New. Haigh, C: Beginning Folk Fiddle

Contents

• 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