You won't believe what I'm gonna say! I've started to learn to play the violin 3 months ago, and my aim is to play this, so based on your video, I practice every day, and I can play the first part with full speed, without scratching! My parents think I'm a crazy prodigy, but the thing is I just really really want to play this cool music, so one more month and I think I'll be able to play the whole piece with full speed (like you in your performance video). Of course my technique is probably not perfect, but I keep practising and I'm going to have a teacher in the summer! (Because of I'm an adult and I want result, I thought I better begin to learn it alone and the teacher will correct my mistakes) so thank you for inspiring me, and beware, your Tam Lin tutorial is my next victim 😉😁🎻
That is awesome to hear! =) I'm happy that you are learning how to play the violin and that you have made great progress on this tune! :D I think the first part is harder than the second part, so you're almost all the way there! : D I hope you have fun learning Tam Lin, too! : D Yay! Having a teacher helping with technique and posture is really important. Once you've become familiar with the concept of the left hand notes and the right hand bow, it's a good idea to find a teacher who can help guide how to properly hold the instrument and bow. Holding the bow and instrument a particular way may not initially seem important, but they become much more important as you try to expand into more difficult violin music. =) Comments like this help inspire me to keep posting videos, so I really appreciate hearing great news like this! =) We are inspiring each other! ^_^
Practice always makes perfect. For me I learned canon in d(which I consider slower) in a week and 3 days based off hearing. I finally got it down in 2 weeks. I’ve been playing for a total of 3 and a half weeks. For me I wake up play sleep play. I can’t go to sleep without our mastering at least 3 measures. But that’s called ambition. If you learn every music piece with the same ambition you had learning this one then you’ll do amazingly
Out of the many lessons i have watched, you break it down the best. I like the way you say the notes, it is not always easy to follow the fingering. I learned much more from your style Thank you!
+Pamela Braach Thank you, Pamela! =) I'm glad that the video helped! I've had to practice a lot saying the right notes while playing, so I'm glad that has been helpful! : D Thank you for your nice comment, and I hope you have fun practicing!
Of all of the online teachers, I think you are one of the best. I'm re-learning the fiddle after decades of neglect and I find your style very refreshing and inspiring. Thanks!
Also, I am very musical and have played the violin for more than two years now but, I haven’t learned to fiddle so, I honestly have found great pleasure in learning the fiddle and my parents are amazed at how I’ve improved with your help. They also think I’m a prodigy.😊😊😊
Thank you for this tutorial video of Swallowtail Jig. You did an excellent job of breaking down the various parts into manageable pieces. I liked the way you showed your left hand fingering while vocalizing the actual notes too. Thanks again. I love your performance videos. You have a innate flair for colour and composition. Keep up the great work. I am a loyal follower of your fiddle video presentations.
I am such a fan...you have inspired me to keep practicing. Your gift is not limited to your fingers and bow. I sense a special heart beneath that encouraging smile.
Actually I play guitar, But I just bought a new violin some days ago and this just became the first fiddle playing of my life. Thank you so much for this awesome tutorial. Your lessons are so cool. Every step you make is so clear and easy to understand. I can't express how much I'm loving my violin playing this tune! Thank you so much again. May god bless you with lot more awesome musics.
Hi Katy, I've been playing the fiddle for 3 whole weeks and I've trawled youtube for a tutorialthat clearly explained the notes and finger positions for Swallowtail jig, without racing throughit - finally I can learn it. Thank you.
Yay! I'm glad this video is helping! I noticed that there weren't very many videos that played the notes slowly enough for beginners, so I thought I'd try to make some. ^_^ I hope you have fun learning this tune! =)
I have to say thank you so much for this video. I'm actually an adult cello student who has to master this piece on the cello and I couldn't find a video that helped me. I've literally been working on this piece for a month and a half and couldn't get the 6/8 timing right (even with a metronome!)! I finally feel like I've finally made progress! So thank you so much!
Hi from Australia! I'm a Suzuki violinist who finds it hard to learn things without it being done so by ear and I just want to say your tutorials allowed me to get 98% on an exam. Thank you so much!! ❤
Hey, just wanted to tell yea your tutorials are the bomb! Along with your playing. I been playing bass for 35 years, played a lot of places but needed something new! So took up the fiddle 2 1/2 months ago. I can play this song and Druckin Sailor about half speed with your vids. You can tell your a true musician with the time and work you put into everything! Just want to say thanks!
I literally bought a violin to play this piece lmao and after I learned some scales and twinkle twinkle little star, I thought I'd give this a try and I actually kinda got the A part down already, just gotta work on it some more cause I mess up if I go too fast but I'm glad this video exists cause I really love this piece
Ok I'm french and not fully fluent in English but I discovered that with your clear "english" accent evereything was as clear as in my mother tongue. For me E = Mi, A = LA, G=SOL, D = Ré.... I think that by switching from my knowledge to English letters I will know both quickly. I began violin 7 months ago and have some heavy difficulties to progress on even if see a teacher each two weeks. Ok, you understood that I'm a beginner and that your video is built up for a person like me. I like it very much because it is providing me bases on the way of learning this Jig. Everything is described step by step and provide me tools to succesfuly play this Jig. Thank you very much to spend time for beginners and offer us opportunity to improve our practicing. Out of that you bring me happiness and hope to become a better violonist (not a good one at all but better than worst :-) Lovely video.
