Welcome to the first NEFS Virtual Winter Workout!
Thank you for signing up to our Virtual Winter Workout. We are looking forward to an exciting day on Zoom filled with a fiddle practice session, live workshops, informal chats with the tutors, and an evening session with guest spots from the tutors. There are plenty of breaks, and you can dip in and out of the workshops as you please. All workshops will be recorded and available on YouTube after the event.
Please find below the Zoom call details for the weekend, and the timetable. When the advance materials for the workshops are available they will be linked from the Timetable below.
Resources
For each event, click on the title link within the Timetable to visit a separate page, where the full resources (audio files and notation) for each workshop/session can be found.
To quickly download all of the notation for the weekend, you can use these links:
Zoom Call Recordings
Links to the Zoom Call Recordings on YouTube will be available from each individual Event web page when they are available – use the links in the table below. Please do not share the recordings or any links. All the videos are also available on a single YouTube Playlist which is available here:
Timetable
Friday 6th January
Time | Event |
19:20 | Log in and Zoom check |
19:30 – 21:00 | Play Along Session in Harmony – with Stewart Notation of tunes with harmony and chord suggestions is provided in advance, along with audio files. Tunes will be played steadily. |
Saturday 7th January
Time | Event |
09:30 | Welcome and Zoom check |
09:45 – 10:00 | Physical Warm Up A seated warm-up designed for fiddle players by a physiotherapist, to get us ready for a day’s playing. |
10:00 – 10:30 | Fiddle Practice – with Stewart Get warmed up for the workshops and learn techniques for effective practice. |
10:30 | Break |
11:00 – 12:15 | Live Workshop 1 – with Kevin Uhrovec 193 A quirky, dark and wonderful traditional Polska from an old Slovakian collection. The tune is in the gritty key of G minor and has a slightly classical sound. Great for loosening up the left hand and learning a tune unknown on the folk circuit. |
12:15 | Lunch Break |
13:30 – 14:15 | Technical Breakout Our tutors will present short tips or demonstrations as an introduction to particular techniques. |
14:15 | Break |
14:30 – 15:45 | Live Workshop 2 – with Grace Jackson’s Racehorse A lovely little traditional jig, which will make a great addition to your repertoire. |
15:45 | Break |
16:15 – 17:00 | Talking Heads Stewart will interview our Guest Tutors, Kevin and Grace. |
17:00 | Break |
17:30 – 18:00 | Big Tune – Live Workshop – with Stewart Our Big Tune will be Rob Say’s wonderfully catchy creation, The Fallowfield March. This is being embraced by a number of Northumbrian sessions – it’s an earworm, it’s wonderfully memorable and it is very accessible. Go through the Big Tune in person with Stewart. Full and detailed teaching is available in the form of a Video Tutorial. |
18:00 | Dinner Break |
20:00 – 22:00 | VWW Session with Tutor Spots Join in and play-along with each of our tutors in turn as they lead some of their favourite session tunes (notation provided in advance). Then sit back and listen as they perform a few tunes for us to enjoy. |
Here is a pdf version of the timetable to view or download:
VWW Big Tune
Learn our Big Tune! Use the video tutorial along with the notation to learn the Big Tune in advance. There will also be the chance to attend a live workshop at 17:30 to recap, and we will play it together during the Session.
Time | Event |
In advance… | Learn the Big Tune – notation, audio and a video tutorial are provided in advance |
Saturday 17:30 – 18:00 | Live Workshop – with Stewart. Recap the basics of the tune in a short Zoom workshop with Stewart. |
Saturday 20:00 – 22:00 | VWW Session – the Big Tune will be included in the session so we can all play it together. |
VWW Video Tutorial
VWW Exclusive! Our lovely tutor, Melissa, has provided this video tutorial on a gorgeous tune, Loch Katrine’s Lady by Phil Cunningham. Enjoy!
Time | Event |
At your convenience | VWW Video Tutorial – Loch Katrine’s Lady (Phil Cunningham). Video Tutorial by Melissa Whitehead. |
All the Zoom workshops will be recorded and available for one month after the VWW so you can rewatch these to go over any points.
Zoom Tips (pdf) – get the best out of fiddle workshops on Zoom.