Chris Haigh

Chris Haigh’s latest book, published by Schott, is Exploring Klezmer Fiddle. It looks at all the aspects of klezmer including the history, geography, repertoire, scales, techniques and ornamentation.

Chris presents a workshop based on music from the book.

The cost is £5.00, and this covers one or the other, or both parts. You don’t need to have the book to participate, but it will be available on the night at a special discounted price of £10.00

Klezmer 1: Intermediate. In this workshop, it will answer the question What Is klezmer? and summarise the different types of tune which make up the repertoire. You will try, from sheet music, tunes including a freylekhs, bulgar, hora, nign, wedding march and sher.

Klezmer 2: Intermediate to advanced. In this workshop you will look at how to give a Yiddish accent to your playing. Ornaments include the krekhts, glissando, vibrato trill, ghost harmonics and double stops. You will look at intros and outros, the shout chorus, and how to play second fiddle.