Why a slow tune is a hard tune
Slow shows every wobble in the bow, and that is exactly why I start there.
Earlier letters
7 min read
Playing in a kitchen with other people
Where to sit, who leads and how to join in a tune you only half know.
5 min read
What rosin does, and how much is enough
A small block, a few strokes and the sound of a bow that has had too much.
8 min read
The tunes I learned from older players
A visit, a borrowed fiddle and the tunes that were never written down.
6 min read
Dance tunes and the dancers they were for
Why old tunes repeat, why they stop where they do and what the dancers needed.
7 min read
Writing a tune down without losing it
A notebook, a pencil and the marks I use to keep the shape of a tune.
Free
Sunday Tunes
A free letter every Sunday from the kitchen: one old dance tune, one thing to practise and one thing to listen for.
“The one email I open the day it lands.”