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Kerry Fiddles - Testimonials

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You will never ever have a better teacher for the fiddle than Gill and a better way to learn to play the fiddle than this week with Gill and Chris.Why? Well, I have been studying with quite a few teachers and all i could come up with was a few tunes badly played. Gill knows so much about almost any method, technique, style and players in the world - take her experience and you just have a walking Encyclopedia in front of you! Improving from day to day and I just can't wait to come back! Taught in Gill s ...

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Kerry Fiddles - One to One Tuition for Intermediates Level 1

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Don't believe anyone who tells you that you should have started young, that you need a special gift, or that the fiddle is impossibly hard to play. These urban myths stop so many from getting so much! WHAT YOU WILL LEARN. That it's never too late to start. WHAT WE WILL TEACH YOU. How to teach yourself. What, why and how to practice. How to make a beautiful sound from the very start. The importance of giving yourself permission. Common pitfalls to avoid. WHAT YOU WILL TAKE HOME. A fuller address book.

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Kerry Fiddles - Meet your tutors

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Gill Newlyn, her mother's family are Harringtons from West Cork, was brought up in Uganda and trained as a horse-riding instructor in 1976. Happily she s not found much of a difference between riding a horse and playing the fiddle. Balance, rhythm, touch, hair everything it takes to do anything really, except the hair*). Gill taught herself to play in her mid 20 s so knows what nonsense those urban myths are (see Beginners page) She s not put the fiddle down since! When Padraig played one lullaby,. Chris...

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Welcome to Kerry Fiddles - Music and Landscape Holidays

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Fiddle courses for Beginners and Improvers. This 'thank you' note from Iris, age 25, a complete beginner from Maine, USA, perfectly illustrates what Kerry Fiddles aim to provide. Even if you have never played any musical instrument before, by the end of. The week you ll be playing your first tune on the fiddle. Morning classes are a hoot, there s no music theory, no pressure and no rush. Afternoons are free to explore. The most beautiful part of Ireland. Over the last ten years we have hundreds of studen...

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Kerry Fiddles - One to One Tuition for Improvers

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If you can play a few simple polkas and jigs this would be a good course for you. Our aim is to help you develop your own sound within the vernacular. This will involve lots of listening to different regional styles, recordings of old masters and local players. We ll also make sure you re familiar enough with session etiquette to make those comfortably accessible when you re ready. Web design by IQ Design.

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Kerry Fiddles - Accommodation

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We have a beautiful one bedroom holiday cottage to rent, there are some pictures below. Booking is through Airbnb, there is a calendar showing availability and lots more photos and information when you click on this link,. Https:/ www.airbnb.ie/rooms/13537811? It is a cosy, peaceful and very relaxing space, ideal for fiddle players. In Derrylahan, no-one can hear you practise! Web design by IQ Design.

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Kerry Fiddles - Free Time

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Stuff to do in the afternoon. Here s a bit more about some of the things you can do in the afternoons. All are within easy driving distance of Kenmare:. 149; Kenmare Town. For a virtual tour of the town go to www.kenmare.com. The Gaelic name for Kenmare is Neidin - meaning Little Nest , so called because it s cradled between the mountains of the Iveragh and Beara Peninsulas. 149; Derrynane beach and Daniel O'Connell's house. 149; The Old Kenmare Road. 149; McGillicuddy's Reeks. A spectacular drive over t...

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Kerry Fiddles - links to our favourite sites

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Burke imparts a rhythmic intensity that is remarkably powerful.a superior instrumentalist in any idiom.impressively virtuosic. The New York Times. Kevin Burke plays the fiddle so smoothly, with such buoyancy, and with such relaxed showmanship, that even a large concert hall becomes intimate. Lyric, fluid and precisely as tricky as he needs to be… probably the greatest Irish fiddler living. Paul Dromey/Evening Echo, Cork, Ireland. Declan Lynch/The Sunday Independent (Ireland). An excellent, fully interact...