Peter Willis
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Peter Willis replied to the topic Slip Jig in the forum General Fiddle Forum Topics 8 years, 5 months ago
Also – I just remember hearing a Celtic guitar accompanist saying that you can say the following words to a slip jig, “buy the band a beer, buy the band a beer, buy the band a beer”. (Specific instructions – say the five words over about 1 second and repeat = a fast slip jig)
If you preform, it works well as a teaching tool to get the audie…[Read more] -
Peter Willis replied to the topic Slip Jig in the forum General Fiddle Forum Topics 8 years, 5 months ago
I’ll put my two cents in here. It’s difficult for me to count to nine while playing so I absolutely agree with Roland – just try to imitate it to start with and then you’ll get the feel for it.
In Short, don’t count. Feel. -
Peter Willis replied to the topic Guitar Track in the forum General Fiddle Forum Topics 8 years, 5 months ago
It’s ok with the guitar player if it’s ok with the song writer.
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Peter Willis replied to the topic Ook Pik Waltz in the forum Lessons in Production – Fiddle Tune Requests 9 years, 4 months ago
Yep – last week.
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Peter Willis started the topic Ook Pik Waltz in the forum Lessons in Production – Fiddle Tune Requests 9 years, 4 months ago
Love this version of ook pik – starts at 1:55. Crafton’s Blues ain’t half bad either.
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Peter Willis started the topic Forked Deer in the forum Fiddling Techniques and Playing Advice 9 years, 4 months ago
I have a question about the high 2 ascending and low 2 descending you suggest in the basic melody tutorial of forked deer. It sounds plain wrong to me. Is it a sin to always play the low 2 that I’d like to hear? What’s fiddling tradition did the high 2 come from?
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Peter Willis posted an update 9 years, 4 months ago
Learning to use the bow. Bows are hard…
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