SECTION 1
IMPROVING YOUR PLAYING
The Fingering Hand 1: Improving Intonation
The Fingering Hand 2: The Reverse Cut
The Fingering Hand 3: Minimising Movement
The Fingering Hand 4: Slides
The Bowing Hand 1: String Crossing
The Bowing Hand 2: Dynamics
The Bowing Hand 3: Playing on More than One String
Learning Tunes from Written Music or Why Doesn’t the Tune in My Collection Sound Right?
Case Study 1: The Rose in the Heather
Case Study 2: The Killaloe Boat
Case Study 3: Saint Anne’s Reel
Improvisation
Fiddle or Violin? - Classical Converts
Playing with Other Musicians - Sessions and Get-Togethers
Putting Sets of Tunes Together - Scales and Modes
Improvising in Songs
Star of the County Down
Transposing
SECTION 2
Explanation of Symbols Used
Jigs
Cock o’ the North
Father O’Flynn
The Rambling Pitchfork
The Rose in the Heather
The Orphan
Up Sligo
The Mooncoin Jig
Hornpipes
Chief O’Neill’s Favourite
The Rights of Man
The Ghost
Polkas
The Glen Cottage Polka
Oh Those Britches Full of Stitches
The Road to Lisdoonvarna (slide)
The Foxhunter’s Jig (slip jig)
Rodney’s Glory (set dance)
Reels
Man of the House
The Monaghan Twig
P J Hayes’
Toss the Feathers in D
The Flogging Reel
Jennie’s Chickens
O’ Dowd’s Favourite
The Bank of Ireland
The Chicago Reel in B-flat
The Drunken Landlady
The Congress Reel
The High Reel
Paddy Ryan’s Dream
Sergeant Early’s Dream
The Silver Spire
Tamlin
The Woman of the House
The Cup of Tea
Over the Moor to Maggie
Appendix A: Set-up of the Instrument
Appendix B: Common Scales in Irish Music