Irish fiddle tunes and how to play them?

    
Irish fiddle tunes and how to play them?    14:45 on Tuesday, August 5, 2008          

sirdeltalot
(11 points)
Posted by sirdeltalot

Hi
I love folk music. I waqs wondering if anyone could direct me o a good free source of it or tips on how to play it well.
Thanks
Iz


Re: Irish fiddle tunes and how to play them?    15:47 on Tuesday, August 5, 2008          

strathspey
(58 points)
Posted by strathspey

This site has a lot of free Irish/folk tunes for any melody instrument. Also you might want to try tinwhistler.com. As for playing them, ornamentation and bowing are probably what most distinguish the Irish style (for ex. rolls, droning, cuts, trebling). A good book for beginning Irish fiddle is A Complete Guide to Learning the Irish Fiddle, by Paul McNevin (at least, I liked it ). It is quite comprehensive when it comes to ornamentation and bowing, and has a nice collection of Irish trad. tunes.
Good luck!


   




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