Harlequin Air
Stewart had planned to teach Harlequin Air to Level 2 last block. He has recorded a couple of extra videos and wanted to share them with Level 3 too. The worksheet is provided as a pdf, there are audio files and two video tutorials – just for fun! Enjoy the tune.
Harlequin Air Worksheet (pdf)
Audio Files: Harlequin Air ( Steady / Full )
Harlequin Air Videos:
01 Tune & Bowing
02 Ornaments & Lazy Bows
Week 5 (Weds 25th March) – Virtual Class:
Level 3 Technique with Stewart
Interactive Technique class – grab your fiddles and play along. If you want to follow the notation, you’ll need the D major Scale Exercise sheet from Week 1 (here it is again). Click the image below for the Playlist, or the links for the individual videos.
Playlist includes:
01 Warm up
02 Doubling exercise
Start with D major Scale Exercise 1) Two Strings
‘Hup’ – double the bow speed or catch up. ‘On’ – move onto the next exercise 2) Three Strings and 3) Four Strings at the same speed
03 Passage work
Use Exercise 3) Four Strings If you are following the ‘bowing notation’ at the foot of the page, this covers: a), b), c), d), f), e) and g) (in that order!)
04 Bowing exercise for driven up bow
(Bowing pattern j)
Level 3 Style with Melissa
1. Ornamentation
2. Session A9 playing Miller of Drone (36 mins)
Week 4 (Weds 18th March) – Virtual Class:
Level 3 Technique with Stewart
Invervallic Relationships version 2 – updated pdf to add the minor seconds hand frame.
2 videos on the hand frames for intervals across three strings:
01 Intervallic Relationships: Major 2nd / Perfect 4th / Major 6th
02 Intervallic Relationships: Minor 2nd / Augmented 4th / Minor 6th
Week 3 (Weds 11th March):
Level 3 Technique with Stewart
No new files
Level 3 Style with Melissa
Miller O’ Hirn and Earl Grey Versions pdf
Blazin’ FIddles strathspeys, starting with Aidan O’Rourke playing Miller of Drone (in preparation for next week): https://youtu.be/URwUXAXu0r4
Week 2 (Weds 4th MArch):
Level 3 Technique with Stewart
200304-NEFS_3_Tech_Stewart zip
200304-L3a_Technique pdf
01-Bowing-CrossCutSawing mp3
02-DScaleExercise_BowingJ mp3 (from last week’s D major worksheet)
03-Exercise_Fourths mp3 (see the ‘Intervallic Relationships’ pdf below)
Intervallic Relationships pdf
Level 3 Style with Melissa
Videos of Earl Grey
- Iain Fraser – https://youtu.be/O0_lPdz8HYI
- Alasdair Fraser – https://youtu.be/h4tVbYLiXt0
- Stewart: https://youtu.be/VV0UkZBpGzM
Week 1 (Weds 26th February):
Level 3 Technique with Stewart
200226-NEFS_3_Tech_Stewart zip
200226-L3a_Technique pdf
01-Dmajor_Exercise_2strings mp3
02-PassageWork_laststage mp3
03-Dmajor_Exercise_3strings mp3
04-Dmajor_Exercise_4strings mp3
05-IntervalRelationships_Fingering mp3
Scale Degrees and Intervals pdf
Level 3 Style with Melissa
200226-NEFS_3_Style_Melissa zip
Strathspey Bowing Dictionary pdf
The Miller o’ Hirn Worksheet pdf
Videos of The Miller o’ Hirn
- Alasdair Fraser: https://youtu.be/Y8M7IGkDuZU
- Paul Anderson: https://youtu.be/pdJQTHA_LHU
- Patsy Reid: https://youtu.be/SE0xp4zc_zg
Link to a recording by Scott Skinner
Level 3: 2020 Block 2 – Advance Material
Level 3 Repertoire (zip file with pdf and all audio files for download):
Level 3 Tunes (pdf)
- The Miller O’ Hirn ( Slow / Ornamentation )
- Earl Grey ( Slow / Ornamentation )
- Miller of Drone ( Slow / Ornamentation )
The Repertoire file and weekly zip files are compressed files which are available to download. Click the link and save the file to your computer or device, then select the downloaded folder and Extract the files. Where individual pdf files are provided, click to view, or right-click (Control click on a Mac) to download. Single mp3 files can be played in your browser (click to open in new window) and downloaded individually from there.