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Casey, Do you think printing the slurs in the printed sheet music might be a good idea?

Just do like I do, Monsieurgn, and strum along on the mando in the background…way in the background!

Seriously though, we’re glad you like our site here at Fiddlevideo. Take care!!!

That’s awesome, Bond61. I’m excited for you, as you start experimenting with improv/placing multiple licks in specific places. I do some fishing as well, and I compare learning/playing music by ear instead of by sheet music to switching from drift/bait fishing to fly fishing…it is frustrating as all heck when you start, and it’s like you’re a…[Read more]

Thanks for clarifying this. What you explained makes perfect sense. I actually play Piano and Guitar also. I’ve been learning the violin for a little more than a year now. I can read music but if you were to take the music away from me I’m almost like a beginner. I’m just now after years of playing piano, and guitar, learning how to improvise…[Read more]

Roland – You beat me to the punch by literally 4 minutes!!

Thanks for the question, Bond61. A couple of thoughts on sheet music for the advanced melody:

Each time through the performance/advanced version of the tunes, the teacher may play a lick differently…or bow it differently. Basically, the teacher might play a section four (or more) different ways…Which way should that section be written in an…[Read more]

Hi Bond61, Roland Forum Moderator here. That is a good question that I’m sure Casey can answer for you. In the meantime I can tell you that I have discovered that transcriptions can by tricky and sometimes very difficult to interpret. It has also been said that they are often not as exactly the player played it. I’ve found that developing that…[Read more]

Hi Bonds61, Roland Forum Moderator here. That is a good question that I’m sure Casey can answer for you. In the meantime I can tell you that I have discovered that transcriptions can by tricky and sometimes very difficult to interpret. It has also been said that they are often not as exactly the player played it. I’ve found that developing that…[Read more]

You bet, Chrisale. Stay tuned for a bunch of Kevin Burke Irish fiddle lessons in the upcoming month or so, too!!!

Cooool, great tune by the way ! 🙂

Hi Delma. Thanks for the suggestion. I intentionally left bowings out of the basic sheet music notation as I recommend that you develop your own bowings based on the licks you choose to play. Another reason is that I don’t always play each song with the same bowings as I teach and didn’t want folks to be confused if I did it two different ways.…[Read more]

Hi Delma, Roland Forum moderator here to let you know that Casey will reply to your question directly. In regards to bowing and what is the correct way I can say that every fiddler will have a way of bowing their tunes different than others. But what you want in your bowing is to have strong rhythm. One way to achieve this is to use a down bow on…[Read more]

Dear cassey just joined just started have problems with bowing on music can you if possible indicate up or down bowand slurs I just started can you please help me thanks

Hi Bill, This is really a great tune with the key change to Bb. Casey plays Waltz’s beautifully and I agree with you a very lovely tune.

Well thanks, Bill! Glad you like the tune. I wrote it for my bride of 15 years. Glad to hear that you’ll be learning it for their anniversary. Take care and keep fiddling!!