Thank you! =) I'm glad you were still able to learn some things, even with me speaking English! :D I've tried to learn the Do Re Mi Fa SoI note version because a lot of my viewers use it, but I'm still not quite ready to teach with it yet... It's tricky learning the different note names. I hope you have fun practicing! ^_^
You're a rare violonist who play with happiness on your face and a warm and authentic smile which looks to be a generous gift. So for beginner, what ever if it is hard, by viewing your happiness we can't give up. It is helping me to repeat, again and again without be weary. It isn't only a violin lesson but a life lesson too. I will do my best in the future to bring happiness when I will play violin. Thanks a lot.
Thank you sooo much for making this video!! I am learning to play the fiddle and this is such a helpful video for me I also really liked the video where you played it next to the lake and it was really beautiful and fast.
After watching your other Swallowtail Jig video, I immediately looked for the sheet music for it and found a simple version, but I freaking LOVE the longer PDF file on your site. It's got little stylized differences that you do which I really love! Thanks for all the information and fantastic playing. :D
+ladyeclectic Thank you! =) I'm glad that the PDF is useful! ^_^ There are a lot of possibilities with this tune - I think it's a fun one to make up little variations with the melody! : D I hope you have fun playing the tune! =)
I really enjoy your tutorials. I’ve only been playing a few months and thought this tune would be out of my reach. Now I feel like I have a good grasp of the bones of the tune.
Thank you for this lesson. This is quite clear! I think I love Irish music and this traditional song would be my first song learned with violin. Hope I'll play nicely soon 😊
OMG, your video makes me want to play this piece right now. But I need to get my strings fixed first. I've been learning the violin for almost 5 years and I never came across Swallowtail Jig before, until I heard you play it 😄 Thanks for introducing it to me, love Irish music ❤
I know this video is old! but I've just started to learn this and I'm using your video as help when I don't have lessons! I'm so excited 😍😍 I've learnt this on my tin whistle and I'm so freaking buzzed to learn this on the violin 🌼🌼🌼
Super helpful! You are so encouraging! I have not played many Irish jigs before....I have a German/Nowegian background....but this was so much fun to learn and you broke it down so beautifully that it makes me want to learn more!
Here are some timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:32 Performance (Full Speed) 1:10 Learn the A part 6:03 Play through A part slowly 6:42 Learn the B part 11:06 Play through B part slowly 12:08 Play the whole tune slowly 13:08 Good bye
Ive just bought my very first violin :) Ive been playing on an acoustic electric guitar for like 1,5 yr and wanted to try something new. So far your channel is the best among most of them to learn the basic/advanced stuff ^_^
+Gazownikk Wow! I'm happy to hear that you are trying out violin!! : D It's a great instrument to learn - it's a challenging instrument, but definitely worth the effort -- I hope you have a lot of fun learning how to play! =) And thank you - I'm glad that my tutorials help! =) I was really nervous to post tutorials because I know there are far more advanced musicians out there in the music world, but so far everyone has been positive about them. : D Happy fiddling! ^_^
Dont get me wrong i just want to see as a begginer positions of the finguers a little bit better on that video but still love this music and Kate tutorials
Thank you for these awesome Tutorials, you really make the songs easy to learn! I just started to play the violin and I have so much fun practicing your Tutorials :-)
Thanks for this video Katie, I'm looking forward to learning this tune it will be my next project. It is the genre of music I'm teaching myself violin for. Looking forward to your next performance, you inspire me to play.
Hi Katy- another great tutorial. I've also just been checking out the new website- it's awesome! Really helpful to have access to the sheet music. Many thanks, James.
+James Hanley Hi James! Thank you for your feedback about the tutorial and website! I'm happy to finally have a place to put my music, but now I just need to find time to keep everything updated... lol! =/ I'm glad that the sheet music is helpful - I want to add a lot more sheet music over time. ^_^
I think you play this song better than anyone I've seen! some! I would have to vote for you, as best ever! Some are great also, but you still win! I'm getting better, but you are so smooth1
I played violin for 13 years and then ended up taking an accidentally long 3 year break from it and looking to get back into playing again. So what better way then to relearn on if the first songs I ever learned.
