TAKE
YOUR FIDDLE PLAYING
FURTHER
Do you feel a bit stuck in your fiddle playing?
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If you’ve been trying to teach yourself to play Irish fiddle, perhaps learning from YouTube, workshops, or scattered tutorials, you might feel that:
- Your playing doesn’t yet have that Irish lift or lilt in its phrasing
- Ornamentation is confusing - you know about cuts and rolls, but you’re not sure exactly how to play them, or where to use them
- Your bowing feels rigid or mechanical, and you are unsure about bowing patterns
- The more you look for advice, the more confusing it gets!
That’s why I created the
Complete Irish Fiddler
courses that bring everything together in clear, structured lessons
THE COMPLETE IRISH FIDDLER
CORE SKILLS FOR IRISH FIDDLERS
The Essentials course gives you the core techniques, tune types, and practice habits that shape skilled Irish fiddlers — clearly presented lessons, structured to ensure you progress.
I’ve taken everything I know from teaching thousands of hours of Irish fiddle, and distilled it into the lessons in this course.Â
MODULES 1-10
Introductions to the types of Irish tunes: learn the rhythms and phrasing of the core Irish tune types. With case study tune tutorials for each type
MODULES 11-14
Learn the 3 ornaments you need to know to play Irish fiddle, with detailed lessons for each
MODULES 15-18Â
Technical fundamentals to improve your playing: bow hold, slurs, finger groups
MODULES 19-25
Tips and techniques you will learn nowhere else, drawn from all my teaching experience: practice ratios, looping your practice, playing at speed, clean entries and more
MODULES 26-30
My best exercises to master your new fiddle techniques: string crossing, thirds scales, intonation exercises, bowing patterns more
MODULES 31-38
Bring together everything you have learned in professional-level settings of some of favourite tunes, with authentic ornamentation, bowing and phrasing. Detailed phrase by phrase tutorials.
CLEAR PRESENTATION IN HD VIDEO
Each lesson is clearly explained and presented in high definition video, with multiple camera angles to show the left hand in close-up and bowing techniques and posture.
Plus, learn and use my tried and tested exercises to build your playing, practice new techniques, and gain confidence.Â
FREE SHEET MUSIC AND COURSE BOOK
As well as phrase by phrase tutorials, the course includes sheet music (with finger notation) and ABC notation for all exercises and examples. PLUS sheet music/ABC transcriptions of my own settings of all the tunes, with bowing and ornamentation exactly as I play them!
Keep track of your progress with a course book with lesson summaries, practice journal and progress checks as you work through the course. You’ll soon see how far you’ve come!
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PRIOITY WORKSHOP ACCESSÂ
+ free drop-ins
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Join the Complete Irish Fiddler community, and get priority access to all my group workshops, as well as live community video drop-ins to talk about anything you are working on in your fiddle playing.Â
I'm Bradon.
I started playing the fiddle over 35 years ago. I've had the privilege of learning with some of the best fiddle players; but I also know the frustration of trying to work things out for myself.Â
I've been playing as a full-time professional musician and teacher for years now. But I still remember the feeling of playing well but still not getting the true fiddle sound that I heard in other people's playing.Â
Gradually, I pieced it together, and began to really understand the techniques, phrasing, bowing patterns and pulse that make up the Irish fiddle sound.Â
I've taught those techniques to hundreds of fiddle students across thousands of lessons and workshops.
And now I've put all of it in to these courses for you.
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"Bradon is an engaging and patient teacher and his knowledge of folk fiddle playing is second to none."
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Stuart Omond
"Highly recommended! Bradon is an intuitive teacher - focused on your objectives but gently challenging you as well. I was unsure about online lessons but because of his creativity it works really well. I have learnt a lot and feel I have really improved"
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Glenda Collier
"Bradon is a remarkable fiddle tutor who has the ability to improve my playing by continually introducing new tunes and new techniques to keep it all fresh and fun. Importantly he does this with patience, good humour and a great personable approach. Great downloadable audio and visual resources that just make the whole process much easier for me when I’m practicing at home. Great teacher, great website!"
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Julian Hamilton-Smith
"Bradon is an incredibly patient and knowledgeable teacher. He has the ability to break down learning the fiddle into a way that makes sense. This is especially helpful as a mature student learning from scratch. The online resources are really useful, meaning you can be learning and consolidating tunes wherever you are. Definitely recommend."
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Bernie Prettejohn
"Bradon is an excellent patient teacher, allowing you to learn at a pace that suits you. Highly recommended. Thanks Bradon!"
 Val Bell
IS THIS COURSE RIGHT FOR YOU?
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If you have wondered how to take your Irish fiddle playing to the next level, then this course is for you.
- Maybe you want to know how to execute real Irish fiddle ornaments, and know where to place them in tunes so that your playing finally sounds Irish....
- Perhaps you feel like your bowing is too stiff, sounds too 'classical', or lacks swing, 'lilt' and lift....
- You dream of playing in faster Irish sessions, but find the speed intimidating...Â
- You've done well to teach yourself so far, but now want to fix some playing habits that are holding you back....
- You can learn tunes from notation, but they sound a little lifeless, and you want to master learning by ear....
The Complete Irish Fiddler Course is designed to take you through each of these challenges, with detailed lessons, and tips and tricks at every turn.Â
When does the course launch?
Will I make progress in my playing?
Do I need to be able to read music?
I'm a complete beginner - will I be able to do the course?
What is the Pre-release offer?
