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I "started" about 8yrs ago, when I was 52. My wife's uncle played fiddle and he set me up with that instument (If you can call it that) The fiddle, case, bow and rosin cost all of $40.00 and it was absolutely terrible.
After about a month of frustr…
I have always like the sound of a good violin /fiddle , but never had the chance as a child or the push that is sometimes needed to learn to play. It seemed like I was just lucky to be able to listen to music with all life can sometime brings. At ag…
Great discussion! I started with Baritone back in the '60's went to trumpet (which I still love), guitar, mando and now fiddle. I had to chuckle, I would strap my Rogue acoustic on the back of my Harley. No way was I going to risk a good guitar the…
Glad I could help!
Or you can download "Barfly" -- that's what I use on my Mac. http://www.barfly.dial.pipex.com/
Slow airs are challenging to play "well." The tunes are generally easy, but getting that distinct timing with the pushes, etc., and to get the super sweet tone -- that's the hard part. I've been working on slow airs and ballads since I began... The…
My experience is, that I began to play traditional mandolin in my mid teenage years,enjoying the usual intermitent cycle of life during these times.In my forties my father passed on and I inherited a little 3/4 size fiddle which I had seen over the…
Percy, I'm glad to hear you are getting closer to your target. I don't know if you saw my post re: Aly Bain's e-mail? Apparently he uses Prim strings( medium gauge which is the green packs.) He doesn't like the E so uses a Super flexible, made, he t…
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- At 10:55am on May 31, 2009,
Adam R Sweet said… - Hi Percy. Haven't seen you online in a while. Hope everything's ok.
- At 11:45am on May 28, 2009,
DrStitch said… - Hey Percy, sorry for the late reply! I have been traveling - The pic is of my electric violin: I got it at my local music shop, it was a no-name brand but made in the Yamaha factory. I guess Gibson and Yamaha and others also make "lesser models" and non named models and sell them through other distributors and/or brand names. After playing this for a while, I am going to stick with an amplified violin instead of a straight across electric. This fiddle was hard to hear when playing gigs (plugged or un-plugged) because it dose not produce much sound on its own... similar to electric guitar. So if my feed-back monitor was not pointed at me, or if I had to share monitors with other instruments it was a challenge. I play mostly by ear, and felt there was a lot of intonation issues with not being able to hear right away. Sorry I can't be of more help bout the fiddle. I haven't seen any like it and I have looked. If you want to go electric though, I would look for an actual violin that has been amplified, to play fiddle/ bluegrass etc. just my opinion though. hope that helps!
- At 10:00am on May 6, 2009,
Sylvia Bingham said… - You seem like a very nice lady. I've been reading your postings. Can we be friends?
- At 9:46pm on April 25, 2009,
Ròidh said… - havent caught u on the chat lately so just wanting to say hi,things doing ok today,hope you have a nice weekend !
- At 6:16am on April 22, 2009,
Ròidh said…
- hes still hanging on ,doing ok for now,as far as my family nothing changeing ,cant make a peep or go far, tried to go to the jam last night and only one other person showed got his feelings hurt than it was just me and the poor guy who went out of his way to hear some tunes i stayed and talked with him till he left then came home early,i dont know whats wrong with the rest of the group we were real lucky to have found a host who gave us a place to play tuesdays,its my only outing away from home durring the week ,really shouldent be this hard to share a few tunes with others ,im at my wits end ,anyhow wishing you the best and thanks for stopping by and being friendly !
- At 11:32am on April 20, 2009,
Ròidh said…
- hes still haging on, really dont know to expect him to make it or not, as far as rats go ive had a couple in the past as pets they are pretty well temperd ,if u want to fear something get a girbil they arnt good for nothing but biteing the hell out of u,ive been feeding it milk and keeping it warm,if it makes it i have the glass cage with the locking screen top so wount put me out a dime to keep, my mom is looking at me like im retarded for wanting to help it just because its going to be a rat but i feel every baby thing should have a chance, thanks for the kind comment and wishing you the best !
- At 7:44pm on April 19, 2009,
Ròidh said…
- id have responded sooner but no email for blog replies i guess the answer about my dad is hes allways been hard headed and the recent stroke only made it worse,i thank you for the prayers !
- At 3:33pm on April 16, 2009,
Ròidh said…
- the chat died on me this morning with someone,so its not just when u talk to me, no idea what causes the freeze on th chat, anyhow just stopping by to say hi,best wishes !
- At 12:22pm on April 12, 2009,
Ròidh said…
- i noticed that about the irish,they have to mention the section town and county in the country, very interresting, thanks !
- At 6:57am on April 12, 2009,
Miriam Kavana said… - Wow Percy, small world indeed, I remember SLF well too.. :) , was a great band!
That whole punk scene isn't a stranger to me either, I did a fair bit of work with Shane MacGowan & the Popes, Shane came straight out of the punk scene as well (around '77, The Nipple Erectors), and with the Pogues as well as the Popes, the punk influence always remained in the attitude and approach to the music too :) ....I think your husband will certainly remember :)
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