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That’s exactly what I was going for when I selected that one, Andrea. Andre’s stuff is really technical, so I thought it would be good to do a slower one to mix it up.

In general, Andre’s reel lessons will be more advanced…but there are a handful of slower marches/waltzes which will appeal to players of all levels.

Glad you enjoyed!!

C

Hi Casey. Just want to mention that I appreciate the mix of beginner/intermediate with advanced tunes. Much as I love Andre’s tunes, I was finding his reels a bit too challenging. Then up popped Reel a Castonguay – yay!! So fun. Thanks!

Hi Oliver,

Thats great news. Keep up the good work. Nothing will get you fired up like observing your own progress. Keep Setting your daily focus goals and you will notice some improvement with each session. Cheers and fiddle on! Roland

Awesome, Oliver.

Sounds like you are on the right path, sir! I can’t wait until I have time to practice myself!!

Keep up the great work…glad to hear the site is helping advance your playing…but as you know, it’s all up to you!!

C

Hi Casey and Roland,

Just wanted to let you guys know that I took your advice. I started my sessions with some focused practice today (working on clear tone, string crossing and bowing). I then worked through and learnt “Whiskey Before Breakfast”. Once it was in my head, I set the metronome nice and slow to stop me racing ahead (80bpm… Super…[Read more]

From the Uk but live in France

Good point on focused practice, R.

Too funny on the mute/marriage link, O.

Hi Roland,

Thanks for the advice, really helpful! Especially the focused practice. As I’m starting out there is a ton of stuff I need to work on so can get a bit all over the place, but that makes complete sense keeping it shorter but focused.

Good point about the mute too, any chance I get I’ll take the bugger off! It’s just I’m recently…[Read more]

Hi Oliver, Welcome to FiddleVideo,

Great to have a new Fiddler so excited he can’t practice enough. Casey is spot on for mixing your practice with some technique, and then moving on to your other tunes in learning or practicing. Here are a few of my kernels of insight that have helped me.

I think the most important thing is Focused…[Read more]

Hi Casey,

That’s super helpful, thank you. I definitely need to slow down a little (I blame the excitement!), the metronome will be useful for that.

I’m definitely lucky to have a fair amount of spare time at the moment, and filling it with fiddle practice is great. I do live in close proximity to others however, so most of the practice is…[Read more]

Hi, Oliver.

Good question. All three are a valuable use of time!

Based on your experience level, I would recommend trying to include a little technique work every time you have a practice session. If you have a 30 minute time frame to practice in, I’d probably start out on 10-15 minutes of technique/exercise work on whatever particular…[Read more]

It’s funny, lots of folks I know in NJ/PA (and New England) play Maison de glace but don’t know Le printemps. Guess they don’t have all of Andre’s albums!

Hi, Rorylaney.

Andre isn’t on the site very often, but I’ll pass your comments onto him. I’d love to get him back in the studio…maybe later next year. We’ll be pulling together a request list at that time, and I’ll make sure this tune is on the list.

All the best!!

C

The new instructor is Niall Murphy, PM. And yep!

Niall’s Website

Niall’s Facebook

Casey, who is the “other new instructor,” again? I LOVE Andre’s stuff and can’t wait to learn it!

I ended up with a GX. I was able to trial the NX and the GX for a week and got to try the SX for a few minutes. I didn’t like the weight balance (I felt like it was too close to my hand) of the SX – though some people might like the way it felt. I’m still not sure the GX was worth the price jump up from the NX but I do enjoy the light and…[Read more]

You bet, guys. Thanks much for the kind words. Andre is amazing. I’ll edit out several more of his lessons and then start working on our other new instructor’s material!! Fun times!

C