How To Make Jigs Sound Musical On Fiddle - Fiddle Lesson

I'm going to show you some bowing techniques to make your jigs sound smoother and more musical.

In this lesson We'll cover four main jig bowing patterns:

• Separate bows with accent
• Slur Three
• Single One-Slur Two
• Slur Two-Single One

Go to this page for a full lesson with audio, supplemental video, sheet music and further learning notes:

01:30 Separate bows with accent
08:04 Slur Three
09:15 Single One-Slur Two
10:46 Slur Two-Single One

Thanks to all the good students who have helped the FiddleHed system to evolve...🙏

[patfiddles]

really liked your progression on this- thinking you could play through the entire jig with each type of bowing type and then doing it again alternating all four bowing patterns.

[timcole]

Showed me a whole new world with jigs. No doubt will help me with that 6/8 wall of mine. Thank you

[nickiemcnichols]

I really enjoyed this….maybe I’ll get to try some of it soon.

[CooperViolins]

Have you done a lesson on Scarce o Tatties? If not, then I really wish you would!