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I'm having difficulty running the video for the left hand alternate a section for big Mon on my computer.

Also trying to get a feel for the groove or rhythm when playing with the slow jam version.

any suggestions or tips that would help?

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I have a question about foot tapping: how do you tap your foot when you play the fiddle in order to get that back-beat feel? I normally play Scottish style and I am struggling big-time to get the bluegrass "feel" when I play bluegrass tunes, probably because I don't feel the back-beat enough. I play more straight and I'm told I need to play with that kind of bluegrass swing instead.

Somebody told me to try and tap my foot off the beat rather than on the beat, but that seems really hard to me..... Does anybody do this type of foot tapping when playing bluegrass tunes in order to get the right feel?

Many thanks,
Sofie
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Bowing is like frosting a cake.....smooth, silky, some pressure as needed and decisive...but wouldn't it be great if the cake could help? Instead of placing your bow into your fiddle which is just sitting there under your chin, imagine that your fiddle meets your bow so they can make beautiful music together and you are the one bringing them together.


Passive bowing style using your wrist to pull the bow up and then down again...., imagine your fingers are stuck to the bow with superglue. Then someone just shot your hand up with novacaine and your hand and fingers are numb. Try bowing on an open string this way and watch your hand follow your wrist like a sea creature undulating as it follows your wrist up and down.


The left hand finger action is like being a piano hammer......with machine gun action if you can go really fast...you're finger tips are hanging out relaxed above the strings and then..peew, peew, peew...your fingers push the string to the fingerboard quickly and with intention, and immediately return to their resting position.


Treate each note as though you are having a love affair with it, giving it the attention and time it requires in the present, while you are playing it.


That's all I can think of for now.
Amy












]]> http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/92/315.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/92/315.page GMT Any suggestions on shoulder pads that are comfortable, chin rests, and rosin that might be better than the old cracked up stuff I've had in my case for EVER?]]> http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/85/296.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/85/296.page GMT Here’s a little trick I’ve learned as a banjo player.
Let’s say you’ve learned the easier break to a tune and are trying to learn the harder break. Learn the harder break backwards!. When you go to the more difficult break. Learn the measures of the last 1 or 2 chord changes first. The second time you play the break it starts off the same and people think they know how it’s going to end but they are pleasantly surprised by your HOT ending, If you start off your second break with a couple of advanced measures and then fall back on the beginners break it sounds as if you bit off more then you could chew and gave up. Slow work your way backward through the break, chord change by chord change. Try it, the difference is totally psychological but it works for me!
]]> http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/81/286.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/81/286.page GMT Does anybody out there know if you should think in chords or melody when trying to make the songs more interesting? Or maybe you should pratice more scales :?:

Desperate fiddler :roll:]]> http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/78/280.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/78/280.page GMT http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/70/248.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/70/248.page GMT
Randy]]> http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/38/104.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/38/104.page GMT http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/33/96.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/33/96.page GMT
I am a relatively new fiddle player, and would greatly love tips on what helped others learn and what exercises really helped them improve their playing.

If anyone has any advice, I'd love to hear it.

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