Cuts, strikes, rolls

I was covering for Teirnan Courell’s whistle class at the Scots Music Group last night and found myself wandering into the woods of cuts, strikes and rolls. It’s a subject that comes up often when I teach flute or whistle. Some people don’t know what they are and those that do can find themselves at… Continue reading Cuts, strikes, rolls

Tradwinds workshops

Next weekend sees the last of a series of 3 monthly Saturday workshops I have been running over the Autumn. Looking at a mixture of tunes from the Hebrides and some very local ones, I have just added the resources to my Dropbox for participants to look at in advance. From a teaching perspective, the… Continue reading Tradwinds workshops

Autumn workshops

Gordon returns to leading a series of workshops this Autumn, commencing on 23 September with a special 3-hour afternoon on Scottish Folk Day. Taking place at The Fisherrow Centre in Musselburgh, the stand-alone workshops will cover repertoire and technique and are suitable for players of keyed and unkeyed simple system flutes, Boehm system flutes, whistles and low… Continue reading Autumn workshops