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Is it this tune, Zengoat?

Seems to be a nice classic sounding 1,4,5 grasser…Or are you talking about a different tune??

Thanks for the update, Roland. I know a lot of folks here in the Pacific Northwest are gearing up for contest season. I think it’s great to have a goal to work on. I always felt that my playing was refined when I practiced the same song over and over preparing for contests…

Good luck to you in all your fiddling endeavors this year!

Time to get excited about a new Fiddle Contest season for 2015. Upcoming biggest event is the National Oldtime Fiddlers Contest and Festival in Weiser Idaho the 3rd full week in June. This new year and Spring there are several in New Mexico and Arizona. In the Pacific NW there is the Oregon and California State Contests the, The Spirit of the…[Read more]

Hi Peter, Glad to hear you checked it out and they really did make that music popular and it still is today. The Texas Playboys are legendary in the evolution of American fiddle music pushing it into elements of jazz and swing. As for Casey and Hanneke they really are pros and a couple of great fiddlers to be inspired by. Casey has some Bow…[Read more]

Hi Peter, Glad to hear you checked it out and they really did make that music popular and it still is today. The Texas Playboys are legendary in the evolution of American fiddle music pushing it into elements of jazz and swing. As for Casey and Hanneke they really are pros and a couple of great fiddlers to be inspired by. Casey has some Bow…[Read more]

Hi Peter, Glad to hear you checked it out and they really did make that music popular and it still is today. The Texas Playboys are legendary in the evolution of American fiddle music pushing it into elements of jazz and swing. As for Casey and Hanneke they really are pros and a couple of great fiddlers to be inspired by. Casey has some Bow…[Read more]

Hi Peter, Yes interesting using the swing segment with less of that but If you like double stops you might search youtube for Johnny Gimble. He played with Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys and has complete mastery with that technique. He also wrote the beautiful Gardenia Waltz, that Casey has on the site here at Fiddlevideo. Enjoy, Roland

WOW, Probably the best arrangement of this tune I’ve ever hear and the swing break in the middle is awesome. Expert backup with Joey McKenzie and bass player, but I don’t know his name. I remember James Mason back when I first started playing fiddle and he was always a good player. He also took down First place in the new Swing Division at the…[Read more]

WOW, Probably the best arrangement of this tune I’ve ever hear and the swing break in the middle is awesome. Expert backup with Joey McKenzie and bass player, but I don’t know his name. I remember James Mason back when I first started playing fiddle and he was always a good player. He also took down First place in the new Swing Division at the…[Read more]

Ok, I will remind you later. Definetly worth checking out. I think Basco from Denmark was there one year.

Osmo

Hi Peter!
Nice to see people here from my corner of the world. I was in a super jam session this weekend. We had a cruise ship full of jams when “Folklandia 2015” took off. Tens of great acts from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Estonia and Scotland (also our band) performing and jamming for 24 hour cruise between Helsinki and Tallinn. After…[Read more]

I hear you, Peter. I was kidding as well. Nice to see folks get excited about fiddling, though!

Peter and Osmo…if y’all get to jamming, you will have to record it and send me a clip…I’ll load it up on the site! Great to see folks connecting through music.

Hi Peter and Osmo, Well I must say this is a nice development to see folks getting together to make music as a result of the forum. Be sure and tell your friends and maybe a few more will join in. Play on, and best regards.

Great idea Roland! Will do exactly that. Vibrato really takes time. I have watched many tutorials, many violinists/fiddlers, trained with my teacher and now I am starting to get an idea what I want to sound like and some idea how to train for that. For sure it is going to take quite some time to get it working properly but with your videos and…[Read more]