Misirlou; a lesson for violin

In this lesson I teach how to play Misirlou on the violin, and discuss some of the background to this fascinating tune Misirlou is a tune which comes in many disguises. It was made famous by surf guitar king Dick Dale in the 1960's, but it is much older than that. He learned it from his oud-playing Lebanese uncle, and performed it in order to fulfil a challenge to play a whole tune on a single string. It was first recorded by Greek Rebetika artist Michalis Patrinos in 1930. It was given a shmaltzy jazz treatment by Woody Herman in the 1940's It was performed as a Greek Folk song by Pete Seeger in the 1960's, and appeared in the film Pulp Fiction in 1994, and included in the Black Eyed Peas song "Pump it Up". It is frequently performed as a klezmer tune, which is how I first learned it, but it seems likely to have originated in Asia Minor. All in all it is a tune that has spread itself widely through many musical genres! In this lesson, I show some of the ornamentation and variation which can give it a klezmer feel. Below are details of further fiddle resources from Chris Haigh 1. Patreon 2. Books 3. Subscription video courses 4. Website 5. Email to request pdf’s. 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 https://www.patreon.com/thefiddlechannel 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 (due out October 2021) You can order from https://bit.ly/31ZWmgm 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 Part 1; https://tinyurl.com/49tfk5ef Part 2 https://tinyurl.com/23atebfc -MUSIC GURUS- Discovering Rock Violin. . Based on my Schott book £35 for 46 lessons https://tinyurl.com/2ua2kuxh 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 https://academyoffolk.com/ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ TO REQUEST PDF’S, or ask any questions, CONTACT ME AT [email protected]