All my fiddle tune tutorials
In this fiddle lesson I will teach you the Banshee reel on the Irish fiddle. It is a really well known Irish session tune. It is in the key of G major. The Banshee was composed by the flute player James McMahon, from Fermanagh in Ulster, probably in the 1950s. McMahon was known for playing … Read more
Here is a fiddle tune, a Swedish reel, that I learned from the Anglo-Scandinavian group Doggerland. It was written I think by the Swedish fiddler Jenny Gustafsson. It is from Doggerland’s lovely album, No Sadness of Farewell. I have recorded it here in two keys, D minor and G minor. Although it is slightly more … Read more
In this Irish hornpipe fiddle lesson, I’ll teach you a lovely hornpipe called the Lone Bush. The Lone Bush is an Ed Reavy composition, a really fine hornpipe. Fiddle players will enjoy the slightly challenging B part, which will test your left hand technique. Ed Reavy is one of my favourite composers of Irish traditional … Read more
Jim Ward’s, or Jimmy Ward’s, jig is a traditional Irish jig, which I’m playing here on the fiddle. Jimmy Ward’s jig is a really popular session tune, played in Irish trad sessions all over the world. In the video below you can hear me playing my setting of this tune. I have also included sheet … Read more
In this free fiddle lesson video, I’ll teach you this great tune — Frank’s Reel. Fiddle player, John McCusker, wrote this tune and it has become a really popular tune in Irish and Scottish sessions. This is a really fun tune to play on the fiddle. But the B part has a little bit of … Read more
In this irish jig fiddle tutorial, I’ll teach you a lovely Irish tune called The Clare Shout jig. I believe this tune was written by Bobby Gardiner in 1995 to celebrate Clare’s win in the 1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final.on button accordian. It’s a great fiddle tune too though! The match, on 3 September … Read more
If you’d like to learn a traditional Irish jig on the fiddle, here is a great tune to learn. The Hag with the Money is a very old song, which you can still hear sung in Ireland today. It is also a well known Irish session tune, and a common tune to hear played on … Read more
This is a video lesson for intermediate players, who would like to learn and Irish jig on the fiddle, ‘by ear’. This slow playthrough of an Irish jig, Timmy Clifford’s jig, is a good chance to practice learning tunes by ear.
Here I’m playing a really popular Irish jig, Garrett Barry’s jig — fiddle players will really enjoy learning this tune! In this video I am just playing through my version of the tune, but if this tune video proves popular then I will make a full tutorial of this tune with my suggestions for ornamentation, … Read more
Here is a video taking you through one of my favourite jigs, by the great Paddy Fahey, Paddy Fahey’s jig #4. You’ll also find my transcription of the sheet music below as well. If you find the video useful, please do subscribe to my Youtube channel for more tutorials.