Beginning Folk Fiddle (+Online-Audio)

A Beginners Guide to Folk Styles and Technique on the Violin 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 OConnors Astleys Ride Seven Step Polka 3: Jigs The Connaughtmans 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 Bennets Jig 2. Balcomie House Abbots 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 Turners Waltz Hewlett A Starry Night in Shetland Believe me, if all those endearing young charms Westphalia Waltz 5: Reels St Annes 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 Fishers Hornpipe (Original) Fishers Hornpipe (American) 7: Miscellaneous Tunes Colemans Slip Jig Kid on the Mountain The Foggy Dew Colemans March Scott Skinners Compliments to Doctor MacDonald John McAlpines Strathspey Devil in the Kitchen Lahna-Villes Schottis Lahna-Villes Schottis (with mordents) Sherele Arkan (Hutsul Dance) A Barca Vira Bonapartes Retreat 8: Versions and Variations The Golden Eagle (standard version) The Golden Eagle (simplified) The Golden Eagle (Contest style) Shepherds Hey Shepherds Hey (Skeleton) Shepherds Hey (v3) Shepherds Hey (v4) Shortnin Bread Shortnin Bread (4) Winster Gallop Winster Gallop (v2) Winster Gallop (v3) Bees Wing Bees Wing (simplified) 9: Whats 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