Fiddle Lessons

Jacqueline Laufman

Learn to play by ear.

Practice tapes of dance tunes available (see recordings).

Adults and children ages 7 and up.

Fee: $20 for the first half hour, $5 each additional fifteen minutes.

Ryan Thomson - Captain Fiddle

4 Elm Court
Newmarket, New Hampshire
Phone: 603-659-2658

www.captainfiddle.com Ryan also publishes numerous books, recordings, and videos on music through Captain Fiddle Publications.

Carolyn Parrott

Farrington Corner Rd

Hopkinton, New Hampshire

603-224-7669

Apprenticeships

Learn to call traditional community dances.

Learn to play and call traditional dances at the same time.

Apprentices must be willing to learn about dance programming and philosophy.

Fee: $35 per hour

Dudley Laufman, instructor

Grants through the NH State Council on the Arts are sometimes available.

Fiddles for Sale & Banjo Lessons

Brad Dorsey Sells & Repairs Fiddles & Bows

603-224-7669 Hopkinton NH

Carolyn Parrott teaches Banjo & Fiddle

603-224-7669 Hopkinton NH

Slow Jam Sessions

Oct. 2005 - May 2007

October 12, in the Community Room (Fayette Street side) at the Music School from 7:30-9, and will occur every second Wednesday of the month through May. David Surette will coach mandolin and guitar players and I, banjo and fiddle. We ask a donation of $5.

This is the way it works: David and I choose tunes common to the NE fiddle/dance repertory. We play them once at a moderate tempo, and then extremely slowly so all can learn by ear. If necessary, we stop to explain chording, break the tune down by phrasing, and other intricacies. All levels are welcome. And, for the first time, we will have written music available to take home.

Our plan this year is to have a core of tunes that repeats every month so that people can gain expertise, precision and speed. Call or e-mail me with questions and, by all means, send this to your musical friends.

Carolyn Parrott
680 Farrington Corner Road
Hopkinton, NH 03229
603/224-7669

TWO FIDDLES

Jacqueline & Dudley Laufman

PO Box 61, Canterbury, NH, USA 03224

Tel: 603-783-4719 Fax: 603-783-9578

New email as of January 2007:

jdlaufman (at) comcast (dot) net

(Put the @ symbol in above address instead of the word (at) with no spaces and a . between comcast and net to deter spam.)

Last updated: 02/20/2008

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