The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #96770   Message #1895235
Posted By: Mooh
28-Nov-06 - 11:40 PM
Thread Name: fiddle /violin can one learn both?
Subject: RE: fiddle /violin can one learn both?
The short answer is yes. The long answer is not very complicated, it just involves time dedicated to both disciplines. Why should the violin/fiddle be any different than any other instrument on which disparate styles are played?

I regularly play guitars with a violinist, classically trained, stellar sight reader, who had the advantage of an upbringing influenced by old-time, bluegrass, and other traditional styles. The net result is versatility. Classical, swing, celtoid, old-time, bluegrass...It's really a lot of fun.

Peace, Mooh.