2026 Block 5 – Fiddle Practice
Weds 16th Sept – Weds 14th October
Zoom details
Wednesday evenings, from 16th Sept
7.00 – 7.45 pm Fiddle Practice Call
7.45 – 8.30 pm Live Teaching Call
Call open approx 5 mins before start time
Week 2: 6.45 – 7.00 pm Tune Surgery (call open from 6.40 pm)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83835958062?pwd=NREWXI7TBPxPG4mJRQHzrhXC7hzqC6.1
Meeting ID: 838 3595 8062
Passcode: nefs2026b5
Tech Tools Worksheets
NEFS 2026 Block 5 – Tech Tools
Fiddle Practice Call Recordings
- 2026 Block 5 Week 1: 16th Sept 2026
- 2026 Block 5 Week 2: 23rd Sept 2026
- 2026 Block 5 Week 3: 30th Sept 2026
Tune Surgery 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