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correct tuning should be GDAE, low to high.

most fiddle injuries are because of improper posture. sitting up straight. left wrist straight. body relaxed. if you do these things correctly, very little chance that you will develop any back or wrist pain. Neck pain is actually the most common injury for beginners. if you want more fiddle informa...

My apologies. I don't really have a problem with someone using the term Celtic. Some people do. generalizing is necessary for most things in life. I personally prefer to be more specific to avoid confusion and I think that Celtic is really too vague a term to use a lot. It gets really annoying when ...

Are there reels and jigs and such that are specifically Welsh? Or is it just Methodist hymns? I know this is slightly off topic but my wife was asking the other day, and at least its Celtic ;-) yes there are welsh dance tunes. but what do you mean by Celtic? What makes music Celtic? The instruments...

Hi guys. I found this forum via Clips and Snips. I've been learning Irish fiddle for almost a year now. Had the idea to play music on my lunch break. And I can't very well take a fiddle into to work, being exposed to the elements quite often. So I thought about a flute, but finances dictated startin...

The Peter Cooper book through Mel Bay(Mel Bay's Complete Irish Fiddle Player) is probably a better book if you plan on teaching yourself. The Cranitch book, while a great resource, assumes that the player knows certain things about the fiddle and Irish music in general. Cranitch will take you farthe...