Fiddle - Absolute Beginner 6.05pm

This class is suitable for people who have never played fiddle before.

Get a feel for Scottish music.

Learn how to hold the fiddle and bow, basic fingering and bowing techniques, getting a good sound and some basic music theory.

You should have a fiddle to bring to the class.

Watch a video of a typical tune that might be taught in an absolute beginners level class

tutor: Isla Ferguson

An Edinburgh native, Isla started playing violin at the age of ten, and quickly developed her love of Scottish music through fiddle classes at the Edinburgh Youth Gaitherin. As a teenager she was taught by Edinburgh’s Yla Steven, and as a member of the Lothian Schools’ Strathspey and Reel ...

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