Please
join our online zoom classes and sessions - all welcome - distance no
object!
Free complimentary
trial class and session to check if it is suitable for you - e
mail Jill for the zoom link
Fee
£10 per week for any/all classes and sessions - only pay if you attend
Classes - learn tunes and how to
play them with rhythm and phrasing - open to all melody instruments,
accompanists and percussion - so not just fiddle !!
Sessions
- zoom in to the various sessions to play
through the "Highly Strung Community Band" repertoire which
includes English, Irish and Scottish tunes, plus an Irish tunes session. All
welcome.
Morning Assembly - Free for anyone to
attend -Tuesday and Thursday 9.10 am - 9.30am - play tunes from our
2021 list click
here for timetable Non
musicians are welcome to enjoy the company and the music. It's a
great way to start the day!
Scroll
down this page for the timetable.
Please email Jill jillyelliot@gmail.com
for
the single zoom code that you will always use for all classes and
sessions. Simply click on the link I send you, follow the on screen
instructions - and contact me (preferably before the class or session has
started!) if you have any difficulty logging, on as I can invite you
directly from the class or session via email.
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Click
here to visit the Tunes A-Z Index for recordings and visual aids
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All
classes and sessions are suitable for melody instrument and
accompanists. Percussion instruments are welcome too.
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You will
be muted so you will only hear yourself and the solo fiddle or a recording
of the band - so an opportunity to be free and more confident with your
playing and inventive with harmony and variations. You will not be
heard by other participants and they won't hear you playing - unmute to
ask a question! You will quickly get to know the others in the group
- there is always laughter!
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Music is It is something
you hear, feel, interpret and reproduce yourself on your instrument in
your own unique way. Music is not something you read in order to
play. All classes and sessions are suitable for anyone whether
you can read "dots" or prefer to/wish to learn by ear.
Learning by ear is the preferred method of learning a tune, but if you want to
learn to read "music" you can do this too! - these are both valuable skills.
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Classes
In
the classes we learn tunes in the traditional manner by ear,
phrase by phrase. This is by far the best way for a tune to stick
in your head and you will start to appreciate your instrument and music
in a different way. 25 years listening to the experiences of many
people confirms this!
Classes for
English, Scottish and Irish tune-learning are on
Tuesday morning 9.30am, Wednesday evening at 7pm and Thursday morning at
9.30am. These are the tunes that will be included in the Highly
Strung repertoire for 2021.
There are classes for
learning Irish tunes on Tuesday evening at 7pm and Thursday morning at
11am.
See the timetables for each group
from the links in
the column with the dark green background down the left of your
screen.
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Sessions
In
the sessions each person in turn asks for a tune or set of tunes
with the aim of getting a lot of playing into the hour.
The Tuesday
morning session at 10.45 will include tunes
listed below in the current tune set list.
Tuesday evening Irish
session at 8.15pm and the Wednesday evening "slow and steady"
session at 8.15pm have their own specific selection of tunes,
regularly updated - email Jill for the latest list. Visual aids and
recordings are provided in the A-Z index for all these
tunes. Readers can join in immediately using the dots provided, with the
advantage of playing along with the band to get the correct rhythm and
feel. Non-readers can listen to the recordings and pick tunes
up by ear - or come to a class to learn them.
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Email Jill - jillyelliot@gmail.com
07515 904 707
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Timetable of Zoom Classes and Sessions
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There
is just one zoom code which is used for every class and
session. Email Jill for the link and save it so you can
easily find it later. You can join without video if you
prefer to be private, and when we are playing, participants will
be muted. Jill will lead the tunes in the sessions on solo
fiddle or together with a recording from the Perfect Cure Band. The
fee is £10 per week regardless of the number of times you log in.
