Hey, I'm trying to organize a game plan for fiddle workshops for cajun music. I need some sort of idea about the steps or levels that need to be achieved....
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Susan K. Bechler
susiecajun
Oct 6, 2005 12:36 am
Hi, interesting question to try to put phrase succinctly. So... to play other doublestops, you have to be able to get one finger on each of two...
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zydeholic
Oct 6, 2005 6:45 am
For me, its hard enough to adjust a single fretted note when I'm off. Trying to adjust two at the same time, or nearly so, is a royal ....... ... ...
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sandra hettich
hettichs
Oct 7, 2005 11:40 am
play arpeggi over two or three octaves in the keys that are often used - they consist of the first, third and fifth steps of any given scale and make up basic...
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sandra hettich
hettichs
Oct 7, 2005 11:41 am
sorry, forgot to change the subject line, so here is again... play arpeggi over two or three octaves in the keys that are often used - they consist of the...
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girlmagnolia
Oct 14, 2005 4:01 am
Hello, First time posting here (don't use the computer much)I am thinking of upgrading from my chinese production cheapo fiddle and would like some advice. I...
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zydeholic
Oct 14, 2005 4:09 am
Hi Toby, Welcome to the group. I have no experience with Gligas. I would suggest just haunting all the violin shops you can. Are you planning on playing tuned...
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Timo
sireti1
Oct 14, 2005 12:15 pm
... $300.00 ... I have had Gliga viola for 5years and I also had two Gliga violin in use several months. The price versus quality is quite good in those so I...
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Birgit Murphy
fiddlegirl45
Oct 14, 2005 1:45 pm
I don't think you will get a handmade violin for $300. They are quite a bit more. ... From: "girlmagnolia" <girlmagnolia@...> To:...
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Birgit Murphy
fiddlegirl45
Oct 14, 2005 1:46 pm
I wonder if those are really hand made, if they are that cheap. ... From: "Timo" <timo.siren@...> To: <cajun-fiddlers@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday,...
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Susan K. Bechler
susiecajun
Oct 15, 2005 12:33 pm
Hi, I have been teaching violin for 35 years (and I'm not as old as dirt), so I have looked at and played on a lot of student, meaning inexpensive,...
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zydeholic
Oct 23, 2005 5:11 pm
I dreamt my Maggini copy had been stolen, and I was having to search for another violin I could tolerate, and the first one I picked up sounded like a pipe...
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zydeholic
Oct 27, 2005 2:48 am
I've been listening to several recordings, and on none of them do I hear the fiddle play the B part to Eunice 2-step. Is it because its too hard for the...
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Rob Trahan
robtrahan
Oct 27, 2005 4:16 am
When I played it, I did the second part as just a kind of shuffled chord. Check out how Doucet does it on the Savoy Doucet Live at the Dance album. Rob...
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Hugh Robertson
scrooge753
Oct 27, 2005 1:36 pm
Hi folks, The B part of a tune like Eunice 2-step is pretty generic, little rhythm ride that breaks up the constant repetition of the melody line. It's a...
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Susan K. Bechler
susiecajun
Oct 27, 2005 11:33 pm
Hi,Mitch and Jonno sometimes refer jokingly to the "universal Cajun B". I think this is one of those tunes. You could always improvise some fancier walk-down...
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zydeholic
Oct 28, 2005 2:57 pm
... "little accordion melody"???? "LITTLE ACCORDION MELODY"????? Speaking on behalf of all accordionists, everywhere, I....oh forget it. ...
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Sue
susiecajun
Oct 29, 2005 12:04 am
The last time I looked the Cajun accordion was pretty little. Y'all should see the 1950's German mother-of-pearl full-size Hohner blocking the hall to my...
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zydeholic
Oct 29, 2005 12:42 am
... Hmmm...3 or 4 finger chords? __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com...
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Rob Trahan
robtrahan
Oct 29, 2005 3:51 am
... Ptchaa, that's funny ;~) I agree, and in my most humble of opions, it shouldn't be hard, or technical, it should just make you want to dance. So I wouldn't...
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zydeholic
Nov 4, 2005 1:40 am
Hey all you fiddlers, I'm trying to get a set of jam songs going and could use some help. If you could share the fingering for basic chords you use for any of ...
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zydeholic
Nov 4, 2005 1:52 am
... Yeah, I'm real confused. I should be referencing the G/D strings here, not the C/G (as in FCGD). Sorry. __________________________________ Yahoo!...
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jane
janepaints
Nov 7, 2005 6:09 am
Hi all, I joined this list yesterday. Besides a general interest in fiddling, I joined in hope of meeting a fiddler (or other multi-instrument string-band...
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zydeholic
Nov 7, 2005 6:14 am
Hi Jane, Welcome! There are a couple of links on the webpage for this group. They are both for accordion discussion lists. However, you might also try there...
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Linda Schoenbrodt
nctferplayer
Nov 7, 2005 2:43 pm
Hello All, I am also new to the group and am looking for a fellow fiddler in my area, anyone near Greensboro NC? Linda _____ From:...
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jane gilday
janepaints
Nov 7, 2005 8:32 pm
hmmm.... are the Karas brothers (from the hartford ct. area) on this list? they're old friends of mine, i used to play in bands with 'em many years ago. ...
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Leon Reisner
hq2ndbn12thmar
Nov 8, 2005 1:11 am
Jane, Lived in Trenton and had worked at the NJDOT Maintenance yard on 179. Way back, I think it was around the time they had the houses explosion in town, I...
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jane gilday
janepaints
Nov 8, 2005 1:24 am
hiya ted... oh, you were in lambertville WAY back....happily no row-house blow-ups recently ;) i performed many times at Albert Music Hall in Waretown NJ in...
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Robin Bruck
robinbruckti...
Nov 13, 2005 4:27 am
Hey everybody I started a group on yahoo.com called:North Carolina Cajun Please check it out and join if you want. Thanks Robin ...
