Traditional Irish Fiddle – Intermediate

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Last updated on June 20, 2025 2:06 pm

Learn how to improve your Irish fiddle playing. Musician Doireann Ní Ghlacáin teaches you how to add ornamentation to jigs and reels in 10 easy lessons.

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This course is designed for beginners who are competent at playing basic traditional Irish tunes and want to improve their technique. Tutor and professional performer Doireann N? Ghlac?in takes up the bow for these 10 easy-to-follow fiddle lessons, with accompanying notes. You will learn how to play well-known jigs and reels, with a focus on adding ornamentation, or the small touches that give Irish fiddle playing its particular vibrancy.

What You Will Learn In This Free Course

  • Recall how to play the jig, ‘The Con…
  • Recognise potential places to add or…
  • Identify a jig rhythm and play the j…
  • Recall how to slur the bow and add g…
  • Recall how to play the jig, ‘The Connacht Man’s Rambles’
  • Recognise potential places to add ornamentation to the jig
  • Identify a jig rhythm and play the jig, ‘The Geese in the Bog’
  • Recall how to slur the bow and add grace notes to ‘The Geese in the Bog’
  • Distinguish the reel rhythm and play the reel, ‘The Lilies in the Field’
  • Indicate where to add ornamentation to the reel ‘The Lilies in the Field’ with slurring, grace notes and triplets
  • How to Improve your Irish Fiddle Playing

    Learn how to add colour to your fiddle playing through ornamentation. Tutor Doireann N? Ghlac?in will teach you how to play the jigs, ‘The Connacht Man?s Rambles’ and ‘The Geese in the Bog’, and the reel, ‘The Lillies in the Field’. Once you?ve learned both parts, she demonstrates where to add ornaments for an authentic Irish fiddle sound.

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