Hey Mudcat Fiddlers

Subject: Hey Mudcat Fiddlers
From: olddude
Date: 14 Jul 11 - 04:30 PM

can someone record "O mio babbino caro" for me, please
I love that song on a fiddle .. so beautiful

Subject: RE: Hey Mudcat Fiddlers
From: GUEST,Suibhne Astray
Date: 14 Jul 11 - 06:08 PM

Better on a violin than a fiddle...

Subject: RE: Hey Mudcat Fiddlers
From: GUEST,ripov
Date: 14 Jul 11 - 06:26 PM

that's a well baited hook, Suibhne!

Subject: RE: Hey Mudcat Fiddlers
From: olddude
Date: 14 Jul 11 - 07:03 PM

well what do I know, I play guitar and the hated yes Banjo LOL

Subject: RE: Hey Mudcat Fiddlers
From: kendall
Date: 14 Jul 11 - 07:18 PM

An old friend gave me a fiddle; another gave me a bow, (loaned indefinitely). I don't even know how to tune it!
I was shocked when I went to buy a set of strings, $20.00!

Subject: RE: Hey Mudcat Fiddlers
From: maeve
Date: 14 Jul 11 - 07:22 PM

"O mio babbino caro" can be played in any number of styles, Dan, whether you call the instrument a fiddle or a violin. Look at your email.

Kendall, I can help with your fiddle tuning if you still want help next time I see you.

Maeve

Subject: RE: Hey Mudcat Fiddlers
From: olddude
Date: 14 Jul 11 - 08:55 PM

Thank you Maeve

no problem if you other folks aren't interested. I can play it on my classical guitar just fine. I would have liked to hear it on a fiddle, violin or whatever the hell you choose to call the thing. I should know better than to ask.

Subject: RE: Hey Mudcat Fiddlers
From: michaelr
Date: 14 Jul 11 - 09:14 PM

Try this, Dan.

Subject: RE: Hey Mudcat Fiddlers
From: LilyFestre
Date: 14 Jul 11 - 09:24 PM

I can tune if for you too...so next time you pass through PA, bring it on over!!!

And Kendall...you got a great deal on those strings!!!! :)

Michelle

Subject: RE: Hey Mudcat Fiddlers
From: olddude
Date: 14 Jul 11 - 09:26 PM

Thank you Mike and Michelle
appreciate it very much

Subject: RE: Hey Mudcat Fiddlers
From: GUEST,Suibhne Astray
Date: 15 Jul 11 - 06:27 AM

I think of my fiddle and violin as two very different instruments even though they're one and the same. Under my chin, it becomes a violin; over my arm it becomes a fiddle; when I play freely-improvised atonal sonatas in the neo-classical style (think Erich Zann in a melancholy fug) it is a violin; when I accompany myself on The Marla Hill Ducks it is a fiddle.

PS - I love 5-string banjos, but have certain problems with tenors, 6-string and uke types.

Subject: RE: Hey Mudcat Fiddlers
From: GUEST,ripov
Date: 15 Jul 11 - 06:33 AM


Didn't Bell do well?

Mind you, it's harder in the right key.

Suibhne I'm not surprised that your improvisation goes atonal if you don't hold the thing properly.

Subject: RE: Hey Mudcat Fiddlers
From: GUEST,Suibhne Astray
Date: 15 Jul 11 - 07:34 AM

It goes atonal when I do hold the thing properly!