Fiddlevideo | Pat Willey | Activity https://www.fiddlevideo.com/members/pat/activity/ Activity feed for Pat Willey. Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:41:58 -0800 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 ef6d821992ab971ede007bb13d36a59d Pat Willey replied to the topic Full List of Lessons Megan Lynch Chowning Recorded in the forum Fiddle Lesson Forum https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/full-list-of-lessons-megan-lynch-chowning-recorded/#post-28725 Sun, 29 Aug 2021 21:09:08 -0800 Casey,

Thanks for publishing the first of Megan’s lessons. She has been one of my favorite fiddlers for many years, plus she teaches in an easy-to-follow manner. I have only gone through her fist lesson on the Nashville Numbering System so far, and I feel like it just doubled my knowledge of music theory😎. I am looking forward to her tune l…[Read more]

]]> 0 1daee860c748771ae3b1c1af7b0c3243 Pat Willey replied to the topic Violin make and strings? in the forum Fiddle Setup and Repair https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/violin-make-and-strings/#post-14660 Sun, 15 Apr 2018 16:34:14 -0800 Hi Roland. Nice to know Casey uses Prim. About 15 years I talked to Byron Berline and said he used Prim strings for his fiddle. That’s two reputable recommendations for Prim. I have seen where other fiddlers have recommended them, but I have never tried them. Maybe someday…?

]]> 0 11838d588e91edba6729d3460fd13aa4 Pat Willey replied to the topic Playing with music in the forum General Fiddle Forum Topics https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/playing-with-music/#post-12519 Sun, 03 Sep 2017 03:57:06 -0800 Thanks, Casey. I quit relying on sheet music about two years ago. Without it, I find it much easier to learn a tune. I do admit I look at printed noted now and then, but it is not the crutch it used to be (and no, I don’t (can’t) play every note you play). At an oldtime fiddle workshop a few weeks ago, the instructor stated that you really can’t…[Read more]

]]> 0 1aac75ffde405fa3d0d0874594399f48 Pat Willey replied to the topic Strings in the forum Fiddle Setup and Repair https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/strings/#post-7956 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 23:20:20 -0800 Good points, Diane. I just did not want to get in to a real lengthy reply, I only wanted to give some idea of what ‘heavy’ could mean. I think the weights you mention fit my above caveat where I wrote, “Typical weights can vary plus or minus 5 grams or more from the above…”. There are no hard, fast numbers for bows. I never intended it to…[Read more]

]]> 0 8fd2902e5b993fd485e8205e1140c803 Pat Willey replied to the topic Strings in the forum Fiddle Setup and Repair https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/strings/#post-7950 Sun, 24 Apr 2016 23:11:43 -0800 Roland, this may belong under the “Bow” forum heading, but since bow weight was brought up here, I thought it might be okay to address bow differences in bow weights, heavy vs. light bows.

Diane G is right about the viola needing a heavier bow. It may help some folks to put some numbers with what is considered ‘heavy’ and ‘light’. For bows…[Read more]

]]> 0 d453642784095f3f0c81133116f2ac71 Pat Willey replied to the topic A/B Looping and Speed Adjustments- What do you guys think??? in the forum Fiddle Lesson Forum https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/ab-looping-what-do-you-guys-think/#post-7853 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:55:00 -0800 Actually, I just noticed the hot keys display just by entering the +/= key. I don’t have to enter the command key. Several of the hotkeys are not functional for me. I don’t recall this as being available previously.

]]> 0 d958ad80837f52025a46e1b799d2c67f Pat Willey replied to the topic A/B Looping and Speed Adjustments- What do you guys think??? in the forum Fiddle Lesson Forum https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/ab-looping-what-do-you-guys-think/#post-7851 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 16:13:18 -0800 Casey, that “more granular” adjustment is nothing short of fantastic. Slowly increasing my speed is much easier than the big jump to full speed.

I want to give a big thanks to you, Roland, your software developers, and anyone else who helped you in this effort. I did not even notice any downtime, so I am sure you must have been working while…[Read more]

]]> 0 e70cc4927501b7811e853aef14f8fff0 Pat Willey replied to the topic Hallelujah in the forum Lessons in Production - Fiddle Tune Requests https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/hallelujah/#post-7721 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 00:21:40 -0800 Yes, great song. I enjoy reading about songs, songwriters and performers. Here is a great (but lengthy) article from Rolling Stone on this song, and the composer, Leonard Cohen:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-book-excerpt-leonard-cohen-writes-hallelujah-in-the-holy-or-the-broken-20121203

]]> 0 34c0c5a9f362635eef9530b330ad53a8 Pat Willey replied to the topic Triplets like Tommy Peoples in the forum Fiddling Techniques and Playing Advice https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/triplets-like-tommy-peoples/#post-7698 Thu, 31 Mar 2016 17:37:26 -0800 Ed,

Tommy Peoples does play with lightning speed. The slowdown feature in YouTube might be helpful. I don’t know how long YouTube has had this function, I just sort of stumbled across it a few months ago (maybe it has always been there, and I am the last to know about it). You can access it by clicking the gear wheel at the bottom of the…[Read more]

]]> 0 656a112e136ea1f44f0b6ae6effc7b83 Pat Willey replied to the topic A/B Looping and Speed Adjustments- What do you guys think??? in the forum Fiddle Lesson Forum https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/ab-looping-what-do-you-guys-think/#post-7459 Thu, 24 Mar 2016 19:04:40 -0800 Thanks for the reply, Roland. Don’t bother wth the private message I sent you. All is well now.

I have solved my video stuttering problem. It does lie in the Apple TV box, as I suspected. I never had put an Ethernet cord from my router into the Apple TV box. It always worked well without it before this, but the new functions may require…[Read more]

]]> 0 44325d4bcde0f0e407a9f3c1d1552096 Pat Willey replied to the topic A/B Looping and Speed Adjustments- What do you guys think??? in the forum Fiddle Lesson Forum https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/ab-looping-what-do-you-guys-think/#post-7457 Thu, 24 Mar 2016 04:22:47 -0800 Casey,

I can’t thank you enough for doing this enhancement. I have had great experience with it, and it is going to put more pleasure in my learning.

My favorite way to practice is to use my Apple TV interface (model A1469 3rd generation) and stream it to my television screen (no ugly wires). On my TV It is more like an in-person lesson,…[Read more]

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