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Exploring Klezmer Fiddle, by Chris Haigh

Name: Exploring Klezmer Fiddle, by Chris Haigh
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Author: Chris Haigh

Chris Haigh

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Modules194

Replay songs77

InstrumentViolin

LanguageEnglish

Contents (194 modules, 77 replay)

- 01. Introduction
- 02. The Tunes
- 03. The Recording
- 04. Accessing the Audio and MP3s
- 05. Yiddish And Other Terms
- 01. 1: The History Of Klezmer
- 02. Nign
- 03. Mitn Fidele (With my Fiddle)
- 04. The Pale Of Settlement
- 05. Tsu Der Hakofes (To the procession of the Toyre)
- 06. Bazetsn di Kale (Seating of the Bride)
- 07. Tsu der Khupe (To the Wedding Canopy)
- 08. Bobover Wedding March
- 09. Simantov, Mazeltov (Good Sign, Good Luck)
- 10. Fun Der Khupe (From the Wedding Canopy)
- 11. Broygez Tants
- 12. Der Sarver’s Sher (The Waiter’s Dance)
- 13. Platsh Yisroel (Cry, Israel)
- 14. The Jewish Enlightenment
- 15. The Czarist Army
- 16. Tants, Tants, Yidelekh (Mo Yofis) (Dance, Dance Little Jews)
- 01. 2: Emigration
- 02. The Recording Industry
- 03. Khosn Kale Mazltov (Congratulations to the Bride and Groom)
- 04. Kandel’s Hora
- 05. Araber Tants (Arab Dance)
- 06. Klezmer Jazz Crossover
- 07. Der Shtiler Bulgar Version 1 (The Quiet Bulgar)
- 08. Der Shtiler Bulgar Version 2
- 09. Assimilation
- 10. Simchosis
- 11. The Klezmer Revival
- 12. Klezmer Revival Bands
- 13. A Glezele Veyn
- 14. Berditshever Khosidl
- 15. Raisins and Almonds
- 16. Planning To Start Your Own Band?
- 01. 3: Ornamentation And Technique
- 02. Ornamentation
- 03. Bessarabian Hora (Version 1)
- 04. Bessarabian Hora (Version 2)
- 05. Bessarabian Hora (Version 3)
- 06. Bessarabian Hora (Version 4)
- 07. Bessarabian Hora (Version 5)
- 08. Gasn Nigun (Street song)
- 09. Timing and Phrasing
- 10. Intros, Outros and Links
- 11. Endings
- 12. Articulation
- 13. Rhythm Fiddle
- 14. Khosn Kale Mazeltov with rhythm part
- 15. Tsvey Shtrunes
- 16. Terkish Gebet (Turkish Prayer)
- 17. National Hora No. 1
- 01. 4: Klezmer Modes And Scales
- 02. Ahava Raba
- 03. Sherele
- 04. Hava Nagila (Let Us Rejoice)
- 05. Der Heyser Bulgar (The Hot Bulgar)
- 06. Mi Sheberakh
- 07. Saposhkelekh (The Boots)
- 08. Adonoi Molokh
- 09. Gershfeld’s Freylekhs
- 10. Kishiniever Bulgar
- 11. Natural Minor
- 12. Zemerl
- 13. Yiddish Khosidl
- 14. Simkas Toyre
- 15. Moldavian Hanga
- 16. Sirba
- 17. Bolgarskaya
- 01. 5: The Klezmer Repertoire
- 02. The Northern Repertoire
- 03. The Freylekhs
- 04. Shakhnay’s Freylekhs
- 05. Chaban (Shepherd)
- 06. The Sher
- 07. Sher in A
- 08. Russian Sher No. 1
- 09. The Hasidic Movement
- 10. Khosidl
- 11. Khusidlekh 1
- 12. Khusidlekh 2
- 13. Dem Trisker Rebn’s Nign (Nign from the Rabbi of Trisker)
- 14. Dem Rebns Tants (Hosidl) (The Rabbi’s Dance)
- 15. Kolomeyke
- 16. Krakowiak
- 17. Stoliner Kozatshok
- 18. Oberek
- 19. Polish Polka
- 01. 6: The Southern Repertoire
- 02. Bessarabia and the Hora
- 03. Mazltov (Congratulations)
- 04. Bukovina Hora
- 05. Hangu and Freylachs from Podoloy & Freylachs (Ot Azoy)
- 06. Mekhuteneste Mayne (My Mother-In-Law)
- 07. Hot a Yid a Vaybele (If a Jew Has a Wife)
- 08. Odessa Bulgar
- 09. Odesskaya
- 10. Terk in Amerika
- 11. The Bulgar
- 12. The History of the Bulgar
- 13. Karaptshiv Sirba
- 14. Old Bulgar
- 15. Fun der Khupe (The Silver Wedding)
- 16. Czernowitzer Bulgar
- 01. 7: The Doina
- 02. How Do You Recognize a Doina?
- 03. Playing a Doina
- 04. Doina in D Minor
- 05. Basarabye
- 06. Kleftiko Vlachico
- 01. Bibliography
- 02. Discography
- 03. Glossary of Terms
- 04. Audio Track Listing
- 05. CD Track Listing
- 01. Nign
- 02. Mitn Fidele (With my Fiddle)
- 03. Tsu Der Hakofes (To the procession of the Toyre)
- 04. Bazetsn di Kale (Seating of the Bride)
- 05. Tsu der Khupe (To the Wedding Canopy)
- 06. Bobover Wedding March
- 07. Simantov, Mazeltov (Good Sign, Good Luck)
- 08. Fun Der Khupe (From the Wedding Canopy)
- 09. Broygez Tants
- 10. Der Sarver s Sher (The Waiter s Dance)
- 11. Platsh Yisroel (Cry, Israel)
- 12. Tants, Tants, Yidelekh (Mo Yofis)
- 13. Kandel s Hora
- 14. Araber Tants (Arab Dance)
- 15. Der Shtiler Bulgar Version 1 (The Quiet Bulgar)
- 16. Der Shtiler Bulgar Version 2
- 17. Simchosis
- 18. A Glezele Veyn
- 19. Berditshever Khosidl
- 20. Raisins and Almonds
- 21. Fig 3.1 - 3.3
- 22. Bessarabian Hora (Version 1)
- 23. Bessarabian Hora (Version 2)
- 24. Fig 3.4 Descending glissando
- 25. Fig 3.5 Vibrato trill (trillbrato)
- 26. Bessarabian Hora (Version 3)
- 27. Bessarabian Hora (Version 4)
- 28. Fig 3.6-3.7
- 29. Bessarabian Hora (Version 5)
- 30. Gasn Nigun (Street song)
- 31. Fig 3.8 Phrasing
- 32. Intros Outros Licks Fig 3.9 - 3.18
- 33. Khosn Kale Mazeltov with rhythm part
- 34. Terkish Gebet (Turkish Prayer)
- 35. National Hora No. 1
- 36. Sherele
- 37. Hava Nagila (Let Us Rejoice)
- 38. Der Heyser Bulgar (The Hot Bulgar)
- 39. Saposhkelekh (The Boots)
- 40. Gershfeld s Freylekhs
- 41. Kishiniever Bulgar
- 42. Zemerl
- 43. Yiddish Khosidl
- 44. Simkas Toyre
- 45. Moldavian Hanga (Performance)
- 46. Sirba (Performance)
- 47. Bolgarskaya
- 48. Shakhnay s Freylekhs
- 49. Chaban (Shepherd) (Performance)
- 50. Sher in A (Performance)
- 51. Russian Sher No. 1 (Performance)
- 52. Khusidlekh 1 (Performance)
- 53. Khusidlekh 2 (Performance)
- 54. Dem Trisker Rebn s Nign (Nign from the Rabbi of Trisker) (Performance)
- 55. Dem Rebns Tants (Hosidl) (The Rabbi s Dance) (Performance)
- 56. Kolomeyke (Performance)
- 57. Krakowiak (Performance)
- 58. Stoliner Kozatshok (Performance)
- 59. Oberek (Performance)
- 60. Polish Polka (Performance)
- 61. Mazltov (Congratulations)
- 62. Bukovina Hora
- 63. Hangu and Freylachs from Podoloy - Freylachs (Ot Azoy)
- 64. Mekhuteneste Mayne (My Mother-In-Law)
- 65. Hot a Yid a Vaybele (If a Jew Has a Wife)
- 66. Odessa Bulgar
- 67. Odesskaya
- 68. Terk in America
- 69. Fig 6.6 - Lebedik 4 bars
- 70. Karaptshiv Sirba
- 71. Old Bulgar
- 72. Fun der Khupe (The Silver Wedding)
- 73. Czernowitzer Bulgar
- 74. Playing a Doina - Fig 7.1 to 7.12
- 75. Doina in D Minor
- 76. Basarabye
- 77. Kleftiko Vlachico

