Scottish Fiddling with Jenna Moynihan, Part 1

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SCOTTISH FIDDLING with JENNA MOYNIHAN

Scottish Fiddling with Jenna Moynihan, Part 1

Scottish Fiddling with Jenna Moynihan, Part 2: Jenna Teaches a Scottish Reel

Scottish Fiddling with Jenna Moynihan, Part 3: Ornamentation

Scottish Fiddling with Jenna Moynihan, Part 1

Jenna Moynihan combines her background in Scottish music (for which she has won a number of titles at Scottish Fiddle contests in the US) with a love of Appalachian fiddling and other styles. She is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music, where she won the Fletcher Bright Award and the American Roots Music Award from the Berklee String Department, honors given annually to an outstanding string player.She is in the process of recording her first album (jennamoynihan.com).Brittany and Jenna start this workshop by playing the jig “The Rolling Waves.” And Jenna talks about her fiddle, a five-string made by Barry Dudley (barrydudley.com).

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