Fiddlevideo | ulla_petersen | Activity https://www.fiddlevideo.com/members/ulla_petersen/activity/ Activity feed for ulla_petersen. Fri, 05 Jun 2026 21:53:48 -0800 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 ce5c83c167eea3e68df922271adf4cfe ulla_petersen replied to the topic Ella's Waltz in the forum Fiddle Lesson Forum https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/ellas-waltz/#post-12628 Fri, 22 Sep 2017 08:50:02 -0800 This one?

http://www.nigelgatherer.com/tunes/tab/tab11/heavg.html

/Ulla

]]> 0 8d492a0336c336d05be596949a5c9182 ulla_petersen replied to the topic PR: "Jig of Slurs", Spring Madness, and a 3 Years Anniversary! in the forum General Fiddle Forum Topics https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/pr-jig-of-slurs-spring-madness-and-a-3-years-anniversary/#post-8723 Tue, 31 May 2016 16:32:03 -0800 Thanks, Roland!

Well, one of the nice things about getting old is that one tends to become less shy. And I figure that as long as there is progress, it is worth celebrating, and that a celebration is worth sharing 🙂

Really hope that others will follow.

]]> 0 3124319451cdd26732a495830bbdcc3b ulla_petersen started the topic PR: "Jig of Slurs", Spring Madness, and a 3 Years Anniversary! in the forum General Fiddle Forum Topics https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/pr-jig-of-slurs-spring-madness-and-a-3-years-anniversary/ Tue, 31 May 2016 12:11:20 -0800 The “Jig of Slurs” is tune that I feel it is perfect for expressing the joy that many of us Scandinavians feel in spring. The worst thing about our long winter is not the cold, but the darkness. Days are so short, and at the end of winter we feel weak and tired, like plants who have grown in darkness. And then, when spring finally arrives, it…[Read more]

]]> 0 16dc64dd8dc8a016fae6dc643c56fb1e ulla_petersen replied to the topic Bridge/Fingerboard Setup in the forum Fiddle Setup and Repair https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/bridgefingerboard-setup/#post-8083 Fri, 13 May 2016 17:52:31 -0800 I hope you fiddle nerds will go on posting in public threads so that the rest of us will still be able to read your posts; even though as a beginner I can’t contribute, I find it most interesting to read your discussions.

]]> 0 332c4dc49bb16ff483d37f592e6e6d41 ulla_petersen replied to the topic Song Requests for Hanneke Cassel? in the forum General Fiddle Forum Topics https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/song-requests-for-hanneke-cassel/#post-7856 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 06:56:27 -0800 Wonderful!

]]> 0 82482b0d33eeef4979539bc1d63f2ac5 ulla_petersen replied to the topic Song Requests for Hanneke Cassel? in the forum General Fiddle Forum Topics https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/song-requests-for-hanneke-cassel/#post-7785 Thu, 07 Apr 2016 10:04:41 -0800 The strathspey “Miss Lyle” and “The Hurricane” by James Scott Skinner; both can be heard in this video with Colin Fisher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-o0qcXvC60

And from her first album “My Joy”: “Highlander’s Farewell”; I love the way she develops this tune!

]]> 0 5d7eae5cae523642b7c400d454155308 ulla_petersen replied to the topic Strings in the forum Fiddle Setup and Repair https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/strings/#post-7319 Sun, 20 Mar 2016 10:01:40 -0800 I found a small scientific (!) study of viola strings “A Comparison of Viola Strings with Harmonic
Frequency Analysis” from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln; perhaps it is interesting to violinists, too.

It compares (using spectrograms!) the sound properties of the following strings:

1. D’Addario Helicore
2. D’Addario Zyex
3. Jargar
4.…[Read more]

]]> 0 f33f069ac32f9f8b0a5c4fc2042b2d07 ulla_petersen replied to the topic Strings in the forum Fiddle Setup and Repair https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/strings/#post-7316 Sat, 19 Mar 2016 15:53:15 -0800 Hi Roland, I have never personally met an octave violin player, but it seems that here in Denmark there are only 2 brands of octave violin strings for sale: Thomastik Superflex that cost 1025 Danish kroner which is about $155, and Sensicore http://www.supersensitive.com/octave.html which cost 645 Danisk kroner or about $98.

The luthier that sold…[Read more]

]]> 0 4c4526fd9584f35de86a578f3ba8e37d ulla_petersen replied to the topic Strings in the forum Fiddle Setup and Repair https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/strings/#post-7314 Sat, 19 Mar 2016 10:33:17 -0800 Hi DianeG, do you have recommendations for violas as well? I have 2 instruments: a 42 cm (16.5 inches) Gewa Ideale, a really good beginner’s instrument, fitted with Thomastik Dominant strings, and a carbonfibre Mezzoforte of the same size with D’Addario Kaplan medium tension.

Best regards, Ulla

]]> 0 6f051c24a77a2630dde97af4939c6022 ulla_petersen replied to the topic Backing Tracks in the forum Fiddling Techniques and Playing Advice https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/backing-tracks/#post-7197 Sun, 28 Feb 2016 21:02:23 -0800 And if you have the audio files, you can use e.g. the free DAW “Audacity” to create new copies at a lower speed without altering the pitch, so you can get exactly the tempo you want (and you can also transpose an audio file without altering the tempo if you need that).

]]> 0 665c5dea6be15041e2a3a19bc07024ae ulla_petersen replied to the topic Pickups / microphones advice needed in the forum Unfiddling https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/pickups-microphones-advice-needed/#post-7072 Tue, 16 Feb 2016 08:49:54 -0800 Well, perhaps my expectations where too high, although “The Band” is not what I would call cheap.

I’ll start looking for a microphone, then. Thanks, everybody, for your suggestions.

