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The beautiful Catskill Mountains of New York State!!

Kevin:
The Drunken Sailor and Galway Bay

Northumberland, UK

Too funny, Chaz. That’s a great name as well. Keep us posted on the clips, sir!

C

Welcome, Airi! I think we’d have to come up with a new term…perhaps violaing?? Happy to have you as a subscriber!

C

… And in addition: I don’t quite fiddle in, my instrument is viola – how would you pronounce that in fiddlish”? 🙂

Alas I had to change our name again. Earth, Worm, &, Fire had created a bad rep in bluegrass circles for not really being bluegrass. We are now the more bluegrass-friendly name $3 Bill & The Football Bats. I hope to utilize some fiddling henceforth but I still really suck too much to play bluegrass fiddle songs. I hope to be good enough soon.…[Read more]

Kokkola, Central Osthrobotnia, Finland!

Welcome, Pgmcqueen, and thanks for chiming in! Hanneke has some more lessons just about ready to publish…stay tuned!

Very cool, Regis. That’s what fiddling is all about!! Thx for sharing!

C

i’m from Silver Spring Maryland , just outside Washington DC. Lot’s of good fiddling around here, which inspired me to learn the fiddle years ago. My original instructor retired years ago, but I wanted go back & restudy techniques, plus be more focused, too, while practicing. I learned about this site when Hanneke Cassal mentioned it at a concert..

Kevin:

The Star of Munster (two lessons- Am &Gm)

I’ll keep her in mind, FF!

Hi, Dmoran. Welcome to to the site, and thanks for sharing. Hanneke plays over there occasionally…keep your eyes peeled for a concert!

There is no evidence whatsoever that age alone causes tone to improve in a violin.

Many things can change the tone dramatically including set-up, strings (kind and quality), sound-post adjustments, bridge, etc., so it is impossible to prove that age alone has any effect on tone, good or bad.

Hey! Newcomer here. I subscribed to learn fiddling techniques as where I live fiddling barely exist. I am Spanish but I live in Switzerland. I play violin as a hobby now, after having studied it for 6 years when I was younger.

I am a huge fan of Hanneke and Casey. If you ever organise a concert around here I will for sure be in the crowd 🙂