So a while back I acquired The Early Music Fiddler with arrangements by Edward Huws Jones. Since it's been some months since I've recorded my progress (now somewhere past the 1.5 years of learning point), I thought I'd present three of the pieces.

First up is the Estampie royale, a 13th century French dance. It's very simple and repetitive but because it's intended to be played fast, it's great, exhausting bowing practice at high speeds. I had been practicing for a few hours, so was already tired at the time of this recording, and rhythm suffers somewhat, though the speed up toward the last half was intentional.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?.....aGIYG_SVWU

Next, L'homme armé, among the most famous medieval melodies (15th century French). This is a liberal interpretation of the original secular version before the Renaissance churches wussified it. The original is very short and simple, so the last 2/3 of this was basically me improvising on the spot a repetitive extension. At some point, I'd love to write an extended melody (as opposed to a simple fiddle clip) based on this, since it has so much potential.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?.....E8tHxYmU5Q

Finally, Par le regard de vos beaux yeux, Guillaume Dufay's late medieval/early Renaissance (15th century) famous piece. This one is meant to have at least two violins, but I instead play the second violin role for the first half of the recording. Of the three medieval melodies, this one was recorded last (rather tired), is the only one I haven't memorized (sheet music is off camera), and I was a little intentionally careless with rhythm, but it's by far my favorite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?.....QEIEL7rYg8