Inverkeithing Bay

Tonight we learnt the four part march Inverkeithing Bay, by the Fife fiddler Jock Ritchie. I first learnt this tune from Kevin Ritchie (Jock’s Grandson) when we were at one of Mairi Campbell’s wonderful Lismore Fiddle Retreat weekends, and it’s been one of my favourites ever since.

At the end of the evening we spent some time experimenting with double stopping, practicing placing chords on the beat, on the off beats and up beats within a bar.

I’m impressed by all the folk who braved the hailstorm to get to class tonight!