@JohnsFiddleLessons After 37 years of playing, 1 national championship, 1 international championship, 4 state championships, and touring with 3 major label artists....yes, I can definitely tell the difference between the direction of a bow stroke regardless of speed of song.
@capitalismforme AND there is rosin pretty far up on the fingerboard and not so much near the bridge. No offense!!! I'm a classical violinist and that's just something we take note of. Bowing towards the bridge makes the sound of the instrument louder as well. That is not only based off of pressure applied to the bow, John. ;-)
@JohnsFiddleLessons It's good to expand your horizons. I picked up the fiddler's fakebook one day because I decided that exploring the techniques used in other playing styles would be beneficial to what I already know of the classical genre.
@capitalismforme Haha please see my tutorial on playing without the bow. Actually I said that the "direction" is not critical in slow songs. Or at least I've never been able to close my eyes and reliably guess whether an up-bow and a down-bow was being played. Can you?
I have always wanted to play a scale like you do in this video, and I will get it eventually, but would like to have the sheet music as backup, and use it with your video. Learning such wonderful exercises will surely make your children great fiddlers, and improvisers. Thanks for putting that out, and i'm so grateful I found it!
John - useful! Heard an interesting fiddle style from a group in the north of England reconstructing English 18thC fiddle style using bow markings on old manuscripts. The fast shuffle with 2 notes on the long bow was very widely used and helps make sense of a lot of the old tunes. Google for "Village Music Project Lecture Sidmouth" & you should find a lecture by Paul Roberts. Sounds great, & probably as close as you can get to the origins of the US Old Time style. Now to learn it!
can i ask a question? I loved this idea of placing a 'flurry of notes' over a shuffle. So I went back and took a piece with many notes and tried it. (tried to learn the left hand noting, first playing in sawing bowing. Then changed the bowing to the shuffle)
What stumped me was I absolutely could NOT remember it. no matter how many times I played it. It was a matter of playing note and I could not remember was I in a Long or a short now, I just couldn't remember it.
@JohnsFiddleLessons you are right! I started talking while playing and saying "and then TURN round, end then TURN round" with the TURN being the part when it starts the 'short short" and it has worked out great!!! After hours and hours of just shuffling it has become 2nd nature, as I've built that muscle memory. thanks so much. This has helped me immensely!!!!! thanks for posting you really have taken my fiddling to new levels with this video!!!
Very helpful in learning the bowing technique. I'm practicing the scales doing the one-note shuffle technique. When you start to play Old Joe Clark with this shuffle technique, do you start with the first two notes with the down bow and then take off from there with the rest of the series? In other words, you're starting with down(two notes) up/down, up (two notes) down/up....I may be confused.
Oh, my God, I was just questioning the bowing technique!! I was going to ask a fiddle player about it and lo and behold you posted this video! THANK YOU SO MUCH! I am also learning Old Joe Clark!! I learned Fisher's Hornpipe from your video.
Great... really useful and always nice to have a new exercise to work on. I had been struggling with the B part of your Billy in the Low Ground perhaps it will work now with a bit of a shuffle. Many thanks ~ Chris
@JohnsFiddleLessons After 37 years of playing, 1 national championship, 1 international championship, 4 state championships, and touring with 3 major label artists....yes, I can definitely tell the difference between the direction of a bow stroke regardless of speed of song.
capitalismforme 4 days ago
@capitalismforme That's amazing; I absolutely can not. Anyone else?
JohnsFiddleLessons 4 days ago
@JohnsFiddleLessons MOOOOOOOOOOOO
mattador4828 3 days ago
You shouldn't be teaching. The bow is the most critical part to playing the violin regardless of what is being played.
capitalismforme 6 days ago
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Spangley03 5 days ago
@capitalismforme AND there is rosin pretty far up on the fingerboard and not so much near the bridge. No offense!!! I'm a classical violinist and that's just something we take note of. Bowing towards the bridge makes the sound of the instrument louder as well. That is not only based off of pressure applied to the bow, John. ;-)
Spangley03 5 days ago
@Spangley03 No offense, but I'm not a huge fan of classical-style fiddling :)
JohnsFiddleLessons 4 days ago
@JohnsFiddleLessons It's good to expand your horizons. I picked up the fiddler's fakebook one day because I decided that exploring the techniques used in other playing styles would be beneficial to what I already know of the classical genre.
Spangley03 4 days ago
@Spangley03 That's cool! I learned to read sheet music using the fakebook. I think it is an absolutely awesome piece of research.
JohnsFiddleLessons 4 days ago
@capitalismforme Haha please see my tutorial on playing without the bow. Actually I said that the "direction" is not critical in slow songs. Or at least I've never been able to close my eyes and reliably guess whether an up-bow and a down-bow was being played. Can you?
