FIDDLE CLASS

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

CLASSWORK  

FAB  Absolute Beginners

Trish Strain

COLLEGE CLASS

Absolute Beginners

This class is for people who have never played the fiddle before.

• tuning your fiddle
• holding your fiddle & bow correctly
• bowing the strings
• fingering & naming notes
• learning by ear
• learning simple tunes

FB1  Beginners 1

Jame Smith

COLLEGE CLASS

Beginners Level

This level is for those who have completed Absolute Beginner level, know how to hold a fiddle and play a tune or two hesitantly and are ready to learn playing more tunes and continue improving

FBO & FBC - Beginners improving after FB1

We have 2 tutors teaching this beginners level, with a choice of either Online or in College tuition

• playing simple tunes by ear
• learning simple scales and arpeggios
• playing a range of different time signatures
• enjoying an introduction to traditional music styles e.g waltzes, reels, marches, jigs, hornpipes, strathspeys etc.
• practising simple bowing techniques (eg string crossing)
• increasing knowledge of traditional music
• learning/practising simple ornamentations

FBO

Bernadette Kellermann

ONLINE CLASS

FBC

Finaly Allison

COLLEGE CLASS

FIO

Dan Thorpe

ONLINE CLASS

Improvers Level

For those who have completed Beginners level and have developed more confidence and stamina on fiddle e.g. able to play a few simple tunes from memory at a slow pace.

FIO & FIC

We have 2 tutors teaching a similar Improvers level, with a choice of either Online or in College tuition .

• playing more confidently
• playing more tunes by ear
• improving tone, fluency, speed
• extending repertoire e.g waltzes, reels, marches, jigs, hornpipes, strathspeys
• playing more complex tunes
• learning simple sets
• improving your technical skills/ornamentation
• continuing scales /arpeggios
• Up to 7 new tunes per term, (depending on which group and what the tutors think can be managed)
• extending knowledge of different time signatures

FIC

Ryan Young

COLLEGE CLASS

FPO

Sandie Forbes

ONLINE CLASS

Progression Level

 For more experienced fiddle players

We have 2 tutors teaching a similar Progression level, with a choice of either Online or in College tuition .

• playing by ear confidently
  playing complex tunes
  using fluent bowing style
  building understanding of range of traditional styles
  playing for performance
  enhancing technical skills, bowing, ornamentaion, harmony
  creating and playing complex sets of tunes
  developing wide range of repertoire
  at the upper level, more than one new tune per week

FPC

Rua Macmillan

COLLEGE CLASS

FT1 - Technique 1

Douglas Lawrence

ONLINE CLASS

This is a standalone class
Class postponed for the moment.

Will restart in College once Classroom space is confirmed