The Butterfly (fiddle lesson)
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- The Butterfly is one of the most popular Irish slip jigs. In this fiddle lesson I demonstrate the basic melody, using on-screen sheet music. I then make suggestions for ornamentation and bowing, and discuss the tempo, chords and ending. A free pdf of the sheet music is available. (see below).
Below are details of further fiddle resources from Chris Haigh
1. Patreon
2. Books
3. Subscription video courses
4. Website
5. Email to request pdf’s.
1. PATREON
This is a platform where anyone can help support creative artists and get closer access to their work. You can join me on Patreon at three levels, for £4, £10 or £40 per month.
At the lowest level you get access to all my pdf’s and tune collections, plus many exclusive tuition videos not available to the public.
At level 2 you can join also me once a month for a group Zoom chat, and can request a backing rack once a month.
Level 3 gives you all the above plus a free lesson once a month, and access to all my backing tracks.
You can find me on Patreon at
/ thefiddlechannel
2. BOOKS
I have seven fiddle tuition books published by Schott, all widely available from the publisher, from Amazon, and many other outlets. All come with audio tracks illustrating the tunes and exercises.
Exploring Jazz Violin
Beginning Jazz Violin
Discovering Rock Violin
Exploring Folk Fiddle
Exploring Klezmer Fiddle
Hungarian Fiddle Tunes
French Fiddle Tunes
Exploring Country and Bluegrass Fiddle (due out October 2021)
You can order from
bit.ly/31ZWmgm
3. VIDEO SUBSCRIPTION COURSES
I have three video subscription courses
MUSIC GURUS- Exploring Jazz Violin. Based on my Schott book
Parts 1 and 2 are each £26 for 26 lessons, covering the first and second halves of the book
Part 1; tinyurl.com/49...
Part 2 tinyurl.com/23...
-MUSIC GURUS Discovering Rock Violin. . Based on my Schott book
£35 for 46 lessons
tinyurl.com/2u...
ACADEMY OF FOLK
Includes a folk fiddle primer course, with introductions to basic techniques and concepts plus an Irish Fiddle Course and Scottish fiddle course. A monthly sub of $9.99 gives access to all lessons
academyoffolk....
4. WEBSITE
My website is probably the most extensive and detailed summary of fiddle styles on the web, as evidenced by the range of top hits on Google for many fiddle styles.
www.fiddlingaround.co.uk
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TO REQUEST PDF’S, or ask any questions, CONTACT ME AT
haighchris@hotmail.com
I first heard this tune in 'The Secret of Roan Inish' - a 1994 movie by John Sayles. Loved it ever since. Thanks for the lesson!
I love the color of the Telecaster and pick guard!
What a beautiful song, I've never heard this before. Thank you for exposing us to different types of beautiful music.
Hi Michael. So glad you have discovered this one through me!
You definitively deserve more suscribers and views, loved the improvisation! Regards from Galicia
🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋 I'm on a binge watching your videos
great idea to explain this! Love it!
Thanks David!
Thank you very, very much Chris for this video.
"The Butterfly "is one of my favorite tunes, it' s true: its movement seems to imitate the flight of a butterfly
that moves up and down indistinctly from the flapping of its wings.
I also love it because it is the first tune I can play and reproduce with the real accents of the Irish style :))
In my score there is a D instead a C, but in C is more intresting, you are in right.
Wonderful the full version you played, is it your own arrangement? I have only the parts one, two and three.
Hi Mary. Glad you enjoyed the video! No, it's not particularly my arrangement . The original definitely has three parts and I can't imagine leaving one out!
@@TheFiddleChannel Thanks Chris, really great interpretation!
I love the tune and the interpretation. Thanks so much ! I also love your backup tracks on this and other videos. How were these developed ? Are these available somewhere ?
Hi. Glad you like my video! I make most of my backing tracks using band in a box. If you join me on Patreon at level 2 you can get three backing track each month. If you join at the top level you get the whole lot (over 200!)
www.patreon.com/thefiddlechannel
Hi, thank you for great videos. What book you teach, if you don’t mind to share
Hi Kevin. Glad you enjoy the videos! I have several books, which are listed under "show more" below the video. Most useful for folk music is the book "Exploring Folk Fiddle".
Hi... I know someone that was a professional violinist at age of 20 (he played the campanella at age 20 professionally) but due to life issues & his finger broke up he stopped playing professionally from 40 years (he play but not professionally)
If he return practicing can he return his capabilities at age of 60?
Hi Gigi. Never say never! He might consider starting again not with classical but a fiddle style- that way it wouldn't feel so frustrating trying to get back what he had before, and it would make it a new adventure!
@@TheFiddleChannel
Thanks for answering... but what about the classical ones?
@@useruser34587 It depends on his attitude and determination. If he wants to do it enough, he will do it!