For the english concertina practising co ordination between left and right, practising percussion techniques like the 5 stroke roll, can help. likwise for thew violin practisng the pencil exercise for good wrist control https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj_dx-ZgQWU it is my opinion that one cannot be too didactic about how to play trad music or how to learn it, what works for some does not work for others, in the end as regards ornamentation the tune must have variety and hopefully spontaneity, playing silences and leaving ornaments out is as important as putting them in, my aim [which I do not always achieve is to play the tune differently each time], but that is only my opinion. Iagree the belfast hornpipe is a good exercise so is atholl highlanders and meggys foot and madame bonaparte with nothumbrian variations
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