Andrew Finn Magill

Please consider supporting my Patreon page HERE.

I have taught bluegrass and/or oldtime at the Kaufman Kamp, Montana Fiddle Camp, and Feis Rois among others. For these camps I have created many American fiddle educational materials which were the inspiration for this Patreon.

My Patreon is devoted to American fiddle styles (oldtime, bluegrass, and swing). There are many tiers with benefits ranging from transcriptions (bowing for bowing) of famous players, lead sheets, practice mp3s, lessons, fiddle biographies, and even private monthly lessons over Zoom.

I am pleased to unveil an online course years in the making: How to Back Up Singers on the Fiddle. I first taught a version of this course at The Swannanoa Gathering's Fiddle Week in 2017 and have been building on it ever since. It is focused specifically on accompanying songs in the American folk traditions such as country, bluegrass, and country blues.

This is the inaugural course in Finn's School of Fiddle on thinkific.com where I will be adding more courses over the years. Course suggestions are welcome! (managementafmagill@gmail.com)

For more than two years I have been giving this interactive lecture/performance to universities and museums.

The lecture has as it’s objective to create a dialogue about the intersections of musical tradition, identity, and history. We explore these intersections by specifically looking at how the traditional dance music of Ireland and Scotland influenced American oldtime & dance music musically, culturally, and historically. I believe that by exploring the interdisciplinary connections between these musical cousins, we in the U.S. can find greater meaning in our shared musical heritage. 

Want to learn more? Please email managementafmagill@gmail.com

Due to demand, I am making my Fall 2020 Workshop series on Irish ornamentation & variation available for purchase at a discounted rate of $80 (was $120). This includes Zoom recordings of each 75-minute workshop as well as 12 transcriptions of musical performances (all bowings included in the case of fiddlers) and more. To learn more click here.

I have taught both private and group lessons for 15 years. I have an active roster of online students (Zoom, Skype, FaceTime, whichever you prefer) and can teach a range of subjects. In 2020, I have taught traditional Irish fiddle, bluegrass, harmonic improvisation, Irish low whistle, Irish-style Drop-D guitar accompaniment and Brazilian choro. I also feel comfortable teaching chord theory, swing and oldtime. To see a sample of my teaching style, click HERE. For lessons, please contact me at managementafmagill@gmail.com

I have transcribed literally hundreds of jazz, swing, bluegrass, and Brazilian solos by hand and am currently copying these hand-transcriptions into music notation software.

Over the coming years I will be releasing batches of transcriptions from my archive in volumes organized by genre. If you'd be interested in getting access to some of these volumes, please sign up for my newsletter in the form above!