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Bowing choices for Irish fiddle; Joe Bane's Polka
Using Joe Bane's Polka as an example, I look at four different approaches to bowing. In Irish fiddle playing drive or lift, consistency, speed, and an element of surprise are all targets that we should aim for. In this video I go through some of the choices which you make when deciding on how to approach the bowing. I start with separate bows, and explain the weakness of this approach. Then we add slurs in order to start each bar on a down bow. Then we try playing a consistent pattern up one down, one up for each bar. Finally we take the tune phrase by phrase, and show how a whole range of approaches can be used within one tune. I have an online subscription video course on folk and Irish fiddle at https://academyoffolk.com/​ I have a book "Exploring Folk Fiddle" which examines many aspects of folk fiddling, including bowing, ornamentation tune forms and how to play for dancing. I have other books available on Schott; follow the links below to take a look Exploring Jazz Violin USA https://amzn.to/3i3qPPM​​​​ UK https://amzn.to/2HjUpnt​​​​ Beginning Jazz Violin USA https://amzn.to/3cr5Cy2​​​​ UK https://amzn.to/3crqEwy​​​​ Exploring Folk Fiddle USA https://amzn.to/32YFUhc​​​​ UK https://amzn.to/33ZpxR1​​​​ Discovering Rock Violin USA https://amzn.to/3kONQHV​​​​ UK https://amzn.to/2RY88Tb​​​​ Exploring Klezmer Fiddle USA https://amzn.to/32ZgYXd​​​​ UK https://amzn.to/3mRKdCX​​​​ French Fiddle Tunes USA https://amzn.to/330NeJa​​​​ UK https://amzn.to/363850D​​​​ Hungarian Fiddle Tunes USA https://amzn.to/32Xu7ji​​​​ UK https://amzn.to/33YnsEO​​​​ To look at or buy these and my other books, go to bit.ly/31ZWmgm _________________________________________________ I have two sets of professional subscription online videos on jazz; Exploring Jazz Violin, produced by MusicGurus https://bit.ly/3iVwt7p​​​​ ____________________________________ My website is https://bit.ly/3jrBLb7, with links to almost every fiddle style you can think of. Want to help support my channel on Patreon? http://bit.ly/3rScHOW​​ To ask a question, or request pdf's, contact me at haighchris@hotmail.com