Hi Katy just found your channel and i love your videos! I've been a self taught violinist for 2 years now and i love learning new things! I think this song will be really fun to learn in jam sessions! :D
+Riderbro1 Thank you for your nice comment! =) Congratulations with 2 years playing!! That's really exciting! : D This song is so much fun at jam sessions - I love when we play it, and it goes great with so many other tunes (Road to Lisdoonvarna. Morrison's jig, Butterfly, Rights of Man..the list goes on forever! ^-^)! (=
Really nice lesson, and very enjoyable to watch. So cute and a lovely personality :). This sounds like a really fun piece of music, going to have fun playing even if I sqeak and squark all the way :)
+halo0rap Thank you! I definitely have a lot more tune tutorial requests coming up! =) I also want to start posting new original tunes soon, too! ^_^ Thank you for watching and listening! =)
Thanks for sharing! I'm 24 and just started taking violin lessons in April. This song is so fun! I hope to be able to play it by next May (for a convention I'm going to). Luckily the notes don't seems too difficult, it's the speed I will really have to practice haha. Also, you remind me a little bit of Felicia Day. :)
Yay! =) I'm happy to hear that you are learning the violin!!! :D I hope you are enjoying the instrument so far. ^_^ I wouldn't worry too much about getting the speed to a super fast tempo. I've learned that audiences prefer listening to a song that is played well with all of the notes more than a song that is played fast but missing parts. This is a really nice little tune, and I hope you have a lot of fun learning it! =) I've had a lot of comments saying I remind viewers of Felicia Day lol! I can see some similarities in our personalities and how we speak. She seems like a nice person! =)
Thanks a lot Katy ! I learned this song with your great tutorial, I play violin since 4 months and I posted my first cover today of this song, say me what you think about this :-D Thanks again !
you are Amazing Katy.....I love swallowtail jig so much but I learn piano n can't find a neat sheet music for it. perhaps keep making celic vedios lots of love from India
+Kedar Gurjar Thank you, Kedar! When I hear a piano player play folk tunes, they usually use the right hand to play the melody, and then use the left hand to play the tune's chords. This tune has 2 chords - "D major" and "E minor" for the entire tune. I haven't seen very many piano versions of this tune, but I might be able to write out a simplified version. I'll also ask my mom for some piano arranging help - she plays the piano and knows a lot more about the instrument than I do. =) I'll see what I can do! ^_^
Katy thanks a lot! In the music sheet there is a part that is missing here, you have played in another video, the one with lake background . Any chance to have that part as a short video? Regads, Jaber from Sweden
Looks like so much fun to play!!!!!! I've decided to start playing the fiddle, how do you start getting into Irish music, where do you start? It looks exciting but confusing, lol.
That's awesome! The tunes are very sectional so once you figure out the form of which most tunes follow (call, response, call, ending), then you can learn tunes by ear much quicker. Watch your favorite players and copy their bowing patterns and ornamentation. It starts slow but you gain traction fast. Good luck to you =]
Thank you, recently I had just learned this song and you have really helped me pull it all together. You teach really well. Is there a list of songs you teach on TH-cam? I've been trying to find them. Thanks again!
+santiago reynoso Thank you for the suggestion! I'll put slurring on my list of tutorials to do! It's becoming a bit of a lengthy list, but I'll try to do a video on it soon! (=
Hi Katy, I love your tutorials :) I have just accepted a challenge to learn to play this tune :) I am only a beginner, just a quick question. Can I feature your music notes for this tune on my channel? Think it will take few months to play even with normal speed lol
Thanks for the awesome tutorial Katy. I play this jig slightly differently but I like your way. Could I ask what type of violin you play? I have a cheap Yamaha ($600) that was given to me as a gift five years ago. It's been great for learning but I think an upgrade is in order. I installed a new sound post on a friend's handmade violin recently and it played so much easier than mine and this encouraged me to consider changing. The action on mine is heavy even though the nut, bridge and neck seem fine. I love the sound of your instrument (though of course all credit goes to the player) so I wouldn't mind finding out what you have. Thanks again! :)
+Patrick McLaughlin Thank you for watching! I have a German violin from 1899. The label inside says "Copy of Antonius Stradivarius" by Ernst Kreusler. It cost $2300 in 2006, and it was bought from a small local violin shop in Denver, Colorado ("Von's Violin Shop"). I looked all over the state for this violin, so definitely try lots and lots of instruments! I never had any luck looking for violins at big music chain stores, so perhaps try to find smaller, more violin-specialized music stores. My violin is more of a "bright" sounding instrument, but it has a nice, deep low-end, too. Bright instruments seem to have a faster reaction, but they can also potentially sound "shrill" on high notes, so there is a trade-off... Once you've narrowed down to a few favorites, I highly recommend finding someone to play them for you. I was pining away between my current instrument and a Roth violin that was an extra $1000 more.. I asked if my teacher could play both of the violins in a nice acoustic-sounding church so I could hear them, and hands-down my current violin won my leaps and miles. I never would have known that it sounded that much better if I didn't hear them played by someone else from a distance. However, I've noticed that the violin body controls only a small portion of the echoing sound, and that the bow actually seems to change the sound more than the instrument (which is sort of hard to believe..lol! But if you think about it, the instrument doesn't make any sound without the bow!). I recently bought a Luma Coda bow, and it has really changed how my playing sounds! I was specifically looking for a bow that was stiff enough to withstand a lot of arm weight so I could produce a much more powerful sound. Arcus bows did this well, but they also cost an arm and a leg.. x_x The Luma bow seemed like a more reasonable price for a hobbyist like me. ^-^ I used to have a similar slow reaction time like you are mentioning, but in my case it was being caused more by my "muffled-sounding" heavy-ish bow. I've tried using my new bow on my older instrument that is worth around $700, and it really makes a big difference in how clear and nice it sounds! In hindsight, I would have bought a better bow than instrument, but I'm very happy with what I have. (= It might be worth it to look at both bows and instruments, because you might be better off with a better bow than a better instrument (at least I would have been if I knew to look for bows instead of instruments in 2006!).