About this songbook

Klezmer is celebratory Ashkenazi Jewish music from Eastern Europe - exotic, thrilling, and deeply evocative. In Exploring Klezmer Fiddle, Chris Haigh guides violinists through the sound world of klezmer with real repertoire, practical technique, and the cultural context that makes the music speak.

Inside you’ll learn:

Core tune types and dance feels (freylekhs, sher, bulgar, hora, doina and more)
How klezmer “talks”: phrasing freedom, voice-like articulation, and classic ornaments (dreydlekh)
Modes and scales used in the tradition (including Ahava Raba/Freygish and related colors)
Rhythm-fiddle approaches and band-ready conventions for intros, links, and endings
A guided repertoire journey from northern to southern regional styles

All tunes appear in the accompanying audio tracks and interactive sheet music. Some tracks are full band recordings, and many tracks feature solo violin with rhythm-fiddle accompaniment. Most tunes are played once with no intro/outro (so you can build your own), and a few tracks run longer like full performances. Chord symbols are included as helpful guides.

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Meet the Guru

Chris Haigh

Chris Haigh has been a professional fiddle player for 25 years, with experience covering many different genres. He has played on over 75 albums, working with artists including Alison Moyet, Bob Geldof, All About Eve, Michael Ball, David Soul, Oumou Sangare, The Quireboys, Riverdance, Morcheeba, James Galway and Steps.

He has played swing jazz with The Kimbara Brothers, Diz Disley, Le Jazz, The Hot Club of London, and the Quecumbar Allstars, and leads a 7-piece Soviet swing band, The Kremlinaires.

Chris gives lessons and workshops on jazz violin technique and has taught jazz violin at Middlesex, Brunel and Newcastle universities and Truro College. His writing credits include nine fiddle books, among them The Fiddle Handbook.

He also runs Fiddling Around (fiddlingaround.co.uk), probably the most comprehensive and widely visited source of fiddle information on the web.

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