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Hi, classical violinist here, (good response above btw, ) but I do feel your pain! 🙂 My usual (Irish) session from a couple of years ago didn’t go at the speed of light with set after set like many of them do, so we took time to tune a lot, but most trad sessions … you are on your own! The flute player and the poor banjo guy (of course) lol…[Read more]

First, are you sure you were the one going out of tune?

On a warm day, especially if people had just brought stringed instruments from air-conditioned cars or houses, they might have been going sharp.

Electronic tuners have lot of advantages–especially in string-only sessions like you describe, where at least in theory everyone can…[Read more]

I’m curious about what fiddle Niall uses. I know it’s a 5-string, and it has a very unique tone.

WestPoint, Georgia

Where the landscape is lush, but the fiddle-scene is a desert. Appreciate the online connection.

I meant to say listening, not laughing.

I’m an Irish fiddler, but I think Jay Ungar is one of my favorites (pass my admiration to him if possible). I think Kevin is another one. I’ve been laughing too “If The Cap Fits” a lot lately (heck, I even bought it on vinyl just today). I also really like Niall, I just wish he had more of the stuff he does here on Spotify. Those are my top thr…[Read more]

North Central Kansas. Hopefully Ireland when I’m able to leave the house.

Hi, Brigette.

We did restructure how lessons are formatted about 6 months ago. We used to have separate pages for the performance, basic and advanced melody videos. The new format includes all videos in a single page. You can now move from performance, basic tutorial, and advanced tutorial from the same location now. Hopefully it makes…[Read more]

This one is definitely on the list for Patti’s next session…now we just have to get the Canadian border open so she can make it down!

Hi Fiddlers! I am in Geelong, Australia. 100km south of Melbourne. I am loving all the different fiddle styles.

Good feedback, Aysha & Kitegal.

I believe Patti Kusturok plays with a Coda Joule…seems like a solid choice to me.

C

Hi, again, Thistle. Back from festival land, and I took a listen.

The guitar track matches what was played during the performance. It’s two times through the melody (A & B parts) and then it repeats a 4 measure tag of the B part. So there are 4 measures tacked on to the end which slows/rit. Does that help?

For those last four bars of…[Read more]

And greetings to all from North Carolina, USA!

Fan of Irish/Scottish/Celtic, but enjoying hearing all the other fiddle styles here.