+Katy Adelson Wow thank you for the comprehensive answer. Plenty of sage advice there. I think I will try a new bow first in that case (pun unintended). What you say makes a lot of sense. The problem is here there are no descent music shops. We have one or two in town but they don't really know anything about violins. I may need a trip to Dublin to find a good bow I can try before buying. Thanks again and keep up the great work! If there is ever a way we can support your work/give something back by buying your music/merchandise etc... let us know! Happy fiddling :)
Im just wondering, am I supposed to just slip my 1st finger from D string to A string? Its kinda hard and innacurate to do it. But there is no time to life it and put it on the A :D Also, when im slipping like that, i move with my elbow, but you dont do that, should I prevent moving with my (left) elbow? :)
Excellent tutorial very professional will deftly be veiwing more(all) of your videos But i have a small request i had a difficult time hearing you speak the notes over the bowing (D's G's E's) sound similar. Your lovely voice blend with your lovely playing ..totaly top knotch Thanks THUMPER
Thank you! =) I started playing about 17 years ago and have been playing off and on. One of the reasons why I started a TH-cam channel was to get me to start practicing again. ^^
You won't believe what I'm gonna say! I've started to learn to play the violin 3 months ago, and my aim is to play this, so based on your video, I practice every day, and I can play the first part with full speed, without scratching! My parents think I'm a crazy prodigy, but the thing is I just really really want to play this cool music, so one more month and I think I'll be able to play the whole piece with full speed (like you in your performance video). Of course my technique is probably not perfect, but I keep practising and I'm going to have a teacher in the summer! (Because of I'm an adult and I want result, I thought I better begin to learn it alone and the teacher will correct my mistakes) so thank you for inspiring me, and beware, your Tam Lin tutorial is my next victim 😉😁🎻
That is awesome to hear! =) I'm happy that you are learning how to play the violin and that you have made great progress on this tune! :D I think the first part is harder than the second part, so you're almost all the way there! : D I hope you have fun learning Tam Lin, too! : D Yay!
Having a teacher helping with technique and posture is really important. Once you've become familiar with the concept of the left hand notes and the right hand bow, it's a good idea to find a teacher who can help guide how to properly hold the instrument and bow. Holding the bow and instrument a particular way may not initially seem important, but they become much more important as you try to expand into more difficult violin music. =)
Comments like this help inspire me to keep posting videos, so I really appreciate hearing great news like this! =) We are inspiring each other! ^_^
Practice always makes perfect. For me I learned canon in d(which I consider slower) in a week and 3 days based off hearing. I finally got it down in 2 weeks. I’ve been playing for a total of 3 and a half weeks. For me I wake up play sleep play. I can’t go to sleep without our mastering at least 3 measures. But that’s called ambition. If you learn every music piece with the same ambition you had learning this one then you’ll do amazingly
You are a prodigy, we all are I our own way.
R215 i’m in your same boat
how much progress did you make in 4 years?
Best camera angle ever! Ty
Thank you Katy, you are so generous in parting with your hard learnt knowledge. You patience truly is a virtue.
Out of the many lessons i have watched, you break it down the best. I like the way you say the notes, it is not always easy to follow the fingering. I learned much more from your style Thank you!
+Pamela Braach Thank you, Pamela! =) I'm glad that the video helped! I've had to practice a lot saying the right notes while playing, so I'm glad that has been helpful! : D Thank you for your nice comment, and I hope you have fun practicing!
Same !!! Thank you!
@@KatyAdelson Great Video! I can play that song on my Irish Penny Whistle in the key of C by ear.
Of all of the online teachers, I think you are one of the best. I'm re-learning the fiddle after decades of neglect and I find your style very refreshing and inspiring.
Thanks!
Also, I am very musical and have played the violin for more than two years now but, I haven’t learned to fiddle so, I honestly have found great pleasure in learning the fiddle and my parents are amazed at how I’ve improved with your help. They also think I’m a prodigy.😊😊😊
Thank you soooooooooo much for this I am able to play it full speed after two days because of this video. you are AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for this tutorial video of Swallowtail Jig. You did an excellent job of breaking down the various parts into manageable pieces. I liked the way you showed your left hand fingering while vocalizing the actual notes too. Thanks again. I love your performance videos. You have a innate flair for colour and composition. Keep up the great work. I am a loyal follower of your fiddle video presentations.
