[Kitegal]

Thank you very much George! Very much appreciate your response and help. I am very empathetic to the fact that running a site like this is a very ambitious project and needs lots of work and attention. I can’t even imagine how Casey can juggle this with touring and being a professional musician.
The site here is a real gem, a great resource for learning and has helped me (and probably also many others) to learn techniques and tunes.
I guess I was also asking because I am not a big Texas contest style fiddler and was hoping for updates on all the the other styles 🙂

Thanks again!

[Kitegal]

Hey there,

I have a Codabow Joule and don’t regret getting it. I got it when I got a 5 string fiddle to have a bit a weightier bow for the C string. The bow works perfectly well for this purpose but I like it so much that I am using it also often on a 4 string. It depends on the occasion.

The Joule comes with the advantage of being more robust than a wooden bow so I use that preferably when fiddling outdoors or at jams (yep, only with vaccinated friends) etc. I am comparing this to my nice wooden bow which I would prefer in more calm settings, probably. Both bows are producing sounds which have different qualities to them.

What Aysha says though rings true – the bow needs to match the fiddle. The Joule produces a very nice sound though on all instruments but my nice (aka expensive) wooden bow creates a warmer more broader sound I would prefer in perhaps solo playing or calmer settings.

For fiddling though, especially together with other players I’d prefer the Joule. It also feels very good.

[Kitegal]

I got a Hardanger fiddle recently which is a 4/4. The 4/5 I am pretty sure relates to the drone strings, you can see that in the tuning link below. Those fiddles are being constantly tuned as the tuning is usually changed from tune to tune. Traditional Hardangers are pretty hard to tune so I got mine outfitted with Wittner pegs, that is really helpful. The strings are of interesting texture/materials too.

There is a lot of good information on the website of the American Hardanger Fiddle Association http://www.hfaa.org/ and this here is a “brief” overview over all the popular tunings, regular fiddle tuning being one of them although not often used http://www.hfaa.org/Home/articles-on-the-hardanger-fiddle/a-guide-to-tunings-on-the-hardingfele

Cheers! – Sylvia

[Kitegal]

hmmm, I posted a response but it is does not show here. Perhaps because there were two links in, one to the American Hardanger fiddle association and another one to a page they are having which is showing the diverse most popular tunings which also shows that the 4/5 relates to the drone strings.

Anyways – perhaps Casey can allow those links and show that post but if this is not easily possible then it is easy enough to Google those anyways – cheers! – Sylvia

[Kitegal]

I second that request 🙂

[Kitegal]

Awesome, awesome! Thank you Casey and thank you Kevin!

[Kitegal]

After accelerating the playback speed up to 1.5 x (in the youtube settings) the hornpipe was real fun! Would you mind sharing the sheet music Captainswing? I’d like to bring it to our celtic jam to try with a larger group there – cheers! – Sylvia

[Kitegal]

I don’t know whether it is possible because Kevin plays all the tunes solo which is super-beautiful…..but if you could add the chords for guitar/accompaniments that would be awesome because I want to play them with others. Not everyone can play solo fiddle like Kevin does, he is a true master.

Cheers! – Sylvia

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