Find the downloads and links for Festival workshops here, including the Festival Big Band, Festival Concert Band, Sight Reading, Ocarina, Gypsy Jazz, Early Music, Flamenco and Northumbrian Piping
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Festival Concert Band Workshop with John Kirkpatrick
John leads a progressive series of five sessions playing from written tune arrangements. Suitable for players of any acoustic instrument who are not complete beginners, but no electronic instruments or keyboards, please. The workshop culminates in a showcase event on Friday lunchtime. It helps to be able to read music, but ear players will have opportunity to pick the tunes up. Bring music stand and pen/pencil.
There are three versions of each tune – concert pitch, B flat, and E flat.
Wentworth Park – B Flat Wentworth Park – Concert Pitch Wentworth Park – E Flat
The Shipwreck – B FLAT The Shipwreck – Concert Pitch The Shipwreck – E FLAT
Harlequin Underground – B Flat Harlequin Underground – Concert Pitch Harlequin Underground – E Flat
Lads and Lasses – B Flat Lads and Lasses – Concert Pitch Lads and Lasses – E Flat
Sidmouth Big Band Workshop with Nick and Mary Barber
Sidmouth’s big ceilidh band, suitable for any acoustic instrument. Daily progressive workshops leading to a public ceilidh in the Anchor Gardens. Some music reading skills an advantage, music provided. Participatory. Progressive. All levels. Music is available in advance and also during the workshops. Please bring an instrument, a music stand & a pencil! #W#
The 2024 Big Band tunebooks are downloadable (for free) from here: https://nick-barber.net/sidmou
You can also buy The Sidmouth Big Band Anniversary Tunebook – Celebrating 25 years of the Sidmouth Big Band, this book contains 299 dance tunes from a variety of sources, many 18th century. https://nick-barber.net/produc
Robert Hickman sight reading workshop, fingering chart and tunes for the ocarina workshop:
Manouche (Gypsy Jazz) Jam Session with Neil and Meg Browning.
2 weekend workshops, and then morning jam sessions at the Sidmouth Cricket, Tennis & Croquet Club. Read the etiquette & download the tunes here.
Some Gypsy Jazz chord shapes (guitar)
Gypsy Jazz – Suitable Instruments (Sidmouth 2024) Gypsy Jazz – Session Etiquette (Sidmouth 2024) (1)
1 Gypsy Jazz- 5 classics 2 Gypsy Jazz- 5 further classics 3 Gypsy Jazz- 5 other good ones
4 Gypsy Jazz- 5 final good ones
B-FLAT 1 Gypsy Jazz- 5 classics B-FLAT 2 Gypsy Jazz- 5 further classics
Early Music Workshop (and playing for Early Dance)
Playing effectively for dances from the renaissance. Acoustic instruments welcomed that can blend. Simple tunes taught by ear in D and G. Music available from http://eglamore.wordpress.com/
Sat 14:15-15:35 Early Music Workshop 1 – Led by Andy Richards, FayrePlay and Helen Richards & Eglamore.
Sat 15:50-17:10 Early Dance Workshop 1 – Led by Helen Richards & Eglamore. Players from music workshop may add to the band of Andy Richards, FayrePlay & Eglamore.
Mon 14:15-15:35 Early Music Workshop 2 – Led by Andy Richards, FayrePlay and Helen Richards & Eglamore.
Tue 14:15-15:35 Early Dance Workshop 2 – Players from music workshop may add to the band of Andy Richards, FayrePlay & Eglamore.
Flamenco Guitar & Percussion Workshop with Matt Sullivan
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Beginners Northumbrian Piping with Camus
Thu 8th, 11am, Sidmouth Primary School
Beginners Northumbrian Piping workshop with Camus. A brief taste of the Northumbrian small pipes for absolute beginners, using our practice sets. We’ll demonstrate and explain the pipes and their history, then give the group a 30 minute introductory experience of playing them in two successive groups, supported by our tutors.
Thu 8th 8:30pm-10:00 pm Rugby Club Northumbrian Tunes with Camus. A mixed instrument session in G. Come and learn Northumbrian tunes and play them with the pipers on your fiddles, melodeons, guitars, whistles, etc. Find the tunes from the QR code online if you’d like the dots in advance – but “by ear” is fine!
TICKETS
All in One & Season Tickets get you in to all, or any, of the workshops….as many or as often as you like. For non-season tickets holders Workshop-only Ticket bundles are also available.