Thanks for the reply Casey! I’m a big Ron Stewart fan and, watching his videos, he actually slurs less than I would have thought (his tune, Stewart’s Dream, is an example where I would have done more slurring than he actually does). It seems to me like straight bluegrass players do a whole lot of single bowing and try to keep the slurs very deliberate. In music forms like contest, Irish, and old-time, where the slurring of notes imparts a rhythmic feel to the tune, the slurring is more prominent and more important.
I agree that the downbeat/downbow rule seems to be how most fiddlers do it. But I still struggle with this after 15 years of playing!
BTW, your website is absolutely great! I’m recommending it to all my fiddling friends.
Best, Bob
