Hooray! At last a perfect fiddle instructional video with no narcissistic waffling on. Clear and precise. I love the point of view, close up, insert too.
Ha ha. Love it - best YT comment ever. If I promise to do a 90 minute tutorial on Tommy P's little finger and bowed triplets, will that balance it out OK? 😉
Wow. Brilliantly explained and so clearly demonstrated. Live and dream stuff but absolutely fascinating. Thank you. Will admire fiddlers even more now 👍
I cannot express how grateful I am to you for having that fingerboard cam. So frustrating to not really see what is going on. I am a visual learner, so it's difficult to imitate even if know what notes they are playing in other videos.
I'm so pleased that you find this helpful. I've tried to make the videos as accessible as possible, and to be as close as can be to having lessons in person!
I find that flute players (and I play flute and whistle as well as fiddle) tend to think of it like your method #2. I usually first teach three equal main notes, with two short cuts (or a cut and strike or tap as I call them) to start; but then fatten up the cuts to the desired degree, even to the point of five equal notes*. Then after that is mastered, consider lengthening the first note, a la Kevin Burke; but I tend not to do that so much, because generally a long roll is over three eighth notes, and the rhythmic function of the ornament makes me want to show the eighth notes, not have a quarter note followed by a cluster of additional notes. The advantage of method #2 is that it supports that rhythmic function of the ornament. I agree that having the 1st finger down when playing a 2nd finger roll is a good idea...I usually play one note down as the lower grace note in a roll, and not being ready for it is inefficient. Third, to make the grace notes (cuts) 'pop out' more, consider moving the left-hand finger in a more circular movement, as opposed to straight up-and-down. If done right, you'll get a sort of pull-off effect. Finally, I think the key to Irish style isn't so much the ornamentation, but slurring in the right places - across bar lines when practical, and across the middle of the bar in some other places. *Some people teach this right off the bat, but I find the five-equal-notes method to sound kind of fussy and classical.
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Hooray! At last a perfect fiddle instructional video with no narcissistic waffling on. Clear and precise. I love the point of view, close up, insert too.
Thank you @kitwells2077! I'm really pleased that you found it helpful 🙏 Do take a look at learntoplaythefiddle.co.uk for more teaching videos!
"and it's rolls that make Irish fiddle music so distinctive" *Donegal has entered the chat"
Ha ha. Love it - best YT comment ever. If I promise to do a 90 minute tutorial on Tommy P's little finger and bowed triplets, will that balance it out OK? 😉
@@learntoplaythefiddlesolid comment solid response.
If this doesn't get me to my lifelong dream of playing stuff from Last of the Mohicans I don't know what will!
Thank you Crashtopher! I'm really pleased that you found it helpful. Good luck with the playing! 🙏
Wow. Brilliantly explained and so clearly demonstrated. Live and dream stuff but absolutely fascinating. Thank you. Will admire fiddlers even more now 👍
Thank you Arfy F! I'm really pleased that you found it interesting 🙏
It's the "didleei" of irish music. Great lesson. Thanks a million.
Thanks! Yes, ornamentation is so important. I'm glad you found it helpful 🙏
This is one of the best detailed approaches in playing and practicing rolls out there! Thank You so much! Subbed and liked!!
Thank you W. Ed Harris! I'm really pleased that you found it helpful 🙏
This is a very clear presentation, and the practice tip is appreciated. Thanks.
Thank you @davidmay8390! I'm really pleased that you found it helpful 🙏
Thank you for such a detailed and clear explanation! Helped me a lot
Thank you Ася Михлина! I'm really pleased that you found it helpful 🙏
Thank you Bradon. Great explanation. Very helpful.
Thank you Andy Lynn-Smith! I'm really pleased that you found it helpful 🙏
I cannot express how grateful I am to you for having that fingerboard cam. So frustrating to not really see what is going on. I am a visual learner, so it's difficult to imitate even if know what notes they are playing in other videos.
I'm so pleased that you find this helpful. I've tried to make the videos as accessible as possible, and to be as close as can be to having lessons in person!
Thanks for posting this, cheers!
Glad you found it helpful! 🙏
4:47 thank you!
👍🏽 thanks so much
You're welcome 🙏 - glad you found it helpful
I find that flute players (and I play flute and whistle as well as fiddle) tend to think of it like your method #2. I usually first teach three equal main notes, with two short cuts (or a cut and strike or tap as I call them) to start; but then fatten up the cuts to the desired degree, even to the point of five equal notes*. Then after that is mastered, consider lengthening the first note, a la Kevin Burke; but I tend not to do that so much, because generally a long roll is over three eighth notes, and the rhythmic function of the ornament makes me want to show the eighth notes, not have a quarter note followed by a cluster of additional notes. The advantage of method #2 is that it supports that rhythmic function of the ornament.
I agree that having the 1st finger down when playing a 2nd finger roll is a good idea...I usually play one note down as the lower grace note in a roll, and not being ready for it is inefficient.
Third, to make the grace notes (cuts) 'pop out' more, consider moving the left-hand finger in a more circular movement, as opposed to straight up-and-down. If done right, you'll get a sort of pull-off effect.
Finally, I think the key to Irish style isn't so much the ornamentation, but slurring in the right places - across bar lines when practical, and across the middle of the bar in some other places.
*Some people teach this right off the bat, but I find the five-equal-notes method to sound kind of fussy and classical.
Super PADDY.
Great thanks
Thank you ivrz! I'm really pleased that you found it helpful 🙏
Thank you.
Thank you Kay Stewart! I'm really pleased that you found it helpful 🙏
aku cinta musik irish ! Matur suksma
Thanks Rio Herwindo!
Suggested change to 1.5 minute introduction: "Listen to this (plays roll). That was a long roll. Today we're going to learn all about it."
😂 Fair enough
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Thank you Augustine Chinnappan Muthriar! 🙏
That’s a fiddle, not a pastry.
Ha ha, indeed!