Jun
24
7:00pm
Old Time Fiddle Fundamentals with Andrew Small
By The Handmade Music School
Thursday June 24th at 3PM EDT
The Handmade Music School Presents:
Handmade at Home - A Virtual Workshops Series
"Old Time Fiddle Fundamentals" with Andrew Small
*Suggested donation of $15
DESCRIPTION
This workshop will be beneficial to beginning and intermediate old time fiddlers as well as anyone who wishes to gain a foundational understanding of the functional, technical, and stylistic considerations inherent to old time fiddling in a dance music setting. We will break down a tune from the standard repertoire of Southwest Virginia and use the tune as a case study to identify basic rhythmic figures and corresponding bowing patterns. Participants can expect to gain a basic understanding of rhythmic old time bowing and learn a tune or two from the common regional repertoire.
Bio:
Born and raised in eastern North Carolina, Andrew Small is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter who has performed with artists ranging from Sierra Hull and Mandolin Orange to the North Carolina Symphony. He now resides in Floyd, VA where he is the content manager at County Sales and also tours with the group Bill and the Belles. Singing and performing on mandolin and fiddle with his wife Ashlee Watkins as the New Macedon Rangers, Andrew is a regular performer for Friday Night Jamborees at the Floyd Country Store. Andrew has won numerous blue ribbons from fiddlers’ conventions around the Southeast for his old-time fiddling and in 2015 was named the Bluegrass Mandolin Champion of Australia. He holds a master's degree in music performance from Yale University.
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