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To contact me: 

e mail jill@fiddlelessons.co.uk 

or ring 01275 847909

Time to embark on a new, rewarding, sociable,  leisure experience!!

Come and learn to play traditional music mainly from Ireland, England and Scotland........ - with me (Jill Elliot) .... and several others!

Individual fiddle lessons from scratch 

and group tune learning for any suitable melody instrument

plus lots more.......

Only look further if you feel like enjoying yourself! 

but don't take my word for it......visit the links in the left hand column to read what others have said - or come along to any group session (see dates and times) and have a cup of tea! 

 

01275  847909

jill@fiddlelessons.co.uk

Clapton-in-Gordano, Bristol, BS20 7RH 

easy access from Bristol, Gloucestershire and Somerset.....

5 minutes from M5 junction 19 (Gordano Services and Portishead)

 10 minutes from M5 junction 20 (Clevedon) 

15 minutes from Clifton and the Cumberland Basin

 



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One to one fiddle tuition 

- click here for details

for all ages and abilities

                                

 

Group Learning 

See Dates and Times for full timetable

Learn tunes in a friendly relaxed group 

- any suitable melody instrument

Evening Groups 

Traditional Music Group -Tuesday 7.30pm -9.30pm

Music Club - Wednesday 6.30pm - 9.30pm 

Sessions at the Black Horse, Clapton in Gordano 

 Daytime Groups

Fiddle and Lunch - Monday 

Young Persons' Music Club 

Hibernia - Saturday Morning Fortnightly -  10.00am - 12.45pm

- click here for full details 

 No need to read music as playing by ear is encouraged

 Music/whistle fingering/fiddle tab/mandolin and banjo tab are available in some groups - click here to see examples

It is desirable to have some kind of recording device but audio and visual aids are available on this web site - click here for examples

 

Are you organising a celebration, social evening or fund-raising event?

please contact me: 

For calling for social dances

If you want a barn dance /ceilidh band

or a musical afternoon or evening with background music

or a traditional music concert

or a lively Irish song evening in a pub

..............and if you are already fond of going to traditional music concerts, you may like to go on the mailing list for house concerts and workshops which I host during the year for visiting traditional musicians from various countries 

 

Click Here for Special Events

Click here for photo gallery

Click on the links in the left hand column for tunes your specific group is currently learning 

 

Jill Elliot

Playing traditional music is tremendous fun for all.  It is instantly accessible even in your first lesson as a complete beginner - but don't take my word for it - read what others have said by clicking on the links on the left - or better still, come along and try for yourself!

I mainly teach tunes from Ireland, England, and Scotland  by ear in the traditional method.  Group lessons are based on this but the music/tab/fingering is available in the beginners and intermediate groups.  

Some individual pupils also want to learn to read manuscript and for those who already can there is a wealth of all types of music we can explore.

I started teaching twelve years ago when a friend asked me to help her children learn some fiddle tunes.

The following year I joined the Hibernia Centre as the fiddle teacher in the days when we were overwhelmed if five fiddlers turned up.  Nowadays we regularly have more than 50 musicians on a Saturday morning and are recognised as the area's foremost Centre for Irish traditional music often hosting workshops with world famous musicians.

Ten years ago I joined the Old Fox Band - a  popular barn dance band that has been established for over 30 years - and now spend most Saturday nights fiddling or calling the moves whilst the night is danced away!  I also play in different musical line-ups with various musicians for other events. - click here for band information

 

Maggie - Charity Finance Worker

"Fast approaching my 40th birthday, I decided to learn to play the fiddle and get married - not necessarily in that order!   I had played piano as a child, and the theoretical basis had left me unable to play by ear or join in with others.  

 

   

Learning with Jill is great, as you're with like-minded people who just enjoy the music (including people who'd hitherto considered themselves 'unmusical'!).  

Playing with beginners like myself at the weekly groups meant I was able to build confidence; playing with others without getting too precious about it............ If you've been put off music before, this would be a great way to get into it, it's loads of fun."

 

 

I also host a number of house concerts each year, plus a variety of visiting tutors giving workshops for various instruments.  If you would like to be included on an e mailing list for house concerts and/or visiting tutor workshops, please just e mail me. jill@fiddlelessons.co.uk  See photo gallery for previous events - for forthcoming events please see special events