JohnsFiddleLessons 4 days ago
God Bless you and thank you for this video!!
abeerich 3 months ago
thanks john, have always wanted to learn shuffle your video was great
TheBlondae 3 months ago
This sure does take coordination... haha I need to work on this
JordanRMartin 4 months ago
Very useful video. Thank you very much!
matt999ish 4 months ago
Useful video thanks
221Dw 4 months ago
Thank you!
Great videos!!!!
RusRPGamer 5 months ago
Good tip. Thanks.
imaginator09 6 months ago
Hi John,
I have always wanted to play a scale like you do in this video, and I will get it eventually, but would like to have the sheet music as backup, and use it with your video. Learning such wonderful exercises will surely make your children great fiddlers, and improvisers. Thanks for putting that out, and i'm so grateful I found it!
honez60 8 months ago
great lesson. goes well with the lesson for cajun fiddle, which I am starting to work on. Thanks again for all these wonderful lessons!
wannabeafiddler 8 months ago
great lesson. I learned the shuffle with boil the cabbages. Working with scales is what i will do today. thanks
ctsfiddler 11 months ago
Ive been trying to get that for a long time, but I think your tutorial is going to help. Thanks!
fiddleshe 1 year ago
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tullochgorum 1 year ago
John - useful! Heard an interesting fiddle style from a group in the north of England reconstructing English 18thC fiddle style using bow markings on old manuscripts. The fast shuffle with 2 notes on the long bow was very widely used and helps make sense of a lot of the old tunes. Google for "Village Music Project Lecture Sidmouth" & you should find a lecture by Paul Roberts. Sounds great, & probably as close as you can get to the origins of the US Old Time style. Now to learn it!
tullochgorum 1 year ago
Can you do a demonstration of a Georgia shuffle?
and what do old time fiddlers use.
2925mo 1 year ago
Can you also show how the Georgia shuffle is done ?
2925mo 1 year ago
can i ask a question? I loved this idea of placing a 'flurry of notes' over a shuffle. So I went back and took a piece with many notes and tried it. (tried to learn the left hand noting, first playing in sawing bowing. Then changed the bowing to the shuffle)
What stumped me was I absolutely could NOT remember it. no matter how many times I played it. It was a matter of playing note and I could not remember was I in a Long or a short now, I just couldn't remember it.
any tips?
frmertd 1 year ago
@frmertd It's totally muscle training at first. I promise, it will soon be second nature. You won't have to think about it at all.
JohnsFiddleLessons 1 year ago
@JohnsFiddleLessons you are right! I started talking while playing and saying "and then TURN round, end then TURN round" with the TURN being the part when it starts the 'short short" and it has worked out great!!! After hours and hours of just shuffling it has become 2nd nature, as I've built that muscle memory. thanks so much. This has helped me immensely!!!!! thanks for posting you really have taken my fiddling to new levels with this video!!!
frmertd 1 year ago
@frmertd Yay! I know it's hard work but it will pay off!
JohnsFiddleLessons 1 year ago
Thanks, John, for another great lesson!!
paulwheat 1 year ago
Very helpful in learning the bowing technique. I'm practicing the scales doing the one-note shuffle technique. When you start to play Old Joe Clark with this shuffle technique, do you start with the first two notes with the down bow and then take off from there with the rest of the series? In other words, you're starting with down(two notes) up/down, up (two notes) down/up....I may be confused.
awclogger 1 year ago
@awclogger Yes, exactly! The down/up is the lead-in to the first measure, then the first measure begins with a long down bow.
JohnsFiddleLessons 1 year ago
Oh, my God, I was just questioning the bowing technique!! I was going to ask a fiddle player about it and lo and behold you posted this video! THANK YOU SO MUCH! I am also learning Old Joe Clark!! I learned Fisher's Hornpipe from your video.
awclogger 1 year ago
@awclogger Cool I'm glad it was helpful!
JohnsFiddleLessons 1 year ago
Thanks John! I was actually about to email you about this very thing. Looking forward to putting this tip to use.
Blessings,
Jeff
pianomanmiller 1 year ago
Great addition to your other lessons. More like this would be great. Thank you so much for posting this video.
pugh7755 1 year ago
Great... really useful and always nice to have a new exercise to work on. I had been struggling with the B part of your Billy in the Low Ground perhaps it will work now with a bit of a shuffle. Many thanks ~ Chris
hornbeampromise 1 year ago
very good tips, thank you
rghoyos 1 year ago
Excellent tutorial John! Shuffling has always been a mystery to me but your explanation was crystal clear, thanks.
pastore0506 1 year ago