Hi, my name is Larry and I'm from Bayou Chicot which is close to Ville Platte. I have been practicing and playing for almost a year now but still have not...
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zydeholic
Mar 2, 2004 2:52 am
... devant ... Waiting ... I don't know that anyone is using the chat function. I find them very annoying. However, you're certainly free to suggest a time...
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tomandsusan@...
slb22000
Mar 2, 2004 4:18 am
On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 00:50:22 -0000 "hearttrouble1942" ... Over on FIDDLE_CRAZY, they regularly use the chat to share fiddle tunes. I was at a session last...
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Hugh Robertson
scrooge753
Mar 2, 2004 5:05 am
You should contact Folk Roots, they have an office in Lafayette and do fiddle jams on thursdays. I think it is something like <louisianafolkroots.org> but you...
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diddleybox
Mar 5, 2004 3:03 pm
Hello - I am new to group, and have joined in search of advice. I am a member of another yahoo stringed instrument group, cigarboxguitars, and have downloaded...
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Lemouton@...
etudiantduvi...
Mar 5, 2004 3:16 pm
Hey man - That all sounds really, really cool. The Internet is freaking amazing. My non-expert thoughts are that there are a million fiddle tunings, especially...
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Hugh Robertson
scrooge753
Mar 5, 2004 3:35 pm
Hi, I was just in Lafayette and visited the Creole exhibit at the Natural History museum where they had Canray Fontenot's original cigar box fiddle on display....
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diddleybox
Mar 5, 2004 4:07 pm
Wow - I had no idea about famous Cajun cigar box guitar players! We have got a National Cigar Box Music Museum guy in PA who love this! The link to the Cigar...
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Shane
cigarboxguitar
Mar 5, 2004 4:10 pm
Hi Hugh and everybody, My name is Shane Speal and I'm the moderator guy at the Cigar Box Guitar Forum. Kurt just forwarded your messages regarding Canray ...
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Shane
cigarboxguitar
Mar 5, 2004 4:22 pm
"Fiddle Fever" by Sharon Arms-Doucet on Amazon.com : http://tinyurl.com/3b2d5 -Shane...
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Lemouton@...
etudiantduvi...
Mar 5, 2004 6:19 pm
Awesome discussion y'all. Cool stuff. Sorry I got my fourths and fifths mixed up, and really appreciate the correction. Too early, too hurried. And yep, there...
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Rob Trahan
robtrahan
Mar 5, 2004 6:32 pm
... I'd think that you could tune it however you wanted. I'd guess that's how most people who played a cigar box violin in the depression would have done it....
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tomandsusan@...
slb22000
Mar 5, 2004 7:17 pm
Tangentially, there is a fun juvenile literature book, Fiddle Fever, by Sharon Arms Doucet that loosely chronicles a brief moment in time of Canray Fontenot....
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tomandsusan@...
slb22000
Mar 5, 2004 7:17 pm
Oops! Guess I should have kept reading. Sorry. Susan B On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 16:21:59 -0000 "Shane" <cigarboxguitar@...> ... ...
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cz fanatic
zydeholic
Mar 5, 2004 9:12 pm
From looking at those cigar box fiddles, one problem stands out to me: being able to play the E string or the G string without your bow hitting the side of...
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Bub Ba
diddleybox
Mar 5, 2004 9:42 pm
Dwight - There are some long narrow cigar boxes available. Would a box that is 6 inches wide work in this regard to clear the bow while playing? ...
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Shane
cigarboxguitar
Mar 5, 2004 9:51 pm
My antique 1889 cigar box violin actually has the sides sanded down a bit for the bow to clear. I own 3 other fiddles...one which is being professionally set...
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cz fanatic
zydeholic
Mar 5, 2004 10:56 pm
... Dunno. I just checked one of my fiddles and it was around 4 inches wide at that crotch. It all depends on the height of the strings above box. It all ...
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Adam
craneclassical
Mar 8, 2004 12:40 am
View the latest exercise submissions for Finger Finesse Enhanced Pinkie and Left Hand Pizzicatto Drills. www.craneclassical.com...
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Birgit Murphy
fiddlegirl45
Mar 8, 2004 1:36 am
Pizzicato... is that a tiny pizza? Just being silly. Birgie ... From: "Adam" <craneclassical@...> To: <cajun-fiddlers@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, March...
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zydeholic
Mar 8, 2004 3:01 am
... Its made with veal and capers. Really big capers. Dwight __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you’re looking for...
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Hugh Robertson
scrooge753
Mar 8, 2004 4:54 am
I had a violin teacher from the Pittsburgh symphony teach me the basics of violining back in the early eighties and he had tons of exercises like this, and I'm...
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FiddleGirl5@...
srmpfan
Mar 8, 2004 5:15 am
Hey everyone did anyone catch the story on CNN today about how wood from different trees affected the tone and sound of Strad Violins wow i would love to tune...
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Birgit Murphy
fiddlegirl45
Mar 9, 2004 12:35 am
Actually, I find it quite interesting to experiment with different violin/fiddle techniques while playing Cajun music. There are probably musical incidences...
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Hugh Robertson
scrooge753
Mar 9, 2004 1:01 am
Or at least be tasty at just the right moment....
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cz fanatic
zydeholic
Mar 9, 2004 1:25 am
... I think I heard or read that the reason the Strads sounded so much better is that Europe was experiencing a mini-ice age at the time, and the trees rings...
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cz fanatic
zydeholic
Mar 9, 2004 2:53 am
... http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/01/0107_040107_violin.html or do a search on 'stradivarius ice age' __________________________________ Do you...
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Shane
cigarboxguitar
Mar 10, 2004 4:54 am
After hours and hours of programming, the Cigar Box Guitar Forum's own Ian Scott (aka Scotty)has created the website that will become the hub of the entire CBG...
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srmpfan
Mar 15, 2004 5:00 am
HEY Everyone I just got some vauable info on how not to store our precious fidldes that are very costly to repair Just don.t store them in closed spaces with...
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clarence@...
cajunradio
Mar 18, 2004 3:13 am
March 2004 / April 2004 Baton Rouge Louisiana Cajun, Zydeco and Blues music schedule This is located at www.cajunradio.org/batonrougecajunzydeco.html ...
