Etienne Laurin

Previous week

Fiddle

We studied the full part A of Love at the Endings.

Whistle

We studied the Chicago reel. We practiced adding extra tonging, for example at the beginning of the tune:

With a possible cut.

We also studied some variations in part. The F♯ seems out of place, so it can be played closer to F♮. It can also be played as a rising roll. And because too many rolls do not always sound nice, they can be replaced.

Our next tune for this week is The Boys of Ballysodare reel. Brian Finnegan plays a fast version of this tune in a set he calls The Highland Fiddle