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Fleadh Tune's for the Fiddle
This course is geared at not only the Fleadh goer, but also any fiddle player who wants to learn tunes best suited to the fiddle. It will begin with simple dance tunes and slow airs. With regard to dance tunes there will be progression through ornamentation, variation, phrasing, tempo, rhythm and tone. When dealing with Slow Airs the main focus will be on the phrasing, momentum, appropriate ornamentation, the use of expression and most importantly the history and background to the airs and the accompanying songs, words and translations.
The course will enable the learning fiddle player to have knowledge of appropriate competition tunes and an understanding of how to approach the topic of air playing.
Is this course aimed at a suitable level for me?
This course is aimed at an intermediate level of player.
Free sample lessons
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Tutor: Majella Bartley
All Ireland champion flute player, Majella Bartley, hails from Corcaghan in Co. Monaghan. She is a respected flute and fiddle teacher, tutoring at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance as well as at national and international summer schools and workshops such as Scoil Eigse, Fiddle Festival of Wales, Kilkenny Celtic Festival and the British and North American Convention of Comhaltas. She holds the TTCT traditional music teaching diploma awarded by Comhaltas and is now a tutor and lecturer on this course. She is also
Tunes featured in the class:
- Jigs: Sliabh Russel, Tumble the Tinker, Castle Jig
- Hornpipes: Pleasures of Hope, McMahon's
- Reels: Palmers Gate, McCahill's
- Slow Airs: Old Ardboe, Sé Fáth mo Bhuartha, Caoineadh Uí Dhomhnaill