Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School Classes
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M09: Fiddle, Advanced with Gerry O'Connor
Instructor: Gerry O'Connor - Read full bio
Price: $150.00
Location: St. Matthews (Check-in CelticMKE Center)
Start Date: Tue, August 12, 2025 Start Time: 12:30 PMEnd Date: Thu, August 14, 2025 End Time: 02:00 PMDescription: Gerry O'Connor will spend time with this class showing and explaining some Typical Bowing Patterns in Irish Music specific to the playing of Dance music. This class is offered to students of an advanced level of fiddle playing.
Some experience in learning by ear would be an advantage; a positive approach to attempting to learn by watching and listening is essential.
The bowing and articulation of bow patterns in the playing of jigs and other familiar dance rhythms introduced in the early part of the class will provide the basis for a systematic approach to a generic playing of Irish fiddle music suitable for this level of experience.This will enable the student to identify some repetitive patterns of bowing which, although non specific, will aid the student in understanding the non-random activity of fiddle bow activity in Irish fiddle playing. Audio and selective video recording is encouraged. The notation of the workshop tunes with some typical bowing motifs indicated will be forwarded by email after the class. The focus in this class will be not just to learn more tunes but to improve the ability to play and enjoy the experience of playing the fiddle.
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