2026 Block 3 – Fiddle Practice
Weds 22nd April – Weds 20th May
Zoom details
Wednesday evenings, from 22nd April
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/83468551755?pwd=2guxA5GrctldtCuBP7I8jRbtUQNovW.1
Meeting ID: 834 6855 1755
Passcode: nefs2026b3
Tech Tools Worksheet
NEFS 2026 Block 3 – Tech Tools
We might also use these tunes, which we will also be playing in the Live Tunes
- But an Bein and Shetland Whalers Song – Notation
Fiddle Practice Call Recordings
- 2026 Block 3 Week 1: 22nd Apr 2026
- 2026 Block 3 Week 2: 29th Apr 2026
- 2026 Block 3 Week 3: 6th May 2026
- 2026 Block 3 Week 4: 13th May 2026
- 2026 Block 3 Week 5: 20th May 2026
Tune Surgery Call Recordings
- 2026 Block 3 Week 1: 22nd Apr 2026
- 2026 Block 3 Week 2: 29th Apr 2026
- 2026 Block 3 Week 3: 6th May 2026
- 2026 Block 3 Week 4: 13th May 2026
- 2026 Block 3 Week 5: 20th May 2026
Jenna’s groove ideas for a reel (Week 4)
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