Learn awesome footstompin' fiddle tunes with me, Will Page, front man of British-Americana band 'Noble Jacks'. Hear tunes up to speed, then play along slowly seeing where your fingers go on the left hand. I've been playing the fiddle for 20 years, and throughout the tutorial series I am hand-picking tunes that, over the years, I've found get feet stomping at a session, open mic, campfire or festival!
When I was a teenager I would spend hours listening to my favourite fiddle tunes on record (Dave Swarbrick, Seth Lakeman, Leahy etc), attempting to pick out the notes at full speed! It was challenging but worth it to add some of these great tunes into my set. Fire Up The Fiddle is aimed to help fiddle players find footstompin' tunes and then learn by listening up to speed, then slowed down to help find the notes. Learning to pick up tunes by ear is a really handy skill as a fiddle player, so I encourage you to do it as much as possible, although for anyone needing dots they are also downloadable from the Fire Up The Fiddle shop as PDF files. I'm a big believer in finding your own style and freedom within a tune, so for the most part of the tutorial videos I've just picked out the basic notes on the left hand to get you started. Although, there will be a lesson on bowing soon, so keep an eye out by subscribing to the mailing list and YouTube channel! Once you've got the tunes down, play them round with the extended recording at the end of the videos, replay as many times as you need to get that fiddle fired up!