Irish Bowing Technique - FREE lesson by Kevin Burke
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
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Kevin Burke walks us through his bowing Irish fiddle technique lesson. Watch and play along with this master fiddler as he discusses common Irish bowing techniques, some bowing patterns he has developed himself, double stops, and much more. We hope you enjoy this free mini-lesson from Kevin.
The full lesson includes sheet music, multiple instructional videos, A/B video looping, video speed controls, and much more.
Fascinating video! I always wondered what gave Kevin Burke's playing such a distinctive sound. He is my favorite!
Excellent video- loved how you practically just drop the bow onto the violin in the beginning of the video- really demonstrates how light the bow hold needs to be. My string crossings always sounded so harsh and felt like sawing wood- your subtle interplay between the two strings sounds so much nicer (and less effort on the arm). Thanks Kevin.
I love Kevin I have seen him play 5 times. With my Dad in 1990 or so in San Francisco last in 2003 in Denver such a humble and great player.
I’m lucky (?) to be old enough to have seen him play with Míchaél at some very small venues. Kevin was very quiet back then, speaking through his fiddle. Except for one time when he sang a song about a bit of “wang(so)” that still makes me chuckle 40 years later, even though I’ve not heard it since.
This is a very informative presentation. In particular your discussion of when to use the drone note and de-emphasize the notes on the adjacent string. This is exactly how the double shuffle e.g. in the Orange Blossom Special is written...the drone on D and G strings never goes away when you hit the notes on the A string.
This is a pivotal lesson for me. I'm so grateful for the increased understanding!!!
You explain this quiet wonderfully! I don't really understand the "detached", but I love the bend the rules principles. Good music theory snuck in. Thank you.
He plays 3 notes in one bow up bow, 3 notes down bow and 2 detached meaning one note up bow, one note down bow. I hope it helps!
This is so helpful and so well explained!! Best tutorial on irish bowing I've found. Would love more of these!
This is a bit like Jimi Hendrix giving guitar lessons.
No idea how many times I'll watch this video ... but it will be a lot. Some fantastic, almost throw away, advice. Fantastic - thanks Mr Burke
I so appreciate your taking the time to explain this to us! Right now I’m learning to play from Kathleen Nesbitt’s Fidil tutorial. She plays in the Roscommon style; I’m just learning about regional styles.
As a musician who started out with a classical training, I found this up-driven bowing style with the first beat of the bar on an up-bow instead of a down-bow a hard concept to grasp and master when I switched to playing traditional fiddle music because it goes against all the rules I'd had hammered into me from an early age. However it really is this that gives a tune the characteristic "lift/swing" that makes Irish traditional music so distinctively compelling and separates the concert violinist from the traditional fiddler. Kevin draws the apt comparison of patting your head with one hand and rubbing your tummy with the other and it is very much like that at first, but the more you do it; the more natural it becomes to you and you'll eventually be able to do it without having to think about it.
Great instruction. So helpful. Thank you!!
i play traditional Irish music, and this video was helpful and informative. thanks!
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it is like learning tongue twisters to novice. thank you for sharing
Been doing it the hard way for thirty years. Who knew? Lol. Thanks for this.
Gold dust, thank you Kevin!
It seems so easy looking at you...
So fascinating how the body, the more experience it gets, the more sofisticated and effortless moves it uses. Hopefully what I wrote makes sense in english... :)
It's always a delight for the ears looking at this videos.
Thanks.
+Jessica Ferrari Makes sense to me! Thanks for the comment, Jessica!
It's true, my violin teacher makes me think this too. he makes it look effortless. I heard a saying once that was like a professional doesn't know how to play incorrectly haha
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Thanks for this, Kevin. I've had the privilege of meeting you twice; once with Paddy Keenan in the Tailors' Hall in Dublin and many years later at a tiny festival of Irish music in Oldtown, again in North County Dublin. Your gig with Paddy K was in, I think, 1976 so I was 16ish, 17ish. You talked about Bobby Casey, Joe Ryan, Patrick Kelly. It set me sideways into something I've lived and breathed ever since. Inspirational and so generous. Thank you.
