http://bensonandcorneliuspipes.com/fiddleclasses.cfm Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:13:33 GMT http://bandzoogle.com http://bensonandcorneliuspipes.com/fiddleclasses.cfm?feature=398575&postid=32174 <a href="./roverhp.cfm">Rover Through the Bog <a href="./boysofbluehill.cfm">Boys of Bluehill Rover Through the Bog

Boys of Bluehill
]]> Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:13:33 GMT 32029A32E0EADD89AA4DC8B87FFF1203 http://bensonandcorneliuspipes.com/fiddleclasses.cfm?feature=398575&postid=30528 <a href="./hpexercises.cfm">Find them here. Find them here.
]]> Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:56:44 GMT E7C66B83107F9A77E3E60136ED9FD125 http://bensonandcorneliuspipes.com/fiddleclasses.cfm?feature=398575&postid=29394 I've got a new page up that features very <a href="./exercises.cfm">short exercises.&nbsp; This is where you should go to get <a href="./gmajscales.cfm">scale exercises, help learning to read sheet music, and exercises to help develop technique &amp; ornaments that we have talked about in our crash course. The first post features some <a href="./gmajscales.cfm">very simple scale exercises in the key of G major.&nbsp; I've indicated which fingers to use, and what string the note is on.&nbsp; These are to be practiced using the jig rhythm introduced last night.&nbsp; The bowing pattern is noted at the bottom - 1st time through, start on the down bow (hand is moving toward the floor), and using 1 note per bowstroke, your pattern will be DOWN-UP-DOWN&nbsp; UP-DOWN-UP. I will be adding one set of exercises like this each day, and there will be recordings that correspond to the notes on the page so you get some sense of what it should sound like. short exercises.  This is where you should go to get scale exercises, help learning to read sheet music, and exercises to help develop technique & ornaments that we have talked about in our crash course.

The first post features some very simple scale exercises in the key of G major.  I've indicated which fingers to use, and what string the note is on.  These are to be practiced using the jig rhythm introduced last night.  The bowing pattern is noted at the bottom - 1st time through, start on the down bow (hand is moving toward the floor), and using 1 note per bowstroke, your pattern will be DOWN-UP-DOWN  UP-DOWN-UP.

I will be adding one set of exercises like this each day, and there will be recordings that correspond to the notes on the page so you get some sense of what it should sound like.
]]> Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:50:00 GMT 42EA8B02B0DA5E2131DE1814A47E59E1 http://bensonandcorneliuspipes.com/fiddleclasses.cfm?feature=398575&postid=29301 I've put together a list of our course tunes, which you can access by <a href="./tuneindex.cfm">following this link. I'm gradually adding links to recordings &amp; sheet music for each tune.&nbsp; Bear with me here! following this link.

I'm gradually adding links to recordings & sheet music for each tune.  Bear with me here!
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