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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.

Sure.
Enjoy the Festival!!

And, thanks for the great clear teaching videos, am learning a lot! 🙂

Hi, Thistle. I’m out at a festival right now but will take a listen to the track when I get back to the studio next week…I’ll get the right track up if the one currently available doesn’t match up with the performance…thx for the heads up!

C

Garrett Barry’s Jig ~
So many interesting variations. Some settings start with a little scale going up vs Kevins’ version. I think I’ll use both interchangeably!
I think it’s F SHARP in measure 5, from what I hear from various players…not marked on sheet music, but it sure sounds like people play F#. Some of the tin whistle/pipe players really…[Read more]

Hey there,

I have a Codabow Joule and don’t regret getting it. I got it when I got a 5 string fiddle to have a bit a weightier bow for the C string. The bow works perfectly well for this purpose but I like it so much that I am using it also often on a 4 string. It depends on the occasion.

The Joule comes with the advantage of being more robust…[Read more]