Casey Willis

Hi, Shannon. I’ve never been that impressed with Dominants, except for their wound E strings (#129 or #130). I use Prim mediums to get a brighter tone on the G, D and A string and I use the Dominant wound E’s.

Hope that helps!

Excellent, DKevens. I’m happy to tell you that there will be no problem in recording at least the first tune….Guess who we have scheduled for a studio session in March?? That’s right – the great Patti Kusturok. I will ensure that it makes the list of songs to record. So you can look forward to this tune in that lesson set. How’s that for a…[Read more]

Hi, Sal. That’s a good idea. I’ll take a look at the possibility of embedding a download link to each guitar track. In the mean time, I’ve sent you an email to follow up on what tracks you’re looking for. Thanks!

Ahhh…you’ve earned the stiff joints…it’s just about finding the right tools to get you limbered up and enjoying the music you create! Fiddling can be a ton of fun, believe me. Anything that takes a bunch of work to get better at makes sucess that much sweeter!

Hi, David, and thanks for the suggestions. I have a running list of song requests, and I’ll add these to the mix to check out before my next session. I’m always a big fan of waltzes!! Looking forward to hearing these ones. Do you have any links you can post for us to hear?

Hi again, CinqAns. I believe that Hanneke mentioned the possibility of recording Leanne MacLean’s Revenge the last time she was in-studio. She’s scheduled to be back to record a new set of lessons this April. I’ll send her your request and we’ll see what ends up on film…

Thanks for the suggestions!

Hi, there CinqAns. I’ve had the same thought regarding Perlman. It’s amazing what those large fingers can pull out of the instrument. And then you have folks like Django Reinhardt who manage to overcome greater challenges…

My advice would be to practice ascending/descending trills over major scales with a metronome. Work up in speed as you…[Read more]

Hi there, Sherlock. If I’m looking at the same part of the performance video as you (about :48 seconds in), I’m linking 5 notes together on an upbow. That is if you count the first finger slide down from the F# to the E as three distinct notes.

So the 5 upbow notes I’m playing are as follows:

E (fourth finger on the A string)
E (open)
F#…[Read more]

Great, Greenfiddler! That sheet music would be 6 pages long, right?!

Best of luck as you tackle this tough tune…it’s a fun one.

Hi there, Lochness. I was also unable to find a composer for this tune when I was researching. I think you’ll be stuck with “Traditional” as the composer. I would think that would be OK…keep us posted if you do identify a composer for the tune. Thanks!

Hi there, Lochness. I also was unable to find a composer for this tune when I was researching. I think you’ll be stuck with “Traditional” as the composer. I would think that would be OK…keep us posted if you do identify a composer for the tune. Thanks!

Hi again. Man, that’s not cool. It still plays here…

Maybe you could try clearing your browser history and then signing back in to the site. Maybe you have a corrupt temporary cookie on your machine which is preventing you from accessing the page. And to make sure – you are able to get other videos and pages to load on the site?

Also, have…[Read more]

Hi again. Man, that’s not cool. It still plays here…

Maybe you could try clearing your browser history and then signing back in to the site. Maybe you have a corrupt temporary cookie on your machine which is preventing you from accessing the page. And to make sure – you are able to get other videos and pages to load on the site?

Also, have…[Read more]