- Wikipedia:
Fiddle, same
instrument as a violin, just a different name. Some fiddlers
like to 'flatten' the bridge to cut down on arm movement for
doublestops and triplestops, and chords. It is also more common
to see steel strings rather than gut or synthetic, and fine tuners on
all four strings; this being very uncommon for classical
violinists. According to Branson performer, Shoji Tabuchi the
difference lies "in how you fiddle around with it."
Solo fiddling is the norm, though twin fiddling is represented in some
North American, Scandinavian, and Irish styles. The majority of
fiddle music is dance music. Violin music came to value a
smoothness which fiddling, with its dance-driven clear beat, did not
always follow - in situations that required greater volume, a
fiddler could push their instrument harder than could a
violinist. Following the folk revivals of the second half of the
20th century, however, it has become common for less formal situations
to find large groups of fiddlers playing together -- see for example
the Swedish Spelmanslag folk-musician clubs, and the world-wide
phenomenon of Irish sessions. Bows used in
fiddling: Most fiddling styles that use the standard
violin also use the standard violin bow, the same as classical
players. However, there are a few styles which use other bows. One
notable example is the folk music from Hungary and Transylvania used
in the táncház tradition. I personally use a half-size bow,
it's more nimble. American fiddling, including Old Time
fiddling, New England style fiddling, and contra dance fiddling
generally, Cajun fiddling, Texas style fiddling, Contest Fiddling,
Bluegrass fiddling, Arabic Music, Balkan Music, Táncház (Hungarian)
and Romanian music, Newfoundland fiddle player Patrick MoranCanadian
fiddling, including, Cape Breton fiddling, with a distinct Scottish
and Acadian influence, Québécois fiddling, influenced from the
Brittany area of northern France, Métis fiddling, of central and
western Canada, with French influence, Newfoundland fiddling, with a
strong Irish Sliabh Luachra style of playing, Maritime or Downeast
style of fiddling which has many similarities to Cape Breton fiddling,
English fiddling, French fiddling (including a rich Breton fiddling
tradition), Irish fiddling including, among others, Clare fiddling,
from the central west Donegal fiddling, from the northwest, Sligo
fiddling, from a bit south of the northwest, Mexican fiddling from the
Tierra Caliente region of Mexico. Nordic folk fiddling (including
Hardanger fiddling), Peruvian Scottish fiddling, Slovenian fiddling,
South Indian Carnatic fiddling, maintainance.
Wikipedia,
Electric Violin: An
electric violin refers to a standard violin fitted with an electric
pickup of some type, or to an instrument purposely made to be
electrified with built-in pickups, usually with a solid body and have
been used in one form or another since the 1920s; jazz and blues
artist Stuff Smith is generally credited as being one of the first
performers to adapt pickups and amplifiers to violins. The Electro
Stringed Instrument Corporation, National Valco and Vega attempted to
sell electric violins in the 1930s and 1940s; Fender produced a small
number of electric violins in the late 1950s. Larger scale manufacture
of electric violins did not happen until the late 1990s. Acoustic
violins may be used with an add-on piezoelectric bridge or body
pickup. To avoid feedback from the resonances of the hollow body under
high amplification on stage, many instruments have a solid body
instead. The timbre (tone color) of a standard unamplified violin is
due in large part to these resonances, however, so depending on how
the signal is picked up, an electric violin may have a
"rawer" or "sharper" sound than an acoustic
instrument. This raw sound is often preferred in rock, pop, and some
avant-garde genres. Several "semi-hollow" designs exist,
containing a sealed but hollow resonating chamber that provides some
approximation of acoustic violin sound while reducing susceptibility
to feedback. Solid-body electric violins typically have a
non-traditional, minimalistic design to keep weight down. They are
often seen as "experimental" instruments, being less
established than electric guitar or bass. Hence, there are many
variations on the standard design, such as frets, extra strings,
machine heads, "baritone" strings that sound an octave lower
than normal, sympathetic strings, and more, without even going into
the many electronic effects used to shape the raw sound to suit the
player's preference. Acoustic 5-string violins exist, but it is much
more common for an electric violin to have 5, 6 or 7 strings than an
acoustic instrument. The typical solid body also accommodates the
extra tension caused by more strings without stressing the instrument
too much. Extra strings are usually a low C string for 5-strings, and
a low C and high B or low F for 6, and a low C, F and B-flat (or high
B) for 7. Electric violin signals usually pass through electronic
processing, in the same way as an electric guitar, to achieve a
desired sound. This could include delay, reverb, chorus, distortion,
or other effects.
Violin bows used by fiddlers are
usually made from wood, but bows made from fiberglass and other
materials are becoming more common.
- Wikipedia:
A tribute to the best damn fiddle player in the world
- And a new concept were working on is
the formation of a peace band, ...anti-war fundraising band, ....
liberal, progressive causes only.
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Music research |
- FIQL
website
- Sunshine, Atmosphere
- 15 Step, Radiohead
- Water, Aesop Rock Naive
(Live)
- Lily, Allen Flux Bloc
Party
- Teardrop, Jose Gonzalez
- Beginning To See The Light, The
Velvet Underground
- Me Gustas Tu Kiko, Menendez
- Waiting To Die, Mickey
Avalon
- Let's Call It Off, Peter Bjorn
And John
- Killing, The Apples
- Postcards From Italy,
Beirut
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- Fireworks, Animal
Collective
- How To, Live Bears
- Valerie Mark Ronson Ft. Amy
Winehouse
- If You Got The Money, Jamie
T
- The Emotional Kind, Superdrag
- Guaranteed, Eddie Vedder
- Summer Day, Coconut
Records
- Ever Fallen In Love, Nouvelle
Vague
- Here Comes A Regular, The
Replacements
- Rain Bishop, Allen
- Silently Blonde, Redhead
- To The End Of The Earth,
Keane
- Lollipop, Ben Kweller
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Eighties, violin research |
Recording Studios,
& Misc |
- Wikipedia,
Come on Eileen
- David Parman, violin
- Steve Brennan, violin, fiddle
- Roger McDuff, violin, fiddle
- Softshoe,
violin, Melloncamp
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- and we ran across some folks on the
web we like to mention: FiddleChicks
including: Sheri West (California), Sheri Margrave (Los Angeles,
California), Al Bautista II (South San Francisco, Calif.), Lisa
Boucher (Champaign, Illinois), Stephanie Quinn (Wilmette,
Illinois), Oleg Melnikov (Winston-Salem, NC), Renee Scagnelli
(South NJ), Shannon (Auburn, NY), Michele M. George ( Cleveland,
Ohio), Enion Pelta (Portland, Oregon), Dave Wascher (Nashville,
Tennesee), Sarah Meade ( Northeast TN), Sarah Meade (Southwest, VA),
JayDean Ludiker (Spokane, WA), Samantha Robichaud (Riverview, New
Brunswick, Canada), Elaina Lozinsk (Hamilton, Ontario) nashville
fiddle europe agent
- and More:
more on
fiddle lessons online, sites: FolkoftheWood
fiddlehub fiddlehangout
fiddleguru musicked
bluegrasscollege fiddlefork
onlinefiddlelesson
onlinelessonvideos
fiddleworld.ning
buddyspicher denversuzukistrings
learningmusician
We love to teach fiddle, have been tearching for years and consider a good
teacher to be someone who intently listens to the desires of the student
and customizes each lesson to those needs.
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