I am such a fan...you have inspired me to keep practicing. Your gift is not limited to your fingers and bow. I sense a special heart beneath that encouraging smile.
I have just begin to learn the violin at 49 years. I am happy to hear you. You are very good and sweet, tks for your beautiful and fun tutorials 💐💖
Actually I play guitar,
But I just bought a new violin some days ago and this just became the first fiddle playing of my life. Thank you so much for this awesome tutorial. Your lessons are so cool. Every step you make is so clear and easy to understand. I can't express how much I'm loving my violin playing this tune! Thank you so much again. May god bless you with lot more awesome musics.
Hi Katy, I've been playing the fiddle for 3 whole weeks and I've trawled youtube for a tutorialthat clearly explained the notes and finger positions for Swallowtail jig, without racing throughit - finally I can learn it. Thank you.
Yay! I'm glad this video is helping! I noticed that there weren't very many videos that played the notes slowly enough for beginners, so I thought I'd try to make some. ^_^ I hope you have fun learning this tune! =)
Ive been playing Fiddle/Violin or 16 days. and you coached me right through it. Excellent job! You're a great teacher
I have to say thank you so much for this video. I'm actually an adult cello student who has to master this piece on the cello and I couldn't find a video that helped me. I've literally been working on this piece for a month and a half and couldn't get the 6/8 timing right (even with a metronome!)! I finally feel like I've finally made progress! So thank you so much!
Thank you Katie for teaching me this very pretty and fun tune!!!!!
Thank you for this! This is a really cool tutorial and now that I’ve got the notes down, I’m excited to get it up to speed!
Thank you so much for this great tutorial video. It really helps for me to catch this lovely folk tune. Great work!
Hi from Australia! I'm a Suzuki violinist who finds it hard to learn things without it being done so by ear and I just want to say your tutorials allowed me to get 98% on an exam. Thank you so much!! ❤
i don't know how to play by ear... yet
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Hey, just wanted to tell yea your tutorials are the bomb! Along with your playing. I been playing bass for 35 years, played a lot of places but needed something new! So took up the fiddle 2 1/2 months ago. I can play this song and Druckin Sailor about half speed with your vids. You can tell your a true musician with the time and work you put into everything! Just want to say thanks!
I literally bought a violin to play this piece lmao and after I learned some scales and twinkle twinkle little star, I thought I'd give this a try and I actually kinda got the A part down already, just gotta work on it some more cause I mess up if I go too fast but I'm glad this video exists cause I really love this piece
Ok I'm french and not fully fluent in English but I discovered that with your clear "english" accent evereything was as clear as in my mother tongue.
For me E = Mi, A = LA, G=SOL, D = Ré.... I think that by switching from my knowledge to English letters I will know both quickly.
I began violin 7 months ago and have some heavy difficulties to progress on even if see a teacher each two weeks.
Ok, you understood that I'm a beginner and that your video is built up for a person like me.
I like it very much because it is providing me bases on the way of learning this Jig.
Everything is described step by step and provide me tools to succesfuly play this Jig.
Thank you very much to spend time for beginners and offer us opportunity to improve our practicing.
Out of that you bring me happiness and hope to become a better violonist (not a good one at all but better than worst :-)
Lovely video.
Thank you! =) I'm glad you were still able to learn some things, even with me speaking English! :D I've tried to learn the Do Re Mi Fa SoI note version because a lot of my viewers use it, but I'm still not quite ready to teach with it yet... It's tricky learning the different note names. I hope you have fun practicing! ^_^
You're a rare violonist who play with happiness on your face and a warm and authentic smile which looks to be a generous gift.
So for beginner, what ever if it is hard, by viewing your happiness we can't give up. It is helping me to repeat, again and again without be weary.
It isn't only a violin lesson but a life lesson too.
I will do my best in the future to bring happiness when I will play violin.
Thanks a lot.
Thank you sooo much for making this video!! I am learning to play the fiddle and this is such a helpful video for me I also really liked the video where you played it next to the lake and it was really beautiful and fast.
After watching your other Swallowtail Jig video, I immediately looked for the sheet music for it and found a simple version, but I freaking LOVE the longer PDF file on your site. It's got little stylized differences that you do which I really love! Thanks for all the information and fantastic playing. :D
+ladyeclectic Thank you! =) I'm glad that the PDF is useful! ^_^ There are a lot of possibilities with this tune - I think it's a fun one to make up little variations with the melody! : D I hope you have fun playing the tune! =)
I really enjoy your tutorials. I’ve only been playing a few months and thought this tune would be out of my reach. Now I feel like I have a good grasp of the bones of the tune.
