Casey Willis

Hi, Sunbreaker. Niall generally plays an AES violin. He plays one London 5 and one Dahlia 5. Strings are D’ Addario Helicore, and shoulder rest is Mach One. Tuner is also a D’ Addario Micro Violin Tuner. Cheers!

Dang, Mark. Glad to hear you’re in recovery mode, sir!

Megan will be in the Fiddlevideo studios July 27-August 1. She’s also scheduled to be back for a couple of days in late September. We’ll have guitar recording and other production work to do after she records, but you can expect her first batch of lessons to be published later this fall.…[Read more]

I’ll keep it in mind for a future instructor, Sunbreaker!

Great to hear, Mark. We’re finalizing her list of tunes now, and I look forward to releasing the first batch this fall, sir.

She’s also already scheduled to be back in the studio for a couple of days in September, so we’ll keep adding to her lessons!

Welcome, Mark. If you’re fiddling enough to annoy the neighbors, you’re doing something right! I see you’ve already picked a tune to start on, and I’d just encourage you to listen to the various performances and find those which feel a good match for your playing level and your stylistic leanings. Best of luck on Beaumont Rag, sir!

C

Hi, Brigette.

We did restructure how lessons are formatted about 6 months ago. We used to have separate pages for the performance, basic and advanced melody videos. The new format includes all videos in a single page. You can now move from performance, basic tutorial, and advanced tutorial from the same location now. Hopefully it makes…[Read more]

This one is definitely on the list for Patti’s next session…now we just have to get the Canadian border open so she can make it down!

Good feedback, Aysha & Kitegal.

I believe Patti Kusturok plays with a Coda Joule…seems like a solid choice to me.

C

Hi, again, Thistle. Back from festival land, and I took a listen.

The guitar track matches what was played during the performance. It’s two times through the melody (A & B parts) and then it repeats a 4 measure tag of the B part. So there are 4 measures tacked on to the end which slows/rit. Does that help?

For those last four bars of…[Read more]

Hi, Thistle. I’m out at a festival right now but will take a listen to the track when I get back to the studio next week…I’ll get the right track up if the one currently available doesn’t match up with the performance…thx for the heads up!

C

I hear you, Joshua. I played it tonight with a band I jam with and think I might be getting close to creating a version I could teach…Now to just find the time to get back in the studio!!

C

Agreed, Mabish. That one scares me!!

Good tunes, all!

I’m now working on Road to Spencer, Swinging on a Gate, Duke and Cookie, and Macedonia (mando).

Awesome, Aysha…and welcome to the website! We’ll keep adding bowings to newer lessons published, and at some point, we’ll add bowings for all of the older lessons.

Cool on the camp. Camps and picking festivals are definitely on my calendar going forward. Maybe our paths will cross!

Suzuki is a great way to start violin/fiddle, in my…[Read more]

Same answer as for Salt Creek, Michael. I know it and love it. On the list at some point.

Pax

C

Great call, Michael.

I know this tune, and will teach it for you when I have time. I’m not planning to make it into the studio anytime soon, but consider it on my list. Maybe Megan knows it and can teach it sooner than I.

C

Hi, Allison.

We almost had Hanneke in the studio a couple of months ago, but it didn’t work out…she and I have been talking and hope to get her back in the studio later this year or early next for another session. Agreed on the mix of tunes…I think Hanneke has actually had like 4-6 sessions with us over the past few years, and I know she…[Read more]

Hi, Felicity.

I’ll add it to Hanneke’s request list – she may choose to record it. We’ve been trying to get her back to the studio, and I’m hopeful that it might happen later this year or early next.

Thx!

C