Josefin's Waltz (Josephine's waltz) - fiddle lesson

Josefin's waltz was written by Roger Tallroth of the Swedish group Vasen, but it is now also played by Celtic and American musicians, following covers by Dervish, Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas, and Natalie McMaster. The original title was Johsefin's Dopvals, but it is also sometimes spelt Josephine's.
In this fiddle lesson I demonstrate the basic melody, in the key of G, and then offer some suggestions for ornamentation.
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3. Subscription video courses
4. Website
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1. PATREON
This is a platform where anyone can help support creative artists and get closer access to their work. You can join me on Patreon at three levels, for £4, £10 or £40 per month.

At the lowest level you get access to all my pdf’s and tune collections, plus many exclusive tuition videos not available to the public.
At level 2 you can join also me once a month for a group Zoom chat, and can request a backing rack once a month.
Level 3 gives you all the above plus a free lesson once a month, and access to all my backing tracks.
You can find me on Patreon at
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2. BOOKS
I have seven fiddle tuition books published by Schott, all widely available from the publisher, from Amazon, and many other outlets. All come with audio tracks illustrating the tunes and exercises.
Exploring Jazz Violin
Beginning Jazz Violin
Discovering Rock Violin
Exploring Folk Fiddle
Exploring Klezmer Fiddle
Hungarian Fiddle Tunes
French Fiddle Tunes
Exploring Country and Bluegrass Fiddle
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3. VIDEO SUBSCRIPTION COURSES
I have three video subscription courses
MUSIC GURUS- Exploring Jazz Violin. Based on my Schott book
Parts 1 and 2 are each £26 for 26 lessons, covering the first and second halves of the book
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Part 2 tinyurl.com/23...
-MUSIC GURUS Discovering Rock Violin. . Based on my Schott book
£35 for 46 lessons
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ACADEMY OF FOLK
Includes a folk fiddle primer course, with introductions to basic techniques and concepts plus an Irish Fiddle Course and Scottish fiddle course. A monthly sub of $9.99 gives access to all lessons
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4. WEBSITE
My website is probably the most extensive and detailed summary of fiddle styles on the web, as evidenced by the range of top hits on Google for many fiddle styles.
www.fiddlingaround.co.uk
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[@Channel-ke7vh]

Thanks Chris! And a plug for Fiddle Channel Patreon membership: Chris recently published a video and pdf on Patreon for a second fiddle part to this lovely tune. It's beautiful and there are two sections - a single-voice version and a version with chords. The chord version is not that difficult (relative to Chris' March 2021 video on the Scale of Sixths, which for me is still part of my daily warmup and is still a slog!).

[@TheFiddleChannel]

Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the plug!

[@Thespinningwoman]

I love that tune! I wrote some words to it to help me remember it. It’s a baptism waltz I believe.

[@TheFiddleChannel]

Thanks Karen, glad you like it too!

[@julianbowerman8477]

I can hear you are like this tune very much Chris.

[@TheFiddleChannel]

It plays in my head for hours every day- but I still love it!

[@michaelwhailin3688]

Total joke 😠 😠 😠

[@TheFiddleChannel]

Would you care to share the joke with the rest of us?🤣