The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #71484   Message #1223272
Posted By: Jeri
11-Jul-04 - 10:46 AM
Thread Name: BS: Do fiddlers get more ***?
Subject: RE: BS: Do fiddlers get more ***?
Well, I'm not married, but I sure get a lot of ...you ARE talking about 'ass', aren't you? Mainly it's when I sit down, because that's what I do when I fiddle. It's hard to do it standing up. It's probably the fact that I'm in that position that leads to the greater amount of it. I do a lot of other things that require me to sit, so the *** just gets bigger and bigger.

In all seriousness, if you play a tune the same exact way every time, it gets boring. Learn to improvise. Some fiddlers will tell you it's not allowed, but it's probably the ones whose partners fall asleep while they're fiddling. They can't manage anything out of the first position, and they don't want anyone else doing it if they can't. Just remember that any improvisation should be pleasant for both you AND listeners, or you might as well just play by yourself.