Beginning Folk Fiddle: Violin: Book & Audio (Haigh)
Product Specs
- Product Number: ED23742-96
- Publisher: Schott
- Barcode: 9783795731298
- Arrangement: Violin Part and Download
This book, created for beginners at the fiddle, gives a clear introduction to the foundational aspects of learning and playing folk fiddle, using a variety of tune types such as polkas, jigs, reels, hornpipes and waltzes.
Common ornaments and techniques are covered throughout the book, as well as some general principles of bowing in folk music. The tunes used in the book are mostly from the Irish folk tradition, but also included are tunes from Scotland, England, America, Canada and Europe.
Highly regarded fiddle player and bestseller author Chris Haigh guides you through the book, beginning with the simplest folk tunes, and progressing to the more challenging tunes towards the end. More and more bowing detail and ornamentation is included as you work through the book. Every tune is available as an audio download on the accompanying mp3-pack, played at a slow to medium tempo.
Common ornaments and techniques are covered throughout the book, as well as some general principles of bowing in folk music. The tunes used in the book are mostly from the Irish folk tradition, but also included are tunes from Scotland, England, America, Canada and Europe.
Highly regarded fiddle player and bestseller author Chris Haigh guides you through the book, beginning with the simplest folk tunes, and progressing to the more challenging tunes towards the end. More and more bowing detail and ornamentation is included as you work through the book. Every tune is available as an audio download on the accompanying mp3-pack, played at a slow to medium tempo.
- Introduction
- 1: Getting Started
- The Instrument and Its Parts
- Strings
- Changing Strings
- The Bow
- Posture
- General Bowing Technique
- Reading Music
- Notes, Scales and Fingering
- 2: Polkas
- Mussels in the Corner
- Mussels in the Corner v2
- Mussels in the Corner v3
- Bakerswell Polka
- Bakerswell Polka v2
- Bakerswell Polka v3
- Blackwater Polka
- Britches full of Stitches
- Patrick O’Connor’s
- Astley’s Ride
- Seven Step Polka
- 3: Jigs
- The Connaughtman’s Rambles
- Tenpenny Bit
- The Kesh
- The Lilting Banshee
- Ornamentation – The Cut
- The Lilting Banshee (with cuts)
- The Strayaway Child
- Ornamentation – The Roll
- The Banks of Lough Gowna
- Ornamentation – The Double Cut
- Donnybrook Fair
- Ladies’ Pleasure
- 1. Miss Bennet’s Jig
- 2. Balcomie House
- Abbot’s Bromley Horn Dance
- 4: Waltzes
- Rose Connolly (Down in the Willow Garden)
- Orange in Bloom
- Planxty Irwin
- Skye Boat Song
- Star of the County Down
- Unst Bridal March
- Michael Turner’s Waltz
- Hewlett
- A Starry Night in Shetland
- Believe me, if all those endearing young charms
- Westphalia Waltz
- 5: Reels
- St Anne’s Reel
- Man of the House
- Red Haired Boy
- The Maid behind the Bar
- String Crossing
- Drowsy Maggie
- The Mountain Road
- Leather Britches
- Cumberland Gap
- Chilly Winds
- Lonesome John
- 6: Hornpipes
- Jacob
- Plains of Boyle
- Harvest Home
- Off to California
- Liverpool Hornpipe
- Derry Hornpipe
- King of the Fairies
- Fisher’s Hornpipe (Original)
- Fisher’s Hornpipe (American)
- 7: Miscellaneous Tunes
- Coleman’s Slip Jig
- Kid on the Mountain
- The Foggy Dew
- Coleman’s March
- Scott Skinner’s Compliments to Doctor MacDonald
- John McAlpine’s Strathspey
- Devil in the Kitchen
- Lahna-Villes Schottis
- Lahna-Villes Schottis (with mordents)
- Sherele
- Arkan (Hutsul Dance)
- A Barca Vira
- Bonaparte’s Retreat
- 8: Versions and Variations
- The Golden Eagle (standard version)
- The Golden Eagle (simplified)
- The Golden Eagle (Contest style)
- Shepherd’s Hey
- Shepherd’s Hey (Skeleton)
- Shepherd’s Hey (v3)
- Shepherd’s Hey (v4)
- Shortnin’ Bread
- Shortnin’ Bread (4)
- Winster Gallop
- Winster Gallop (v2)
- Winster Gallop (v3)
- Bee’s Wing
- Bee’s Wing (simplified)
- 9: What’s next?
- What style do you want to learn?
- The Session
- Expand your repertoire!
- Learning sets
- Playing for dancing
- Folk clubs, open mics, and festivals
- MP3 Tracks
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