General:
1. Have you been playing traditional Irish fiddle music
regularly (at least four hours per week) for at least four years?
2. Have you been playing the fiddle for at least five years?
3. Are you comfortable performing a set of three Irish reels solo?
4. Are you capable of learning traditional Irish fiddle tunes by ear from a
recording?
Repertoire:
1. Can you play from memory at least fifty traditional
Irish tunes?
2. Can you play at least twenty Irish reels from memory?
Technique
1. Can you execute all of the basic forms of Irish fiddle
ornamentation in your playing ( i.e. grace notes, rolls ( long and short),
bowed "triplets" or "trebles")?
2. Are you comfortable playing on different strings without changing bow
direction (i.e., slurring across strings)?
3. Are you comfortable using the fourth finger on the left hand?