Fiddlevideo | Peter Willis | Activity https://www.fiddlevideo.com/members/peterw/activity/ Activity feed for Peter Willis. Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:41:58 -0800 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 c2986e1f5e202db2b4cc955cd57fbe82 Peter Willis replied to the topic Slip Jig in the forum General Fiddle Forum Topics https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/slip-jig/#post-8104 Mon, 16 May 2016 20:15:59 -0800 Also – I just remember hearing a Celtic guitar accompanist saying that you can say the following words to a slip jig, “buy the band a beer, buy the band a beer, buy the band a beer”. (Specific instructions – say the five words over about 1 second and repeat = a fast slip jig)
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]]> 0 8c7f4462e3f4823902b0f751f6c4e479 Peter Willis replied to the topic Slip Jig in the forum General Fiddle Forum Topics https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/slip-jig/#post-8097 Sun, 15 May 2016 16:23:24 -0800 I’ll put my two cents in here. It’s difficult for me to count to nine while playing so I absolutely agree with Roland – just try to imitate it to start with and then you’ll get the feel for it.
In Short, don’t count. Feel.

]]> 0 a9b53b65f735e61bd0cd591c37790f2b Peter Willis replied to the topic Guitar Track in the forum General Fiddle Forum Topics https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/guitar-track/#post-8096 Sun, 15 May 2016 16:15:20 -0800 It’s ok with the guitar player if it’s ok with the song writer.

]]> 0 07817db872e9c15e5732aa4c9b5ff4d3 Peter Willis replied to the topic Ook Pik Waltz in the forum Lessons in Production - Fiddle Tune Requests https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/ook-pik-waltz/#post-5381 Sat, 04 Jul 2015 06:01:07 -0800 Yep – last week.

]]> 0 181b9693e1a0f9abfa7cca7efc5d2f45 Peter Willis started the topic Ook Pik Waltz in the forum Lessons in Production - Fiddle Tune Requests https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/ook-pik-waltz/ Sat, 04 Jul 2015 00:05:31 -0800 Love this version of ook pik – starts at 1:55. Crafton’s Blues ain’t half bad either.

]]> 0 464781edbc5c50f1dab92f4c87f9c402 Peter Willis started the topic Forked Deer in the forum Fiddling Techniques and Playing Advice https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/forked-deer/ Tue, 30 Jun 2015 04:00:32 -0800 I have a question about the high 2 ascending and low 2 descending you suggest in the basic melody tutorial of forked deer. It sounds plain wrong to me. Is it a sin to always play the low 2 that I’d like to hear? What’s fiddling tradition did the high 2 come from?

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