WORKSHOPS for Festivals

African Rhythm on strings

Learn an African Kwela (Dance tune), on the fiddle.
The infectious rhythm, the bright melody, the simple chord structure
and impo possibilities.  For all levels.

 

Shetland Fiddle

Learn the Shetland style,
The Ringing Strings,
The Rhythmic bowing,
Great fiddle tunes.
Altogether a unique tradition. 

 

“The Tune That Killed the Old Cow”

What's behind a tunes name? Who inspired the tune “The Clumsy Lover”?
Join us for a hilarious look at tunes, their names and the stories behind them.
Bring along instruments, a tune and its dark secret past for “Show and Tell”.
With a little “Whiskey Before Breakfast “who knows what “Naked and Bare” evidence will be exposed.

Chopping, The Latest Craze

This is the latest craze to come out of America, developed by Darrel Anger
Chopping is a very cool percussive technique for fiddles, using chords and creating rhythmic grooves with the bow.

We will teach a chopping groove with a piece called “Chopagroove”                                  
Rhythmic Grooves are set up as an accompaniment to the melody.

Open Tunings On The Violin

Retune your fiddle and open up the possibilities.
Open Tunings on the fiddle cross many styles, Old Time, Bluegrass, Shetland, Scottish, Quebec are but a few.