Thank you! That was the bit I was missing.
This helped me so much. Thank you. 🙏🏻💓
Thank you for sharing your excellent talent!
Thanks so much I can't wait to try some of this out!
Brilliant...
Love this! Very instructive. Many thanks!
Thanks best Fiddle lessons ever!
thanks Kevin for great insights and inspiration
Thank you Mr. Burke!
Thanks so much, very precious advice.
Yes and thank you
Thank you, thank you! You've helped so much. Thank you!
Thank you , Kevin, for this video, it really helps :)
This is brilliant!
Great stuff Kevin hope to meet up again for another Autumn Fiddle school in Baltimore Ireland (not USA !!)
This is awesome Thank you SO much🙏🎻❤️✨
Really helpful detail!
Inspirational!
That violin has a beautiful sound
very helpful, thank you for posting
thank you - this makes a lot of sense, and really helps :)
Thank you!!!!
Great, thank you !!!
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you're welcome..... greeting from bali jsland
Thanks! That was really helpful! I loved how you avoid marking too much strong beats by 'bowing around' the beat! I also enjoyed the whole section on drones (also plenty of this in baroque music): you manage to make it sound somehow in between completely separate notes and real full stops!
I'm only wondering, how would you adapt your 3-3-2 bowing concept to 6/8 tunes? 2-2-2 seems a bit unpractical, but 3-3 a bit obvious an stuck to the beat... What kind of bow slicing do you use in these cases?
People generally try to mix things up a bit. A lot of players try to slur the three into the four or the six into the one. Sometimes you can slur in offset threes for a passage. Like (12) (345) (612) etc... Sometimes it's just more convenient to single bow everything.
Great lesson, I have been a fan for donkey's years ;)
Thank you! 😊
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What a great video
Not the most riveting of videos but cor, some really good info.
"Doggedness" is a perfect description of my fiddle playing in the day, sigh. :-)
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hey! great videos! q: what's that fiddle+cello outro music?! it's brilliant.
Hi, Guille. That's an original composition by Fiddlevideo instructor Hanneke Cassel titled "The Glass Case of Emotion". Feel free to check it out here: www.fiddlevideo.com/glass-case-1/
Thanks!
Hi, really enjoyed it. But what's the name of the song? Thank you
It isn't a song. A song has words.
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So interesting. I suppose I'm too old to start to learn how to play the fiddle at 60? I'm sure it's in my blood. But probably too late now.
No - you are NOT too old! You want it - go for it- but as a fellow late learner- Id say a GOOD classic teacher is essential for at least 2-3 years get above grade 5 then go for the folky stiff. Depends how badly you want it- but you have to put in the hours - idea say 2 hours a day for 4-5 years- then it depends on your work rate- hey life is short for EVERYBODY - do you want to play or not? If you do - go for it and just enjoy it- it gets a lot easier and then more satisfying as you get better . !!! Good luck
I'm 67 and a box and whistle player, but I've just taken up finger style guitar and loving my guitar 'journey', a whole new world is opening up for me musically, so, no, your never too old to take up a new instrument! Go for it!
I'm guitar player but took Up banjo it's surprising how quick U learn... fiddle is my next lm 70.. music is life.... life is music 🎶
Such a great lesson, thank you! Does anyone know what tune he’s playing at 15:28?
sounds like drowsy maggie
It sounds similar, but it’s different from how I know to play it
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It is easily said than done
Did anyone else notice him flipping the bird at the camera man? lol
He was obviously bumping back up his glasses! I wear glasses and I do the SAME THING. Finger-shminger.
What’s the tune at 16:40 called ?
4:46
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Whats the intro music?
Loukas Kolovos Howdy. That’s just a little original bit from Fiddlevideo Instructor Casey Willis. It isn’t an excerpt of a longer tune...cheers!
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What's the tune at 14:20 called?
Sana Müller I think the tune is called The Earl's chair.
Estela López thank youu
I think it's called Morning Dew. A standard reel.