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- Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:14 pm
- Forum: Traditional String Instruments
- Topic: Suggestions for beginner fiddle tunes
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10209
Re: Suggestions for beginner fiddle tunes
I'm two months into learning fiddle myself, and found that waltzes seem to sit well with learning to bow, and you get all that nice practice with long tones. Hector the Hero can be played on the D and G strings only. Josephin's Waltz dips to a Low C and stretches up to a high G but it was very memor...
- Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:40 pm
- Forum: Traditional String Instruments
- Topic: Fiddle compared to violin?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7178
I'll chime in also about set-up. The price you mentioned for a beginner's instrument seems reasonable. And there are many good beginner's instruments in that price range. Ease of play is the thing, so the action should at least be checked by a luthier. I'm just learning fiddle, also on my own with t...
- Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:45 pm
- Forum: Traditional String Instruments
- Topic: The ideal DADGAD guitar?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11300
- Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:00 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Flute Tone and Hearing Yourself While Playing With Others
- Replies: 33
- Views: 8264
- Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:56 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Flute Tone and Hearing Yourself While Playing With Others
- Replies: 33
- Views: 8264
- Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:14 pm
- Forum: Traditional String Instruments
- Topic: ITM on Viola
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4212
Does anyone here know if a 3/4 sized viola can be strung as a violin? Pardon the de-rail on the the thread, but the question came up for me the other week. A colleague of mine grew up playing viola in Quebec, and she'd like to try Irish music and dust off the viola that she last played. It's a 3/4, ...
- Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:20 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: How to make anti-roll feature for keyless Delrin flute?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 9683
How about a teardrop or pointy-shaped ring that would fit snugly around the metal part of the tuning slide? It could be just wide enough so's not to interfere with tuning, and removeable by separating the barrel from the headjoint? Or put a bead on a hair elastic and wrap it round a few times. Or an...
- Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:23 pm
- Forum: Irish Traditional Music Forum
- Topic: Tunes you really don't like on certain instruments...
- Replies: 52
- Views: 13368
- Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:06 pm
- Forum: Irish Traditional Music Forum
- Topic: Tunes you really don't like on certain instruments...
- Replies: 52
- Views: 13368
- Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:10 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: a stupid question....
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2493
- Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:40 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Tunes that start in the 2nd octave
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3897
- Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:33 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Dark Circles near holes
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4838
I have a Waltons C that has some sort of lacquer on it from the factory. My fingertips have burned splotchy spots around the holes that I can't polish out like my plain brass ones. I suppose if you went with a thicker lacquer it might help, but don't most brass/wind instruments have shiny pearl bits...
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:20 pm
- Forum: Irish Traditional Music Forum
- Topic: Best compilation CD for learning ITM tunes?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2122
- Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:28 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Which is better for a beginner?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2612
Fun question. Lots of stuff to consider and rant about :) One of the biggest aha! things I've read here is that Pratten flutes get a bad rap for needing more air because something about the bore or whatever makes them very forgiving, so you can still produce a decent tone with a more relaxed embouch...
- Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:41 pm
- Forum: Traditional String Instruments
- Topic: The ideal DADGAD guitar?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11300