Swallowtail Jig violin play along

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Audio and FREE sheet music: https://judithteachesviolin.com/products/swallowtail-jig-audio-and-free-sheet-music

00:02 for fast version (dotted quarter = 162)
01:20 for slow version (dotted quarter = 90)
You can use the Youtube settings on the bottom right of the video to slow down the speed to whatever tempo you're comfortable learning at.

Learn how to play the Irish fiddle tune Swallowtail Jig on violin with this play along showing sheet music and tab (ish). It's in dorian mode in case you want to know, but relevantly what that means is it sounds cool and doesn't use any low 2s or 1s. Also it's really darn fun.

The tune is thought to come from the mid 19th century, and apparently gets used for Northumbrian sword dancing. Seeing that is now on my bucket list.

Disclaimer: I'm classically trained, so while I like dipping my toe into fiddle music I am fully aware that my playing has strongly classical tendencies!

Please enjoy, and if you have any song requests leave them in the comments!

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Recording, arranging, and editing all done by me using Musescore and Ableton Live Lite with an Arturia MiniLab and some free VST plugins, and accessing Premiere Pro for free at my library (shoutout to libraries for being awesome).