Thank you so much lovely Katy!! I'm a beginner fiddler and this is my favourite fiddle tune, and it made me really happy to have a go at learning it!
Wow, you're awesome, thanks for your tutorial and it was great that you shared the full PDF and MP3 track on your site. Thank you!
Thank you for this lesson. This is quite clear! I think I love Irish music and this traditional song would be my first song learned with violin. Hope I'll play nicely soon 😊
You remind me of the adorable Zoey Deschanel. Thank you for uploading this, it has been very helpful
OMG, your video makes me want to play this piece right now. But I need to get my strings fixed first. I've been learning the violin for almost 5 years and I never came across Swallowtail Jig before, until I heard you play it 😄 Thanks for introducing it to me, love Irish music ❤
I know this video is old! but I've just started to learn this and I'm using your video as help when I don't have lessons! I'm so excited 😍😍 I've learnt this on my tin whistle and I'm so freaking buzzed to learn this on the violin 🌼🌼🌼
Super helpful! You are so encouraging! I have not played many Irish jigs before....I have a German/Nowegian background....but this was so much fun to learn and you broke it down so beautifully that it makes me want to learn more!
Yay! =) I'm glad it has helped! ^_^ I hope you have fun practicing! :D
This is the most useful violin lesson ever! Thank you!
Yay -- I'm glad it has helped! =)
Thank you for the tutorial and posting the sheet music too. Much appreciated....and beautiful/wonderful playing!
I can't tell you how helpful your channel has been. also, you are absolutely adorable. don't ever change!
Thank you Katy. You made it really clear by calling out the notes.
Here are some timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:32 Performance (Full Speed)
1:10 Learn the A part
6:03 Play through A part slowly
6:42 Learn the B part
11:06 Play through B part slowly
12:08 Play the whole tune slowly
13:08 Good bye
Your such a good teacher!! Iv always wanted to learn a great Irish jig... and now I have!!!!!
Yay! I'm glad this video has helped! =) I hope you have fun practicing! ^_^
Thanks for the tune Katy… easy to follow and muchly appreciated.
Extremely, extremely helpful to my daughter for her first recital next month. Bless you :)
Yay! I'm glad this has helped! I wish your daughter all the best for her first recital! =)
Ive just bought my very first violin :) Ive been playing on an acoustic electric guitar for like 1,5 yr and wanted to try something new.
So far your channel is the best among most of them to learn the basic/advanced stuff ^_^
+Gazownikk Wow! I'm happy to hear that you are trying out violin!! : D It's a great instrument to learn - it's a challenging instrument, but definitely worth the effort -- I hope you have a lot of fun learning how to play! =) And thank you - I'm glad that my tutorials help! =) I was really nervous to post tutorials because I know there are far more advanced musicians out there in the music world, but so far everyone has been positive about them. : D Happy fiddling! ^_^
Wish the tutorial of Crested Henz were as good as this tutorial !!! So cool!!!
Dont get me wrong i just want to see as a begginer positions of the finguers a little bit better on that video but still love this music and Kate tutorials
Thank you for these awesome Tutorials, you really make the songs easy to learn! I just started to play the violin and I have so much fun practicing your Tutorials :-)
well done lesson . far above most youtube lessons I've seen .
This makes me think of either of a pirate ship or a leprechaun dance. I love your work, Katy Adelson.
you’re a saint for this
My Kid is fascinated with your video! She will try to follow,,, thank you for sharing this.
That's great to hear! =) I'm glad that she likes the videos! ^_^ I hope she learns how to play some of these tunes! =)
Thanks for this video Katie, I'm looking forward to learning this tune it will be my next project. It is the genre of music I'm teaching myself violin for. Looking forward to your next performance, you inspire me to play.
Merci Katy !! Merci de partager ton magnifique talent. C'est grâce à des personnes comme toi que j'ai eu l'envie d'apprendre le violon
Thanks or the sheet music! Love your rhythm variations.
Thank you! I hope the sheet music helps! =)
Hi Katy- another great tutorial. I've also just been checking out the new website- it's awesome! Really helpful to have access to the sheet music. Many thanks, James.
+James Hanley Hi James! Thank you for your feedback about the tutorial and website! I'm happy to finally have a place to put my music, but now I just need to find time to keep everything updated... lol! =/ I'm glad that the sheet music is helpful - I want to add a lot more sheet music over time. ^_^
Very very cool! Love the sound and the song, thank you for the lesson (i checked out your tutorial)
I think you play this song better than anyone I've seen! some! I would have to vote for you, as best ever! Some are great also, but you still win! I'm getting better, but you are so smooth1
I played violin for 13 years and then ended up taking an accidentally long 3 year break from it and looking to get back into playing again. So what better way then to relearn on if the first songs I ever learned.
