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Exploring Folk Fiddle

Catalogue No: ED13460D
An Introduction to Folk Styles, Technique and Improvisation

ArrangementViolin
Product FormatSheet Music/Online Material
EditorHaigh, Chris
£29.99
Typically dispatched in 5-7 working days
SeriesSchott Pop-Styles
Pages208
Publication Date4 December 2019
Grade of Difficultyintermediate
ISBN9781847615015 (1847615015)
ISMN9790220138416 (M220138416)
UPC842819111832

* This in-depth tutor book, from renowned fiddle player and teacher Chris Haigh, is perfect for classical violinists and fiddle players looking to master the art. * Covering all aspects of folk violin technique from ornamentation to modes and scales, and from scordatura to improvisation and composition. * The book is centred around Irish traditional music, but also dips into English, Scottish, Scandinavian, East European, Klezmer, Cajun and American Old-Time traditions. * Accompanied by audio recordings (to download) of all pieces performed by Chris Haigh with a live backing band. Folk fiddle and classical violin are as different as chalk and cheese. At first glance, folk might seem so simple it’s hardly worth bothering with. The tunes are often no more than 32 bars long, they stay in first position, and they don’t even have a composer. However, it’s what’s NOT written on the page that makes folk fiddle so interesting and challenging. This book attempts to explore, from general observation down to the finest detail, what the fiddler needs to know to bring these tunes alive. We need to understand their history and context, their purpose, their structure and pulse. And we need to be able to add all the stylistic elements that come not from reading the music, but from years of immersion in folk music, both listening and playing.Key areas covered include: * Tune types and structures * Ornamentation * Bowing * Modes and scales * Scordatura * Starts, endings and links * Variation, improvisation and composition Playing tunes in “sets” * Regional and individual style * Playing in sessions, for contests, and for dancing

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Tune Types
  3. More Tune Types and Structures
  4. Ornamentation
  5. Bowing
  6. Modes and Scales
  7. East European, Klezmer and Untempered Scales
  8. Tunings
  9. What's Missing? Variation, Improvisation and Composition
  10. The Joy Of Sets
  11. Playing For Dancing
  12. Odds And Ends
ED13460D