]]> 0 e8dc52b5d82e7aec494cc3ba99f89f4e ulla_petersen replied to the topic Pickups / microphones advice needed in the forum Unfiddling https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/pickups-microphones-advice-needed/#post-7064 Mon, 15 Feb 2016 12:20:49 -0800 Thank you for your suggestion, but the UR22 is in fact an USB audio interface. I use a Cordial instrument (i.e. unbalanced) cable with Neutrik TR 1/4″ plugs from the pickup to the audio interface, and I strap on the pickup band as shown in the manual, i.e. so that the pickups are just below the strings right behind the bridge, i.e. between the…[Read more]

]]> 0 5c60b9aeba2ae14a0c2e76526f6d9b09 ulla_petersen replied to the topic Pickups / microphones advice needed in the forum Unfiddling https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/pickups-microphones-advice-needed/#post-7062 Mon, 15 Feb 2016 09:48:13 -0800 Thanks a lot for your answer; is that the one that you use? It certainly has a crystal-clear sound!

I do know a good luthier, so that’s no problem, but as far as I can find out, L.R.Baggs don’t have any “production” pickups for viola, but only make custom viola pickups on demand, and of course they must cost a good deal more than their standard…[Read more]

]]> 0 1ad6c5699378669bd4c2f073d5b7760b ulla_petersen replied to the topic Pickups / microphones advice needed in the forum Unfiddling https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/pickups-microphones-advice-needed/#post-7056 Sat, 13 Feb 2016 17:49:00 -0800 Sorry, correction: Not for my carbon fibre instrument, but for a wooden viola of the same size!

]]> 0 f14b9f9feedd010670308ed631e5f8a5 ulla_petersen started the topic Pickups / microphones advice needed in the forum Unfiddling https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/pickups-microphones-advice-needed/ Sat, 13 Feb 2016 17:41:54 -0800 I hope that someone in here might help me with my pickup problem, or perhaps recommend another pickup/microphone for fiddle? Well, actually viola, which is what I play, but I suppose most manufacturers make viola versions of violin pickups.

Some time ago I bought a “The Band” pickup for my 16.5″ Mezzoforte carbonfibre viola, but I was very…[Read more]

]]> 0 4842272daaf0ce46c5cdfe1a3a78b3a6 ulla_petersen replied to the topic copyright question in the forum Unfiddling https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/copyright-question/#post-6915 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 10:02:04 -0800 Yes, it does; thanks a lot.

I’ll go on with my little impressionistic butterfly project, then 😉

]]> 0 23d867f45c638a8b557a34d4062ba94a ulla_petersen replied to the topic Sheet music for the advanced tunes in the forum General Fiddle Forum Topics https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/sheet-music-for-the-advanced-tunes/#post-6905 Sat, 30 Jan 2016 13:19:55 -0800 Perhaps better if you could export it as MusicXML; this is a general format that can be read by many programs, including the excellent, free music notation program “MuseScore”, and DAWs such as “Cubase”, which I happen to use 🙂

]]> 0 60b723bdebccf7fc6d21865b60a7cd8c ulla_petersen replied to the topic Tune requests for Hanneke Cassel in the forum Lessons in Production - Fiddle Tune Requests https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/tune-requests-for-hanneke-cassel/#post-6904 Sat, 30 Jan 2016 10:41:56 -0800 I hope so 🙂 Not because I don’t like Hanneke Cassel’s own compositions (I really do!), but because traditional tunes are not protected by copyright!

And by the way, I have a question about copyright; I have posted it under “Unfiddling”

]]> 0 013bd81ba6df8c4b9f29b87557cd1b7b ulla_petersen started the topic copyright question in the forum Unfiddling https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/copyright-question/ Sat, 30 Jan 2016 10:38:25 -0800 I assume that all tunes on this site that have a composer are protected by copyright, isn’t it so?

And that traditional tunes are not.

But how about “The Butterfly”; the sheet music says “attributed to Tommy Potts”, so is it his tune, and is it protected by copyright?

The reason I ask is that I like to make small arrangements of tunes and…[Read more]

]]> 0 873fcb34a82089f878c7401f2d77ca1e ulla_petersen started the topic Tune requests for Hanneke Cassel in the forum Lessons in Production - Fiddle Tune Requests https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/tune-requests-for-hanneke-cassel/ Fri, 29 Jan 2016 13:58:19 -0800 I see that Hanneke Cassel is scheduled to be back to record a new set of lessons this April, so here is a little wish list of tune requests for her:

The strathspey “Miss Lyle” and also “The Hurricane” by James Scott Skinner, both played by Colin Fisher in this Youtube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-o0qcXvC60

And from her first album…[Read more]

]]> 0 f9ec8f998a8e4bed460e4f54de730c18 ulla_petersen replied to the topic Bowing "in the string" v "a very light grip" in the forum Fiddling Techniques and Playing Advice https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/bowing-in-the-string-v-a-very-light-grip/#post-6654 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 18:51:21 -0800 I guess you are right about the “doctoring” of Mairead’s sound 🙂

I have seen Danish folk music fiddlers hold the bow the same way and in the same place as Mairead does, but I am sure that there is not ONE corrects way of bowing; you just have to find one (or more?) that work for you and your instrument and the type of music that you are…[Read more]

]]> 0 186d483e67bf75c783d946d35529eaf8 ulla_petersen replied to the topic Bowing "in the string" v "a very light grip" in the forum Fiddling Techniques and Playing Advice https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/bowing-in-the-string-v-a-very-light-grip/#post-6632 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 16:19:31 -0800 You shouldn’t feel guilty about it 🙂 There are great fiddlers who don’t seem to use their pinky very much; check out Celtic fiddler Mairead Nesbitt’s bow hold in this video:

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