Learning Resource Beginners Groups

It is essential to listen to the recording of the tune and sing along to it.

Exercises - You must be able to sing each exercise phrase before trying to play it.

Try to sing the tune out loud or in your head as you play it, as it will help you find the right notes.


Bear Dance
Slow Recording - 4 beats to start			Fiddle Tab Quiz - Fill in the missing notes		Play along using first finger on D string, open A string or open G


Buttered Peas


Davy Davy Nick Nack
1. Listen first to the music	2. Listen to the exercises then play them by ear	Visual aid for exercises		3. Try to play the whole tune - very slow recording		Visual Aids
						see all exercises	fiddle tab	manuscript for simplified tune
	Ex 1	Ex 1		1st half extremely slow 2nd half faster than first half		exercises 1-4 exercises 5-7
	Ex 2	Ex 2
	Ex 3	Ex 3
	Ex 4	Ex 4
	Ex 5	Ex 5
	Ex 6	Ex 6
	Ex 7	Ex 7

Rakes of Mallow
1. Listen first to the music	2. Listen to the exercises then play them by ear	Visual aid for exercises		3. Try to play the whole tune - very slow recording		Visual Aids
						see all exercises	fiddle tab	manuscript for tune
	Ex 1	Ex 1		Simplified Slow recording with scales		exercises 1-3 simplified version exercises 4-6 with scales	simplified version version with scales	version with scales
	Ex 2	Ex 2
	Ex 3	Ex 3
	Ex 4	Ex 4
	Ex 5	Ex 5
	Ex 6	Ex 6

Rochdale Coconut Dance
1. Listen first to the music	2. Listen to the exercises then play them by ear	Visual aid for exercises		3. Try to play the whole tune - very slow recording		Visual Aids
						see all exercises	fiddle tab	manuscript for simplified tune
	Ex 1	Ex 1		1st half very slow 2nd half very slow		exercises 1-3 exercises 4-7
	Ex 2	Ex 2
	Ex 3	Ex 3
	Ex 4	Ex 4
	Ex 5	Ex 5
	Ex 6	Ex 6
	Ex 7	Ex 7

Seven Stars
1. Listen first to the music	2. Listen to the exercises then play them by ear	Visual aid for exercises		3. Try to play the whole tune - very slow recording		Visual Aids
						see all exercises	fiddle tab	manuscript for tune
	Ex 1	Ex 1				exercises 1-3 exercises 4-6
	Ex 2	Ex 2
	Ex 3	Ex 3
	Ex 4	Ex 4
	Ex 5	Ex 5
	Ex 6	Ex 6

Tip Top Polka
1. Listen first to the music	2. Listen to the exercises then play them by ear	Visual aid for exercises		3. Try to play the whole tune - very slow recording		Visual Aids
						see all exercises	fiddle tab	manuscript for simplified tune
simplified version for beginners	Ex 1	Ex 1				exercises 1-3 exercises 4a-5 exercises 6-7
	Ex 2	Ex 2
	Ex 3	Ex 3
	Ex 4a	Ex 4a
	Ex 4b	Ex 4b
	Ex 5	Ex 5
	Ex 6	Ex 6
	Ex 7	Ex 7

Uncle Bernard's D
1. Listen first to the music	2. Listen to the exercises then play them by ear	Visual aid for exercises		3. Try to play the whole tune - very slow recording		Visual Aids
						see all exercises	fiddle tab	manuscript for simplified tune
	Ex 1	Ex 1
	Ex 2	Ex 2
	Ex 3	Ex 3
	Ex 4	Ex 4