Intermediate — Ornament & Style
Make Celtic music your own — with ornament, style and voice.
Take your fiddle playing beyond the notes. Learn how to add ornaments, slides and grace notes to bring 12 Celtic tunes to life — in your own style.
Play beyond the notes
- Add authentic Celtic decorations to your playing.
- Learn 4 ornament techniques — grace notes, ‘shake your leg’, the ‘fridge magnet’ and the ‘no pressure’ technique.
- Apply each technique to 3 Celtic tunes — and maybe more!
- Develop your personal expression and confidence.
- Feel more connected to the Celtic, Schlottish* tradition and own more of the way you play.
For players ready for the next step
Players ready to move beyond basic tunes.
Musicians who want to sound more authentic.
Professionals using the fiddle as a creative outlet for balance and well-being.
What you get
Step-by-step ornament tutorials
4 ornament techniques and 12 tunes to apply them to
A micro-learning approach to learning the tunes by ear and adding the ornaments
Downloadable tune audio recordings
Community Q&A and feedback sessions
OptionalStep up and make the music your own
Bring grace notes, ornaments and your own voice to 12 Celtic tunes — learned by ear, at your own pace.
Questions? Contact Colin MacLeod at [email protected]
Part of the School of Schlottish* Fiddle Mastery.
*Schlottish = a blend of Scottish fiddle and classical violin style.
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