About me

I have played the fiddle since I was a girl, and for the last twenty years I have taught it, in a farmhouse kitchen with a table, a stove and a window onto a field. Most of what I play I learned from older players, by ear, a tune at a time, with no page in front of us. I still think it is the best way to learn, and the way I try to teach.

Every Sunday I write one letter about one tune: how to hear it, how to practise it and what to listen for. The letter is free and always will be. What I sell is the part that is useful to you: tune books, printable practice pages, slow recordings to play along with, and two video courses for people who want to start the fiddle or learn tunes by ear.