Fiddle Lessons

 

For information regarding private lessons please send your enquiry via email to solo@kevinburke.com.

Instructional DVD's are available here:

 

Learn to Play Irish Fiddle Video One

Learn to Play Irish Fiddle Video One:
Polkas, Jigs, & Slides
VD-BUR-FI01
Level 2
90-min. video, Includes music book

$29.95

Kevin covers the basics of true Irish fiddle style, including rhythmic devices and variations such as grace notes, ornaments, rolls, double-stops. Build your repertoire of tunes with Saddle The Pony, The Connaughtman's Rambles, The King Of The Fairies, Bill Sullivan's Polka, Johnny Leary's Slide, Micho Russell's Slide, more.

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Learn to Play Irish Fiddle Video Two

Learn to Play Irish Fiddle Video Two:
Reels, Jigs, & Gavottes
VD-BUR-FI02
Level 3
105-min. video, Includes music book

$29.95

Delve into more complex rolls, triplets, grace notes, bowing techniques, rhythmic timing and phrasing as you learn to play The Cottage Grove, Bonnie Kate, Jenny's Chickens, The Man From Bundoran, The Miller Of Droghan, Connie O' Connell's, Dan Collins' Father's Jig, Off To The Races and three Breton gavottes.

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Twenty Irish Fiddle Tunes

Twenty Irish Fiddle Tunes
Learn twenty great tunes from Kevin Burke's vast repertoire
CD-BUR-TW01
Level 3
One CD, Includes music

$19.95

Kevin Burke plays twenty tunes from his vast repertoire of Irish traditional music, once slowly for the learning instrumentalists, then up-to-speed to give you the true feel of the tune. You’ll learn the melody of each piece, along with the grace notes, rolls, double-stops and other ornaments that make this music so distinctive and that keeps it in the true Irish tradition. Although made for fiddlers, players of any lead instrument -- mandolin, accordion, banjo, guitar, whistle -- who want to increase their technique and expand their repertoire will find this CD an invaluable addition to their instructional collection. Contents: Rolling In The Ryegrass, The Sligo Maid, The Earl's Chair, The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Down The Broom, The Gatehouse Maid, The Sailor On The Rock, The Humours Of Lissadell, The Maid Behind The Bar, The Maids Of Mitchelstown, The Stack Of Barley, Rise A Mile, Tune From Gurteen, Tom Billy's, The Scotsman Over The Border, Andy McGann's Jig, Old Man Dillon, Sean Ryan's Jig, Wallace's Cross, A Slide, A Jig.

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