If you wish to come to just one of the tune "session" and
nothing else, it is £5. Payment is via bank
transfer or Paypal. The morning assembly is free
- log on from 9am to play from
9.10am - 9.30am. |
Tuesday
Morning Assembly - open from 9.00am and play from 9.10am-9.30am |
Tuesday
Morning Class moderate pace 9.30am-10.30am
Tuesday Morning Session
10.45am-11.45am |
Tuesday
Evening Irish Tunes Class moderate pace 7.00pm-8.00pm
Tuesday Evening Irish Session
8.15pm-9.15pm |
Wednesday
Evening Steady-Medium pace Class 7.00pm-8.00pm
Wednesday Evening
Slow and Steady Session 8.15pm-9.15pm |
Thursday
Morning Assembly - - open from 9.00am and play from 9.10am-9.30am |
Thursday
Morning Slow and Steady Class 9.30am-10.30am - fee £10 to include the
session
Your linked session
is Wednesday Evening
Session 8.15pm-9.15pm |
Thursday
Morning Irish Class moderate pace
Your linked session of Irish tunes is the Tuesday Evening Session 8.15pm-9.15pm |
Thursday
Evening Complete Beginners Class on Violin (Fiddle) - fee
£10
If you are considering taking up the
violin here's some
helpful tips and have a go at the
beginners tunes |
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This
is the current "Highly Strung Community Band" tune set list.
These tunes will be used in the morning assembly and form the basis of
some of the classes and sessions. The tunes are in
"sets". For example, 1st tune A Starry Night, 2nd tune
Oyster Girl, 3rd tune Perfect Cure. See
the A-Z tunes index for recordings and
visual aids. |
A
Starry Night D |
Oyster
Girl G |
Perfect
Cure D |
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All
in a Garden Green G |
(and harmony) |
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An
Comhra Don D |
Green Castle G |
Joe Bane's Schottishe A |
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Aunty
Mary's Canadian Barndance D |
Cotillion Des Dames G/D |
Danse de Chez Nous G |
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Galop
Hey D/D/G (48) |
Redowa Polka
G (48) |
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Galopede
G |
Petronella D |
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Hogmanay
Jig G |
Gobbie O (The) am |
Stool of Repentance D |
Biddy the Bowl Wife G |
Jig
of Slurs D/D/G e (64) |
Athole Highlanders A (64) |
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Kelso
Accordion and Fiddle Club G |
Auld Brig O' Kelso A |
Crown Point Cottage D |
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Le
Tourment G |
Maison de Glaces D |
Early in the Year A |
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McHugh's
G |
House in the Glen D |
Legacy G |
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Morgan
Rattler D |
Paddy Carey's G |
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Ned
O'Connor Em |
Prowling Fox D |
Captain Bing G |
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Old
Morpeth Rant G |
Morpeth Rant D |
Hesleyside Reel A |
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Out
on the Ocean G |
Plane Tree em |
Rose in the Heather D |
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Pride
of Petravore Em |
Far From Home G |
Minstrel's Fancy D |
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Stow
Quickstep D |
High Caul Cap D |
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Three
Sea Captains G |
Lady Mary Douglas D |
News of the Victory G |
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Tich's
Reel G |
Pearl Wedding D |
Nancy Taylor's Reel G |
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Woodland
Flowers G |
Uncle's Jig G |
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For the latest tune list for Tuesday evening Irish session and the
Wednesday evening "slow and steady" session e mail jillyelliot@gmail.com
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Getting started Introductory Plan - currently via
zoom
a one hour private
lesson plus 4 group lessons plus a loan instrument for 4 weeks - £80
Advice
and Information for Complete Beginners
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Also available:
One to one fiddle lessons with Jill
- e mail jillyelliot@gmail.com to arrange - via zoom at the moment
Zoom tune tutorial Mondays 4pm-5pm with
Katie Kennedy - free
Morning Assembly -
Tuesday 9.10am-9.25am with Jill Elliot - free
Zoom music session Wednesday 8pm-10pm hosted by
Roland Godshaw - free
Morning Assembly -
Thursday 9.10am-9.25am with Jill Elliot - free
Currently suspended: all dance classes
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Link
to the new Highly Strung and Folk Feet Youtube channel
Link
to Highly Strung Facebook page
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Information for "old norm"
periods -
Jill Elliot Barn Dance Caller
Book A Barn Dance Band
Folk
Feet Dance Class
Irish Set Dance
Class
Its'
Your Ceili
Third Party References |