Hi Katy just found your channel and i love your videos! I've been a self taught violinist for 2 years now and i love learning new things! I think this song will be really fun to learn in jam sessions! :D
+Riderbro1 Thank you for your nice comment! =) Congratulations with 2 years playing!! That's really exciting! : D This song is so much fun at jam sessions - I love when we play it, and it goes great with so many other tunes (Road to Lisdoonvarna. Morrison's jig, Butterfly, Rights of Man..the list goes on forever! ^-^)! (=
+Katy Adelson That's awesome! ^^
Thank you so much for the tutorial. Its great how you go through it at a nice speed to learn.
I hope it helps! Thank you for watching! ^_^
Ohboy ... playing this on a whistle or bagpipes is so incredibly easy by comparison ... but this is a great help still ^^
Thanks a bunch.
Really nice lesson, and very enjoyable to watch. So cute and a lovely personality :). This sounds like a really fun piece of music, going to have fun playing even if I sqeak and squark all the way :)
Hey Katy, so glad I found your channel! This is a great tutorial and I'm looking forward to whatever else you have in store for us cx
+halo0rap Thank you! I definitely have a lot more tune tutorial requests coming up! =) I also want to start posting new original tunes soon, too! ^_^ Thank you for watching and listening! =)
thank you very much !! you're an an awesome violinist and an excellent teacher, i'm so glad that i found your videos :)
+Sophia Benkaddour Thank you for your nice comment! =) I hope that the video helps you learn the tune! =D
Thank you very much I have always wanted to learn this tune and then I found out you did a tutorial and I was so happy thank you
This is the best tutorial I found so far :)
Thanks for sharing! I'm 24 and just started taking violin lessons in April. This song is so fun! I hope to be able to play it by next May (for a convention I'm going to). Luckily the notes don't seems too difficult, it's the speed I will really have to practice haha. Also, you remind me a little bit of Felicia Day. :)
Yay! =) I'm happy to hear that you are learning the violin!!! :D I hope you are enjoying the instrument so far. ^_^ I wouldn't worry too much about getting the speed to a super fast tempo. I've learned that audiences prefer listening to a song that is played well with all of the notes more than a song that is played fast but missing parts. This is a really nice little tune, and I hope you have a lot of fun learning it! =)
I've had a lot of comments saying I remind viewers of Felicia Day lol! I can see some similarities in our personalities and how we speak. She seems like a nice person! =)
Thanks for the lesson, i learned this jig on mandolin
This is my second week learning and I’m kinda slow but thank you for teaching me!!! I at least have the notes memorized lol.
Thank you, so easy to follow you and fun to play.
This was really helpful, thank you!
+involucionada Yay! I'm glad it helped!! =) I hope you have fun practicing! : D
It helped me learn this, thank you very much.
I want to say I really appreciate you!
You are a super fiddle teacher:) and Thank-you very much
Thanks a lot Katy ! I learned this song with your great tutorial, I play violin since 4 months and I posted my first cover today of this song, say me what you think about this :-D
Thanks again !
How about the bowing? Lovely playing thank you
Thanks for that one mate :-)
I’m driving everyone nuts trying to get :-)
Thanks a lot for all! Really helpful:D
Wow, dream misses right here! I am considering getting into fiddling. I need to conquer my impatience.
You seem like the sweetest thing. God bless you.
you are Amazing Katy.....I love swallowtail jig so much but I learn piano n can't find a neat sheet music for it. perhaps keep making celic vedios lots of love from India
+Kedar Gurjar Thank you, Kedar! When I hear a piano player play folk tunes, they usually use the right hand to play the melody, and then use the left hand to play the tune's chords. This tune has 2 chords - "D major" and "E minor" for the entire tune. I haven't seen very many piano versions of this tune, but I might be able to write out a simplified version. I'll also ask my mom for some piano arranging help - she plays the piano and knows a lot more about the instrument than I do. =) I'll see what I can do! ^_^
Oh ...wow , you are so cool and friendly ! I am waiting for your piano version
Nice lesson, thanks! I can totally relate to the sneeze. I must be allergic to rosin. Sneezing, itchy nose....
Katy you are so magic, and thanks soooo much for sharing!
Alot of love and wishes for health form over the sea!
Katy thanks a lot! In the music sheet there is a part that is missing here, you have played in another video, the one with lake background . Any chance to have that part as a short video?
Regads, Jaber from Sweden
Looks like so much fun to play!!!!!! I've decided to start playing the fiddle, how do you start getting into Irish music, where do you start? It looks exciting but confusing, lol.
That's awesome! The tunes are very sectional so once you figure out the form of which most tunes follow (call, response, call, ending), then you can learn tunes by ear much quicker. Watch your favorite players and copy their bowing patterns and ornamentation. It starts slow but you gain traction fast. Good luck to you =]
Thank you Katie...your one the best...
just started practicing it, on the first line
Another katy video, another like :)
+Pieter-Jan Verstichel Yay! Thank you for watching~! =D
From India ❤❤❤
Thankyou for a great lesson
Thank you!!!. Thank you!!! thank you!!!!thank you!!!!!
