Old-Time Fiddle: Round Peak Style

• Fiddle
• Folk
• In-Person Classes
• Instrumental
• Old Time
• Roots
• Trad

THIS IS AN IN-PERSON CLASS

Learn some of the fundamental bowing techniques that underpin the legendary fiddling of Tommy Jarrell, Robert Sykes, John Rector and others of the Blue Ridge community around Round Peak, North Carolina. We focus on a few staple tunes of the repertoire, and cover bowing rhythms you can apply to many other tunes of this exciting style.

Prerequisites:Students should have some familiarity with Old Time music, be able to note cleanly on the fiddle and use the bow.

Class ScheduleThursdays: Sep. 8, 15, 22, 29, Oct. 6Time: 8:00–9:15pm ET

Location: Passim School of Music, 26 Church Street, Cambridge, MA(Classrooms are located on the second floor; unfortunately, there is no elevator.)

Ages: 18+

Please Note:Pre-sales are highly encouraged! Online sales end 2 hours before the class begins. A minimum of 4 students is required for the class to run. If canceled due to low enrollment, you will be notified and receive a full refund.

Jon Anderson

• Fiddle
• Old Time

Jon Anderson started playing old-time music at 7, when his father taught him to play banjo on his “Pete Seeger” model Vega. Since then, he has been an active performer, teacher, and student of Old-Time music, winning awards for his fiddling, and producing an album of traditional Round Peak fiddle and banjo duets with Tom Collins, “Sinful to Flirt” in 2016. Jon has produced an occasional YouTube series, “Bowing Lights for Old-Time Fiddle” using innovative animations to demonstrate the unique motions in southern old-time fiddle bowing. In 2009, Jon was awarded a grant through the State of New Hampshire to study traditional New England fiddle styles with Rodney Miller, comprising old-time, Irish, and French and Anglo Canadian influences.