2026 Block 4 – Fiddle Practice
Weds 10th June – Weds 8th July, with an optional social play-along session on Weds 15th July
Zoom details
Wednesday evenings, from 10th June
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/89225286612?pwd=2bIGzq8gISzbmJpLSJHKlljs30FNvr.1
Meeting ID: 892 2528 6612
Passcode: nefs2026b4
Tech Tools Worksheets
NEFS 2026 Block 4 – Tech Tools
NEFS 2026 Block 4 – Tech Tools (Stewart)
Fiddle Practice Call Recordings
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