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Hi, Regis.

We just published Kevin Burke’s lesson covering Stella’s Waltz. Thanks for your patience!!!

You can see the lesson here: Stella’s Waltz

All the best!!

C

Hi, Johanna.

Andre actually talked a bit about the connection when he was here at the Fiddlevideo studios recording his lessons…fascinating stuff!! He knows a ton about itinerant Quebecois musicians and indicated that there was a strong connection between the two styles of music.

I’ve considered adding a Cajun instructor to this project…[Read more]

Hi, Brad. I see that Patti Kusturok knows the tune…we’re looking to have her back to our studios in 2021…I’ll add it to her running request list.

Here’s a video of her playing the tune…

All the best!!

C

Would love to see “Cottage Groves” pop up on my notifications one of these days.

Hi Patti, I’m enjoying the instruction very much and have already learned so much. I sure would like to learn “The Old Man and the Old Woman.

Thanks for the feedback, Delma…I’ll pass this along to Patti. Cheers!

Thank you.

Hi, Scovlan.

Patti did record a lesson covering The Red River Jig, but the guitar tracks for that tune haven’t been recorded as of yet. The lesson will be published in the future, once those tracks have been cut.

Hi, Kitegal.

Yes it looks like your message was blocked due to the links. I’ve published it, and you can see it at the bottom of this thread…cheers, and thanks for chiming in!

C

I got a Hardanger fiddle recently which is a 4/4. The 4/5 I am pretty sure relates to the drone strings, you can see that in the tuning link below. Those fiddles are being constantly tuned as the tuning is usually changed from tune to tune. Traditional Hardangers are pretty hard to tune so I got mine outfitted with Wittner pegs, that is really…[Read more]

Usually a hardanger fiddle has four main playing strings and four or five resonating strings. It’s resonating strings have to be tuned perfectly to pitch or they won’t resonate properly. The instrument I itself is of Old Norse origin and (I believe) may have had influences on traditional Irish/Celtic fiddle music.