Casey Willis

Hi, Regis. I’ll pose these two to Kevin the next time we get him in the studios. He’s on tour for much of this year, so I don’t have a date set for a new recording session. I just wanted to let you know that your requests will be on the tune list from which he chooses to record. Thanks, sir!

70+ new lessons coming in 2016, and a new fiddle…[Read more]

Hi there Sabrgar. We’ve just recorded 48 new lessons with Patti Kusturok. Hanneke is also scheduled for a session in April. We also have 8 or so additional lessons from Kevin Burke in the can ready for editing. So you can reasonably expect around 70 new full song lesson modules to be published in 2016. Hope that helps!!

Excellent, sir!! You’re in it for the long haul, and if you keep that attitude, you will be great at double stops!!

Hey there! That’s a fun idea, sir. It’s really just four bars I came up with specifically for the intro bumper. I’ll have to see if it makes sense, once I get some other session stuff I have lined up out of the way.

Or perhaps I should write a full song and use that as the outro…

I’ll keep my mind open. Thx for the idea!!

Alright, Bond61. I’ve just posted a tutorial on double stops. Hope it is what you were looking for, sir! Thanks for your patience!

Double Stop Lesson by Casey Willis

Thanks, Carl….and I’d say the recording engineer has a hand in it as well 😉

Hi Carl.

Per Hanneke today:
Strings: Kaplan Vivos by D’Addario. Medium tension

Fiddle: Bob Childs, Cambridge, MA (2001)

And my fiddle is likely a mid-grade German student model from around 1910. It has a replaced top with workmanship less than the original. I use a L.R. Baggs Peizo bridge and a Joe Mills custom made c…[Read more]

I do use Prim mediums except for a Thomastik Dominant wound E string (#129 or #130). I’ll pose the question to Hanneke and see what she uses. Stay tuned…I’ll update here once I hear back.

Dan – I echo Roland in thanking you for the feedback. It’s been a lot of work to get the site stood up…but well worth it! I’m glad the MP3 downloads are useful. That’s how I used to learn tunes; I’d just put a tape player under my pillow and learn in my sleep!

Keep up the great work and stay tuned for Patti! She’s in studio this Thursday…[Read more]

Hi, Dan. Thanks for the kind words, and I’m glad you like the site. I’ll put this one on the list for Hanneke. She is booked in the studio in April…we’ll see if she chooses to record this one. Thanks for the suggestion!!!

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Hi, Scott. Thanks for the kind words, sir! I hear what you’re saying. It sounds as though you’d like to create a playlist with backup tracks to practice with. I’ll email you an option, sir. Thanks!!

Hmmm….do the upward arrows lead from one note to the next? If so, that indicates a slide into the second note. Let me know if that’s not what you’re referring to. Thanks!!

Hi, Dan. Are you looking in Kevin Burke’s section? He indicated that Trad Irish fiddle didn’t really encompass guitar backups…so we did not record any. Tracks should be available in all of my lessons as well as Hanneke’s. Let me know if you are unable to play them in our lessons, sir. Thanks!!!

I like the tone of the thomastik better for E…but only the E. The wound E also helps to reduce whistling/wolf tones…let us know what you think. Each instrument is different, but that’s what I use on my axes.

I’ve had success with Prim mediums. I use those on G, D, and A strings. I use a wound thomastik dominant E string (#129 or #130). Give’em a try….

Hey there, Fiddleman. I checked that tune out, and it’s a good one. I see that Patti knows the song. We’ll add it to the list of possible tunes for her to record next month. No guarantees, but consider it on the list! Below is a video of Patti playing the tune:

Awesome, Edward. Glad you found the lesson informative. And I may steal that line!