PLAYING TOGETHER

2015/16

FUN FIDDLE

Some notes about practising the fiddle

Scales, arpeggios and exercisesWhat scales are you learning at the moment? Whatever grade you are at, pick three scales for each practise.Play them through twice each, with separate bows and slurs (Or using the ‘everybody down up rhythm if you haven’t got that far yet)Play ‘Once a man fell in a well’ twice on each string to get that little finger strengthened up

Pieces

What pieces are you learning at the moment? It might be re-ally tempting to play them all the way through straight away, but a good way of practising is to go to any bit that you find tricky and play it over three or four times. Then go back to the beginning of the piece – Hopefully as you practise in this way your pieces will become fluent

Sight Reading

Learning to read music is really important – Just as impor-tant as learning to play by ear. The more you do it the bet-ter you get. Use your Playing Together book, or Fiddle Time Joggers to help develop your reading skills. Each time you practise, pick a couple of tunes you don’t already know, and practice reading by sight.

Building up your tunes library!

It’s always good to keep your old tunes alive – Finish up by playing through some older tunes, or tunes you were working on last term

The Animals

Polka Round

Chocolate Cake Round

All the notes in 1st Position

Portobello Prom

Tuireadh Iain Ruaidh(Iain Ruaidh’s Lament)

Harmony

The Burn o’ Craigie

The Wedderburn Reel

Easy Harmony

Easy Harmony for Rocking the Baby

Da Slockit Light

Donald Blue

Tom Anderson

Traditional

Over the Waterfall

Violin

5

Vln.

Cripple Creek

Violin

5

Vln.

h = 60

Traditional Breton

Arr. Donald Knox

The Wren

Fiddle 1

Fiddle 2

Fiddle 3

5

9

13

2.

final time only:

Easy Harmony

Inisheer Harmony

Violin

9

Vln.

Easy Harmony

Harmony

Fantevalsen - Easy Harmony

Violin

9

Vln.

FantevalsenViolin

6 1.

2.

3

12

18 1.

2.

Harmony 1

Harmony 2

The Messy HairMicha Cooper

1.

2.

Violin

6 1.

2.

Vln.

These tunes were written by Fun Fiddle Kids - Why don’t you have a go at writing a tune? It’s Fun!

Mangaster Voe Tom Anderson

The Mothers of St Ann´sDonald Knox (Scottish Borders, 2006)

= 88

44

Rhythm: slow airNotes: Composed at St Ann´s College, August 2006, while there with Riddell Fiddles (37 of us: men, kids and all theirmothers!)

Mothers of St Ann´s − harmonyDonald Knox (Scottish Borders, 2006)

= 88

44

Rhythm: slow air

A Major Scale

Violin 1

5

Vln. 1

G Major Scale

Violin 1

5

Vln. 1