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Hi Jessica, Saw your name there and just have to ask if your the same Jessica that attended West Cascade Fiddle Camp in Westfir. Either way glad you like this site, thanks for your input.

I agree with Jessica, to be able to download them so you can watch them any time without the need for a internet connection or put your existing videos on a dvd

It would be fantastic if we could download videos for offline viewing, I’m having a heck of a time getting them to play over even high speed T1 connection. The slowness of this site may not work for me in the long run.

Hey there, Delta. Thanks for the question. I have condsidered it, but at this point, the production time and shipping seems to outweigh the folks asking for DVDs…that being said, I’m also considering creating downloadable lessons. In other words, you could buy one lesson at a time, download them to your computer (assuming you have access to…[Read more]

You bet, Brian. Thanks for the feedback, sir!

Thanks guys, That one is a bit challenging for me but i am determined to get it down. Great job on the site, Thank You Gentlemen.

Hi Casey, Wow, what a sweet arrangement, classic quality Bluegrass voice, and who would not like Stuart Duncan’s Sweet Fiddling that seems so easy and effortless. Sometimes I remind myself to try for economy of motion on the fiddle to get that clean sweet sound.

Hi Brian. Consider it added to my running list for when Hanneke gets back in the studio. Driving celtic. I’ll also ask another celtic player I have lined up for recording if he knows it. I like the tune, sir!

Hi Brian, I’ll pass along your Tune suggestion to Casey for future studio recordings. That is a really cool tune by the way. There are some fine folks playing it on youtube, if you search for “Catharsis fiddle” and you can start checking it out. Thanks for the suggestion.
From Roland Forum Moderator.

Hey there, David. I second Roland’s advice that the grace note is really the player’s choice. I know that The Flick is really one of the most common notes used in Scottish playing, but that doesn’t mean that a substitution is a bad thing.

I tend to play certain ornamentations which “feel” right, but may not be right for the next player. I…[Read more]

Hi David, Forum moderator here responding to your good question. In general ornaments are the choice of the player as to what type of ornament to use or when to use it. In Trad music it really depends on who you’re listening to. Many players favor one type of ornament over another and will use that most often. Some times the type of ornament…[Read more]