEFS Live Tune Sets – Apr 2024
Index of NEFS Live Tunes and Sets
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