Limerick Fiddle Workshop

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Winter Term 2011

Week 1  - Shoe The Donkey

Week 2 - Sonny's Mazurka

Week 3 - Air playing, basic slides (ornament)

Part 1 - Táimse im Chodladh

Week 4

Part 2 - Táimse im Chodladh

Week 5  - The Star Above the Garter (Slip Jig)

and revision of whole of Táimse im Chodladh

Jig finger and rhythm exercise

Week 6 - Ballydesmond Polka No1

and revision of term so far

Week 7 - Ballydesmond Polka No 2

plus basic cuts and ornaments

Week 8  and 9 - Cooley's - Reel

Week 10 and 11 - The Wise Maid - Reel

Reel finger and rhythm exercise

Week 12

Revision of tunes this term

New Term  of fiddle classes begins on Saturday 9th April - Saturday 25th June (10 weeks)

Easter break from Monday 18th to Friday 29th April inclusive

Back again Saturday 30th April

Weeks 3 and 4 - Danny Boy / Londonderry Air

Week 5 - Dálaigh's Polka

Week 6 - The Top of Maol

We have a core list of tunes that you can look at - the vast majority have been recorded and added to our audio gallery - click here to get the document as a pdf fileWe also keep a rough record of new tunes and songs brought to the session:

12th March 2011

• Boys of Bluehill / Independence / Liverpool - Hormpipes
• The Dublin Reel
• The Spotted Dog (Reel)
• Martin Mulkere's
• Christy Barry's 2nd Jig
• Dálaigh's Polka / Majella's Polka
• Tommy's People's / The Windmill
• Tatterjack Walsh
• Donegal Lass