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roadkingjimmy - Posted - 02/26/2023: 06:34:53
My question is how many of you old time banjo pickers or bluegrass also play fiddle.just bought an old fiddle and I am having a ball with it and can you point me to some good resources!Thanks Jimmy
Culloden - Posted - 02/26/2023: 08:33:03
Have you checked out the fiddle hangout? There is a direct link to it on the home page. I don't go to it much anymore but it is a good resource. I used to fiddle quite a bit but a torn rotator cuff in my left shoulder makes that a problem now. I can only fiddle a couple of times before it starts to bother me.
A Drum On A Stick - Posted - 02/26/2023: 09:33:26
I'm pretty new to it as well. I've mostly learned from videos, looking at my playlist:
I like fiddlehed's lessons on youtube.
He also has a paid website with a more detailed lesson plan.
Red Desert fiddle on youtube has also helped me.
And recently I found Ivonne Hernandez who has nice tune explanations. I especially like her slow/medium/fast play-throughs of tunes after the 'teaching' part. I find looping them is often an easy way to pick up a tune.
Edited by - A Drum On A Stick on 02/26/2023 09:33:59
R.D. Lunceford - Posted - 02/26/2023: 10:50:19
If you play the fiddle, it gives you an intimacy with the tunes you don't get with the banjo alone.
As the late, great Bill Martin (NW musician and dance-caller par excellence) once said OT (stringband) music IS fiddle music.
Round Peak Banjos - Posted - 02/27/2023: 08:17:36
After I started playing fiddle several years ago it's like it reprogrammed my brain to take a different approach to my banjo playing. When playing banjo after learning fiddle I started paying more attention to the details and hearing things I didn't before. For many people, playing fiddle will make you a better banjo player. Now I play more fiddle than banjo.
DC5 - Posted - 02/28/2023: 05:02:03
I haven't touched it in a couple of years, since a bad bout of bursitis, but I love playing the fiddle. And I agree that my banjo, and also my guitar, playing improved after playing the fiddle.
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