Irish Washerwoman

Irish Jig in G Major

Intermediate > Module 2.5

Here’s a jolly tune. If you like triads, than you’re going to have fun with this one.

Learning Chunks

I’ve made some “Learning Chunks” to help you learn more easily. These focused exercises contain sheet music, tabs and mp3 snippets to guide you on your fiddle journey. The idea is to start with small musical bits, get good at those, and then put them together into bigger pieces until you have the whole tune. I call it Micro-practice.

For those of you who read (or want to read), all snippets use this key and time signature:

Preparation

Warm up with G major scale using G drone.

This is a pretty jolly tune loaded with triads for you to try.

G major: A1-D3-0, D3-A1-3, E4-L2-A3

D major: E3-1-A3

Warm-up Exercises

Intervals

A1-D3

EL2-4

A3-EL2

A2-EL2

G Major scale and triads

A1-D3-0-3

A1-D3-A1-3-L2-1

E4-L2-A3-L2

E3-1-A3-E1

A part, first quarter

First quarter: (A3-L2)-A1-D3-3-0-3-3-A1-D3-A1-3-L2-1

A part, second quarter

Second quarter: AL2-0-0-D0-A0-0-L2-0-L2-E0-A3-L2

A part, third quarter

Third quarter: A1-D3-3-0-3-3-A1-D3-A1-3-L2-1

A part, fourth quarter

Fourth quarter: AL2-1-L2-0-3-L2-1-D3-3-3-A3-L2

Interlude

Creativity, Fun and Adventure ?

Always try to find creative ways to make practicing fun. How can you practice the same thing in different ways? Can you learn to enjoy the sound? Can you even learn to enjoy the struggle?

If you explore different options for playing the same thing, then you will be able to enjoy practicing that for a longer time. Remember, the brain gets bored easily, but the hands need lots and lots of time to learn things.