i am a classical violinist (although not yet a refugee although intrigued by fiddling and certainly nothing more than an amateur even after 14 yrs training haha), and i am intrigued by the tuning. do most bluegrass fiddler depart from the traditional tuning in 5ths? (i.e. GDAE)
I believe most bluegrass fiddlers stick to standard tuning... This style of fiddling is considered "old-time" fiddling (versus bluegrass fiddling which usually tends to be jazzier, notier, and incorporates some improvisation). A lot of old-time fiddlers play tunes in the key of A out of this AEAE tuning partly because they can drone on adjacent strings a lot in this tuning.
You can also play the melody on the high strings then switch to playing it on the the two lower strings easily in this tuning. In general old-time fiddlers and banjo players often incorporate a number of different tunings in their playing.
Thanks for the comment. Nope, I never played classical, but have been playing old-time banjo for a number of years. At the time of this video I'd only been playing fiddle about a year. Now I'm at about two years of playing.
i am a classical violinist (although not yet a refugee although intrigued by fiddling and certainly nothing more than an amateur even after 14 yrs training haha), and i am intrigued by the tuning. do most bluegrass fiddler depart from the traditional tuning in 5ths? (i.e. GDAE)
navigolucky 4 years ago
I believe most bluegrass fiddlers stick to standard tuning... This style of fiddling is considered "old-time" fiddling (versus bluegrass fiddling which usually tends to be jazzier, notier, and incorporates some improvisation). A lot of old-time fiddlers play tunes in the key of A out of this AEAE tuning partly because they can drone on adjacent strings a lot in this tuning.
briscott99 4 years ago
You can also play the melody on the high strings then switch to playing it on the the two lower strings easily in this tuning. In general old-time fiddlers and banjo players often incorporate a number of different tunings in their playing.
briscott99 4 years ago
Have you really been playing only a year? No way!! Are you a classical violin refugee? :)
nailthatcatfish 4 years ago
Thanks for the comment. Nope, I never played classical, but have been playing old-time banjo for a number of years. At the time of this video I'd only been playing fiddle about a year. Now I'm at about two years of playing.
briscott99 4 years ago
Well done!
bowrocker 4 years ago
Good job, my boy.
mikeBend 5 years ago