Fiddle 1 • Tuesday 7pm-9pm • Spring Term '25

Join Joe Hibbs for Fiddle 1. Suitable for beginner/improver players looking to learn new skills and improve technique. Click on the price to find payment options

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Fiddle 1: What will I learn?

Fiddle 1 welcomes beginners and improvers who have played a little fiddle already and who would like to move their experience forward by learning basic airs, marches, jigs, strathspeys and reels. There will be helpful tips on technique. Learning by ear is encouraged although those who need to the initial support of learning with sheet music will be accommodated.

Joe Hibbs

Joe Hibbs is a fiddler and violist who regularly plays in orchestras and other ensembles throughout the North-East of Scotland. More frequently, Joe plays with locally acclaimed Reel of Fortune Ceilidh Band, who play at many events throughout the year from wedding receptions to student balls and corporate functions.

Course curriculum

1. Welcome
2. Registration Form
3. Information Document
4. Registration Completed
1. Resource: Week 1
2. Recording: A Major Scale
3. Recording: The Duchess Tree
1. Resource: Week 2
2. Recording: The Duchess Tree
3. Recording: The Duchess Tree (harmony)
4. Recording: The Music of Spey
5. Recording: The Flower of the Quern
1. Resource: Week 3
2. Recording: The Soup Dragon (very slow)
3. Recording: The Soup Dragon (slow)
4. Recording: The Soup Dragon (moderate)
5. Recording: The Soup Dragon (fast)
1. Resource: Week 4
2. Recording: Paddy's Leather Breeches (steady)
3. Recording: Paddy's Leather Breeches (medium)
4. Recording: Paddy's Leather Breeches (fast)
5. Recording: Wes and Maggie's Ceilidh Croft (steady)
6. Recording: Wes and Maggie's Ceilidh Croft (medium)
7. Recording: Wes and Maggie's Ceilidh Croft (fast)
1. Resource: Week 5
2. Recording: Far From Home (slowest)
3. Recording: Far From Home (slow)
4. Recording: Far From Home (moderate)
5. Recording: Far From Home (Shetland bowing, moderate)
6. Recording: Far From Home (Shetland bowing, fast)
7. Recording: Far From Home (Shetland bowing, faster)
1. Resource: Week 6
2. Recording: The Dark Island (steady)
3. Recording: The Dark Island
4. Recording: The Dark Island harmony (steady)
5. Recording: The Dark Island harmony
6. Recording: Leaving Lismore
7. Recording: Leaving Lismore harmony
1. Resource: Week 7
2. Recording: Waiting for the Federals (slow)
3. Recording: Waiting for the Federals (moderate)
4. Recording: Waiting for the Federals (fast)
1. Dark Island 1
2. Dark Island 2
3. Leaving Lismore 1
4. Leaving Lismore 2
1. End of term Feedback Form

About this course

£105.00
47 lessons
0 hours of video content