The Secret to Practicing Irish Rolls on Your Fiddle

[@HannahHarrisCeol]

Are you already practicing scales with rolls?

[@gilberthcordero6302]

This will help me a lot . Thanks ˂3

[@HannahHarrisCeol]

@@gilberthcordero6302 Yes!! That's great to hear, Gilberth -- keep me posted!

[@sarahleberre6063]

Yes, I learnt it in a workshop, and it helps a lot, for the rolls and the bow !

[@HannahHarrisCeol]

@@sarahleberre6063 that's wonderful, Sarah! I'm glad that scales are helpful for you too when it comes to practicing rolls and different bow patterns!

[@furysfancy]

Hi Hannah, I tried the scale roll exercise tonight, and I think it's really going to help me get a better feel for playing a roll. Thank you for this video!😊

[@HannahHarrisCeol]

Hooray!! That's amazing, I'm so glad you found the scale roll exercise helpful! You can definitely use this for other ornaments and bow patterns as well if it's a good method for you!

[@malcolmmyatt9092]

You make a beautiful sound Hannah. For me I’m thinking if your camera was position left and slightly above your fingerboard I could focus on your finger movement in slow mode and fast. I myself try to get that roll Irish sound but it just sounds like a turn. Ie not as pretty and Irish sounding as yours. Thank you for posting. Do continue playing your fiddle, it’s very uplifting. 😊

[@HannahHarrisCeol]

Thank you so much!! And great feedback on the camera angle as well -- I'm hoping to get back into more video tutorial posting soon, so would be happy to experiment with the dual camera position.

[@geniflute]

Love it. Doing them with a flute now.

[@HannahHarrisCeol]

Sweet!! Glad that this translates over to flute too 🥳

[@ecarneylaw]

This is so great thank you. I needed this bad. Im a long time self taught amercanish fiddle player and my rolls are ponderous!

[@HannahHarrisCeol]

You are very welcome, Emmet! Love the americanish description :D.

[@kaystewart6009]

Awesome 5 loop roles!!!!

[@davidgunter6106]

Best tutorial on rolls on the Web! Thank you!

[@HannahHarrisCeol]

Wow! What a compliment! Thank YOU, David, so glad you enjoyed!

[@kaystewart6009]

Please tel me your bow and resin preferences!!!

[@roisinniloirgneain815]

My current tune- The Sporting Pitchfork - has 3 rolls as the first 3 notes - F#EF#- so I reckon I'll be rolling a lot in practice and wondering if the tune will ever kick off! 🎶🤣🎻

[@HannahHarrisCeol]

Hi Sing Me friend! Hope you're well 😄 That's a lot of rolling!

[@saoirsepaddy]

Hi Hannah pretty cool exercises . I'm not a fiddle player but a 10 String Irish Cittern player I came across Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle by Grey Larsen many yrs ago I figure out how to flat pick short , long rolls , short & long cranns I got pretty good it. I didn't try double cut rolls yet. One of the ways I practices doing scales with ornaments like short & long rolls Irish players would say Tips & Cuts /classical players would say grace notes all they are pull off & hammer on done on top of the root note. I seen irish flatpicker books got some wired way picking all the notes and jumping strings for the long rolls total potted I say. Long roll you got triplets with 2 grace notes on top of second & 3rd note. Pull off & Hammer on on to the root note like D it's very easy. Grey Larsen in his book got really good exercises one can apply his ideas to any instrument. I'm buying a Irish Button Box next week and I'm going to figures a way to do Long Cranns on the box If I master that all other ornaments is easy maybe even the double cut rolls ? THUMBS UP HANNAH :)

[@HannahHarrisCeol]

Thank you!! This is great, I love hearing about how other instruments play the roll -- amazing how it varies! Will have to check out that book for sure.

[@saoirsepaddy]

@@HannahHarrisCeol Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle by Grey Larsen Publish by Mel Bay .

[@naev.3344]

From the description and the sound, a roll reminds me of a "trill" that you can do on guitar. It does seem more difficult because you are bowing instead of strumming (not to mention how you must hold the violin at your neck). Thanks for making this video!

[@kaystewart6009]

Sweetie U Rock!

[@HannahHarrisCeol]

aww, you're the sweet one, Kay! Thank you!

[@philippebouteiller1432]

And on open's strings?

[@HannahHarrisCeol]

Great question! It's not a "true" roll, but I like to play a descending triplet all on one bow (third finger-first finger-open) to create a similar sound to the 5 note roll when it comes to open strings.

[@diegogabriellopez1183]

Hola Hannah. Yo estoy aprendiendo violín. No logró tener agilidad en los dedos. Yo quiero hacer música irlandesa. Esto me serviría?

[@HannahHarrisCeol]

Hola Diego! Puedo ayudar, pero no hablo/escribo español muy bien. ¿Usas ejercicios de fortalecimiento de los dedos?

[@bartrussell9842]

It is great but not enough volume.

[@HannahHarrisCeol]

Thank you so much for the feedback, Bart! You're right, I need to get a new USB microphone sooner rather than later :D

[@Florencethomas405]

Do u do online lessons?

[@HannahHarrisCeol]

I sure do! More details at hannahharrisceol.com/lessons. If you like the lesson model I offer, let's hop on a call and chat more!