General:
1. Have you been playing traditional Irish fiddle music
regularly (at least four hours per week) for at least twp years?
2. Have you been playing the fiddle for at least three years?
3. Are you comfortable performing an Irish tune solo?
4. Are you capable of learning traditional Irish fiddle tunes by ear?
Repertoire:
1. Can you play from memory at least twenty traditional Irish tunes?
Technique
1. Can you execute some of the basic forms of Irish fiddle
ornamentation in your playing ( i.e. grace notes, rolls, bowed "triplets" or
"trebles")?
2. Are you play a scale of eighth notes using single bows without problems
with coordination between the bow and the left hand?
3. Are you comfortable using the fourth finger on the left hand?