Red Haired Boy

Listen to this great tune.

Look at your part (below) carefully.

None of the notes are hard and for violins it is all open strings! Cello has just an E on the D string to play with a finger.

Concentrate on good bowing in this piece. Check your bow hold and really make a great sound. Make sure you play very rhythmically.

Here is a YouTube film to watch it played! There are lots of different ways to play these tunes. All folk music is passed down by playing rather than writing, and notes and rhythms change all the time. All folk tunes can be played in different ways…..

Watch me first!

Here is the score - all the parts together!

Folk Music

There are lots of different ways to play these tunes. All folk music is passed down by playing rather than writing, and notes and rhythms change all the time. All folk tunes can be played in different ways…..

Here is a clip of a family band playing together. You will hear the violin and the guitar "trading choruses" - taking turns to play the melody in their own way. Improvising around the melody happens a lot in fol music and in jazz music too. Lots of pop and rock musicians also do improvised solos on their instruments as part of a piece.