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Experienced Violin & Fiddle teacher in Raleigh, NC offering private lessons for all skill levels tailored to your needs!
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About David
Hi, I'm David. I've been playing the violin since 2000, and gave my first lesson on violin in 2005. I began doing more active teaching in 2018. My favorite music to play is traditional Scottish fiddle music!
Although I began playing this instrument in 2000, I began focusing on Scottish music beginning in 2006 when I started studying with Dr. John Turner at the Jink & Diddle School of Scottish Fiddling.
Scottish fiddle music has a unique ability to make people dance and make people cry. I am known to play it in a distinctly stylistic way based upon the tradition from the Golden Age of Scottish fiddling, the 18th century. My teaching/pupil lineage goes directly back to Niel Gow (lived 1727 to 1807) himself, the most iconic Scottish fiddler-composer in history. Like Niel Gow, I focus on playing the fiddle with emotional expression above all else while challenging assumptions in tune interpretation yet aggressively maintaining an ingrained traditional sense in my interpretation.
In 2010, I won the largest material prize in the history of our tradition, the Niel Gow Fiddle Award, the only time it was ever given, at the U.S. National Scottish Fiddling Championship, and have in other years won numerous other National awards and Regional awards.
I've personally written around 300 tunes in the Scottish idiom, a number of which have been performed by other notable musicians.
Currently, I'm enjoying developing some new music books, focused on Scottish music.
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My lessons are tailored to each student's needs and skill level. Lessons can be held online, or in-person in the Raleigh, NC area. I offer the first lesson as a free trial to all prospective students so we can make sure it's a good fit for both of us, and so I can best determine optimal methodology for the specific needs of each student.
I've been playing violin for decades and have taught many kinds of music to many kinds of people.
For the very first lesson with me:
I start by getting to know you on a personal level and then determine the best approach for how to proceed based on your experience with the instrument and with music. It can be very different for a child learning vs an adult, and different if there's experience on a different instrument than violin vs no musical experience at all. The main thing is you need to have a good reason why you want to play, and we can make lots of things happen from there!
For a regular routine lesson with me:
The first few minutes are just us getting in setup and in tune, catching up on a personal level, and getting sheet music out for the specific repertoire you're focusing on (though I also do quite a bit of ear training). We will then review your current status as you demonstrate what we worked on from the previous lesson, and then we will work on new concepts and problem-solving any issues that arise. Once you're comfortable with a piece we can move on to new pieces quickly, returning to previous repertoire occasionally in the future. At the end of the lesson, I try to answer any final questions before you go, and cover my recommendations for what to spend time on at home that week. I'm always available by text or email throughout the week, if you hit a snag on anything you're working on with the violin.
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- 5h: R4106
- 10h: R8213
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The free first lesson with David allows you to get to know the tutor and discuss your needs and expectations.
- 30min
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