WE had a slow jam this weekend, worked on Jai Passe and Jai etes au bal, and looked at each other's fiddles a lot. It is definitely easier to pick out a song...
Mark, in addition to what everyone else has said, I recommend "The Complete Early Recordings of Dennis McGee." It's a bit daunting for a beginning Cajun ...
HEY Everyone. IM Confused i thought all fiddlers at jams are tuned down. i tried to play my fancy handmade fiddle but it was tuned up and didn.t sound right....
hi kelli... the fiddle tune and jam session is a common source of angst. the accordion will choose the key, being that it is set, either C or D. then the...
Lionel Leleux used to keep his fiddle tuned up for the most part (he did keep one in low tuning just in case he wanted to use it) and he sure sounded "cajun"....
hugh, your point about not thinking there is a "correct" way to play is great advice...in my opinion, one steals ideas and techniques from as many people as ...
... California, San Francisco Bay Area. We also do an accordion slow jam. This fiddle jam was the first. The fiddlers kept getting left out while the...
Yeah, I've net purist in both camps. They both have points, I really like the sound of my fiddle tuned low, but it really can be diffucult to play with others...
Hi everyone, I haven't been here in a little while. It's wonderful to see all the posts and new members. I got two wonderfull books for Christmas and...
HI Everyone. Well last nite i heard what every fiddle player dreads. I could actually hear the peg slipping. and today i was tuning up to practice the G had...
How old is your fiddle, or how inexpensive, either way? It could be that the peg wasn't pushed in far enough, or you could put some chalk on the peg and see if...
HEY Dwight the fiddle was handmade its a 1200 dollar violin. I started hanging it on the wall and since then its had problems. once the string is fixed and...
hi kelli.... sorry to hear of your string woes :-( recently at a gig, i was playing la valse de grand bois, and midway into the song, my A string completely...
HI Everyone. My bow was bought for a full size about 8 yrs ago and im having trouble with it. sometimes it bounces on the string and the tone is bad and no...
you should definitely try having your bow rehaired. it depends how hard your play....how often...but i find that my bow hair needs to replaced once or twice a...
Hi Kelli, Without looking at it, but judging from it's age and that you have been playing with it, it needs rehaired. They all do after awhile, I have my done...
... with great care and plays like a champion. ... looks 2nd. but if a fiddle combines the 2, that is worth checking out..... ... My fiddle is made in 1930 in...
... to play my fancy handmade ... At the Cajun jams that I attend around here (Lafayette area) it is custom to tune your fiddle to the C accordion. ... fiddle...
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Hi, I just looked in on this site's links to other fiddle and violin sites and groups, and saw that the old link to the Fiddler yahoo group is still there......
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Of course! I really enjoy this group, even if I´m more of a lurker... just came back to the violin a few months ago, and to fiddling I am a complete newbie......
I bought "the Cajun Fiddle Tune Book", by Deborah Greenblatt. I also bought, for more general use, Mel Bay´s Fiddle Chord Book, and "Improv for Violinists-a...
Hello, I'm Claire, I just got the link from my friend Sandra (hettichs). I'm a fellow fiddler from England and I love cajun music. Do people post music on the...