Thank you, recently I had just learned this song and you have really helped me pull it all together. You teach really well. Is there a list of songs you teach on TH-cam? I've been trying to find them. Thanks again!
great tutorial!
Excelent tutorial :) can you make one about slurring? please!!!!
+santiago reynoso Thank you for the suggestion! I'll put slurring on my list of tutorials to do! It's becoming a bit of a lengthy list, but I'll try to do a video on it soon! (=
+Katy Adelson Yei!!!! thanks a lot!!
You're beautiful. Amazing playing ! I just started violin but I really struggle with it...
Hi Katy, I love your tutorials :) I have just accepted a challenge to learn to play this tune :) I am only a beginner, just a quick question. Can I feature your music notes for this tune on my channel? Think it will take few months to play even with normal speed lol
Very good lesson
Thanks for the awesome tutorial Katy. I play this jig slightly differently but I like your way. Could I ask what type of violin you play? I have a cheap Yamaha ($600) that was given to me as a gift five years ago. It's been great for learning but I think an upgrade is in order. I installed a new sound post on a friend's handmade violin recently and it played so much easier than mine and this encouraged me to consider changing. The action on mine is heavy even though the nut, bridge and neck seem fine. I love the sound of your instrument (though of course all credit goes to the player) so I wouldn't mind finding out what you have. Thanks again! :)
+Patrick McLaughlin Thank you for watching! I have a German violin from 1899. The label inside says "Copy of Antonius Stradivarius" by Ernst Kreusler. It cost $2300 in 2006, and it was bought from a small local violin shop in Denver, Colorado ("Von's Violin Shop"). I looked all over the state for this violin, so definitely try lots and lots of instruments! I never had any luck looking for violins at big music chain stores, so perhaps try to find smaller, more violin-specialized music stores. My violin is more of a "bright" sounding instrument, but it has a nice, deep low-end, too. Bright instruments seem to have a faster reaction, but they can also potentially sound "shrill" on high notes, so there is a trade-off... Once you've narrowed down to a few favorites, I highly recommend finding someone to play them for you. I was pining away between my current instrument and a Roth violin that was an extra $1000 more.. I asked if my teacher could play both of the violins in a nice acoustic-sounding church so I could hear them, and hands-down my current violin won my leaps and miles. I never would have known that it sounded that much better if I didn't hear them played by someone else from a distance.
However, I've noticed that the violin body controls only a small portion of the echoing sound, and that the bow actually seems to change the sound more than the instrument (which is sort of hard to believe..lol! But if you think about it, the instrument doesn't make any sound without the bow!). I recently bought a Luma Coda bow, and it has really changed how my playing sounds! I was specifically looking for a bow that was stiff enough to withstand a lot of arm weight so I could produce a much more powerful sound. Arcus bows did this well, but they also cost an arm and a leg.. x_x The Luma bow seemed like a more reasonable price for a hobbyist like me. ^-^ I used to have a similar slow reaction time like you are mentioning, but in my case it was being caused more by my "muffled-sounding" heavy-ish bow. I've tried using my new bow on my older instrument that is worth around $700, and it really makes a big difference in how clear and nice it sounds! In hindsight, I would have bought a better bow than instrument, but I'm very happy with what I have. (= It might be worth it to look at both bows and instruments, because you might be better off with a better bow than a better instrument (at least I would have been if I knew to look for bows instead of instruments in 2006!).
+Katy Adelson Wow thank you for the comprehensive answer. Plenty of sage advice there. I think I will try a new bow first in that case (pun unintended). What you say makes a lot of sense.
The problem is here there are no descent music shops. We have one or two in town but they don't really know anything about violins. I may need a trip to Dublin to find a good bow I can try before buying.
Thanks again and keep up the great work! If there is ever a way we can support your work/give something back by buying your music/merchandise etc... let us know!
Happy fiddling :)
@@KatyAdelson What about the bow hair? Do you think the bow itself makes more impact on sound that the hair on the bow?
Thankyou so much for making this
The sheet music link in not working. This video is amazing!
Im just wondering, am I supposed to just slip my 1st finger from D string to A string? Its kinda hard and innacurate to do it. But there is no time to life it and put it on the A :D Also, when im slipping like that, i move with my elbow, but you dont do that, should I prevent moving with my (left) elbow? :)
Me and the boys unpacking the ol quarter size and jamming to this
Excellent tutorial very professional will deftly be veiwing more(all) of your videos
But i have a small request i had a difficult time hearing you speak the notes over the bowing (D's G's E's) sound similar. Your lovely voice blend with your lovely playing ..totaly top knotch
Thanks
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Thanks so much! This was great!
Holy Lord, this is beauty, a beautiful irish tune, how many years since you first started playing ?
Thank you! =) I started playing about 17 years ago and have been playing off and on. One of the reasons why I started a TH-cam channel was to get me to start practicing again. ^^
Great! practicing is the only way to improve violin skills, you are phenomenal, Cheers !