This will really help both my fiddle and classical pieces - thanky so much! I have a great teacher but I was really stuck with Morton notes and this made it so much clearer. Thank you!
Thanks for sharing how this helped you. 👍🏽 🎶 We have a guide available you may also enjoy: fiddlehed.com/blog/how-to-play-violin-an-illustrated-beginners-guide-fiddlehed/
There's also what you might call an inverted mordent. Instead of A232 you'd play A212. Makes a nice change, especially if the next note is one or two above. Used a fair bit in Scottish and Shetland music.
In my opinion North American Old Timey and Country Western Fiddle players have the most leeway in playing grace notes and improving songs but the competition scene has really killed the art form for most players and spectators alike. This was my greatest complaint about playing Fiddle in Oklahoma and the surrounding areas. The last time I really played fiddle was the Tulsa State Faire in 2012. I competed in the Adult division and didn't win anything but had over 20 people as well as two of the judges come up to me personally and tell me how amazing I sounded. I stood on stage alone with no accompaniment or backup and played my three songs, Big John McNeil (Sierra's version because I am an indian fiddler like her), Beaumont Rag and the Festival Waltz and each of my performances was jam pakced with graves notes and every form of roll, double bowing, slips, dips, 2nd and 3rd position, slides and slaps to make the songs bounce and really covet the traditional feel of the art of Old Timey. This made me lose the competition because my metering and composition were infractions but the 20+ people and reaction of the crowd meant more to me than a trophy. I quit playing fiddle shortly after that performance and never told anyone that I quit playing fiddle because I was too good and all that was left was machining my style to fit the tournament mold or somehow finding a band good enough... It's a lonely place to find yourself as a fiddler.
It's a shame you quit, because we need more 'real' fiddlers like you. What is it with competition judges? Old Timey is what everyone needs! Pick up that fiddle again, you're needed right now!
@@nicholaswilkins7499 lol i didn't quit. I'm basically pro now. As pro as you can be during Covid. That's a really funny to see from 5 years ago. I just did a whole spread of my fiddle performance songs on my Instagram @thechoctawkid
good lession i have totally realized how can play grace note .when i fisr time see it violin positi9n book i am afraid how can play it ?now my concept is clear .Thanks
Hi @jasminen273, thanks for your interest. It's a musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. Here's a post you may enjoy from the FIddlehed website: fiddlehed.com/blog/the-four-elements-of-good-sound/ We offer a trial membership to the FiddleHed course where there are lessons on Klezmer songs. Sign up here: fiddlehed.com
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This will really help both my fiddle and classical pieces - thanky so much! I have a great teacher but I was really stuck with Morton notes and this made it so much clearer. Thank you!
Thanks for sharing how this helped you. 👍🏽 🎶
We have a guide available you may also enjoy:
fiddlehed.com/blog/how-to-play-violin-an-illustrated-beginners-guide-fiddlehed/
Great lesson!!! I learned heaps from this!
Super teaching teacher
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Thanks! Another well done lesson. It's much appreciated.
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This video helped so much ! I'm playing Amadeus at my school concert
Terrific. Glad I could help. Cheers.
Great lesson. I've been struggling with this for a while....
There's also what you might call an inverted mordent. Instead of A232 you'd play A212. Makes a nice change, especially if the next note is one or two above. Used a fair bit in Scottish and Shetland music.
so helpful!
In my opinion North American Old Timey and Country Western Fiddle players have the most leeway in playing grace notes and improving songs but the competition scene has really killed the art form for most players and spectators alike. This was my greatest complaint about playing Fiddle in Oklahoma and the surrounding areas. The last time I really played fiddle was the Tulsa State Faire in 2012. I competed in the Adult division and didn't win anything but had over 20 people as well as two of the judges come up to me personally and tell me how amazing I sounded. I stood on stage alone with no accompaniment or backup and played my three songs, Big John McNeil (Sierra's version because I am an indian fiddler like her), Beaumont Rag and the Festival Waltz and each of my performances was jam pakced with graves notes and every form of roll, double bowing, slips, dips, 2nd and 3rd position, slides and slaps to make the songs bounce and really covet the traditional feel of the art of Old Timey. This made me lose the competition because my metering and composition were infractions but the 20+ people and reaction of the crowd meant more to me than a trophy. I quit playing fiddle shortly after that performance and never told anyone that I quit playing fiddle because I was too good and all that was left was machining my style to fit the tournament mold or somehow finding a band good enough... It's a lonely place to find yourself as a fiddler.
It's a shame you quit, because we need more 'real' fiddlers like you. What is it with competition judges? Old Timey is what everyone needs! Pick up that fiddle again, you're needed right now!
@@nicholaswilkins7499 lol i didn't quit. I'm basically pro now. As pro as you can be during Covid. That's a really funny to see from 5 years ago. I just did a whole spread of my fiddle performance songs on my Instagram @thechoctawkid
good lession i have totally realized how can play grace note .when i fisr time see it violin positi9n book i am afraid how can play it ?now my concept is clear .Thanks
Hi Jason, what is Klezmer music please?
Hi @jasminen273, thanks for your interest. It's a musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe.
Here's a post you may enjoy from the FIddlehed website:
fiddlehed.com/blog/the-four-elements-of-good-sound/
We offer a trial membership to the FiddleHed course where there are lessons on Klezmer songs. Sign up here: fiddlehed.com