I had the same experience at Esprit des Souches camp. Almost everyone is bilingual but all classes are taught in French mostly and the dances are called in French. That is not a major problem. You...
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I had the same experience at Esprit des Souches camp. Almost everyone is bilingual but all classes are taught in French mostly and the dances are called in French. That is not a major problem. You...
Mick: email me to discuss further.
I am approaching my fiftieth anniversary this year of playing both fiddle and mandolin. One thing I am finding is that I actually enjoy playing tunes slow or fast. They become different tunes, sort...
I would tell all of them to watch this video by David Benedict:
https://youtu.be/BmTu2GpRE7o?si=lfZMOnI5_MRZjpXo
It looks beautiful, Rick, and I love the understatedness. What scale length is it?
My personally owned favorites are my ‘24 A-4 (with virzi), my Campanella and my Brentrup A4C. Of others I have played and not owned, one Loar-signed, virzi 24 F-5, just about any Kimble I have played...
What I don’t see is the actual dimensions of these picks on the Banjoben page. The blue one looks smaller that the others. My pick of choice for mandolin is a BC TP50 or TP60 but I can’t tell if the...
Mick:
If you really want to get deep into this music for the tunes (not songs) I highly recommend this super fake book compiled by Olivier Demers from the famous group Le Vent Du Nord: 1000 airs...
Québec is a large province and you don’t really say where you will be or if you will be traveling all around. And you say “folk songs” and from your attachment I assume that you are looking for songs...
The McGarrigle sisters sang and wrote many of their tunes in French. Here is a beautiful traditional one.
I can’t seem to embed this one, possibly because of copyright? But here is the link:...
I don’t want to make people feel bad but I have this genetic proofreading tick that makes me sensitive to finding errors. I expect and welcome the same for my errors and believe me I have made plenty...
I have yet to upload any image using a URL. It never has worked for me. I only upload from my computer or phone.
I believe that many fiddlers want the fine tuners on all strings but among fiddlers I know we generally prefer the lighter weight Wittner composite tailpieces which are actually made of very strong...
Yes. That is the CD that accompanies the book and all the tunes on the CD are notated in the book.
Sorry he says his tuning is DAEAD at 4:10.
Sorry Ranald, though Lisa is mentioned in Danse Ce Soir, she is not the author. Laurie Hart and Greg Sandell are the co-authors. And right now you can get 30% off if you order directly from...
This one looks like the inside of a bowlback: https://smtd.umich.edu/facilities/hill-auditorium/
Some discussion here of auditorium shapes:...
One other possibility. Guitar Center does have used and vintage instruments in many of their stores across the country. They have a deal where you can buy an instrument at another GC store and have...
Whoops! I should have read this whole thread. All this about tuning G string Up to A was discussed. Apologies.
yes! I spent a lot of time and money and drool on that street in my twenties and thirties.
Actually, I believe that most of these are Rudy’s private collection and are displayed in cases at the Scardsdale store. I visited there a few months ago and Rudy himself showed me around and took...
Sorry, Strabo, Helicore violin strings are actually wound on a stranded steel core not synthetic....
If I recall correctly, the current two volume set of Ranieri was edited down from the original five volumes (I think). I am not sure why they did that. I would also be careful about copyright...
My current favorite strings on my main fiddle are Kaplan Amo — very warm tone. Before that I liked Thomastik Vision on other violins.
This is a 9 plus year old thread. Oscar, no one mentioned anything about a Dombra. Tucker, read the old posts. 4-string domras are usually tuned GDAE.