The FoxHunter

The FoxHunter Slip Jig
I learned this tune from the playing of Jean Carignan, he plays it very close to the Michael Coleman version :D

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[t0talDestruct10N]

great, I like it.

But from a classical violin players point of view your bowholding needs serious revising...

I can't really see it well on the vid, do you use a flatter bridge?

[chrisricker]

It's a good thing, I've never played violin then or I wouldn't be able to play fiddle music properly.

I isn't very flat.

[Wafaloo]

From a classical violin player's point view you really can't comment on his bowholding. It is simply a fact that fiddlers hold their bows in ways that make classical players cringe. A few use a classical hold, many do not. I've seen many fiddlers hold the bow just with the thumb and middle finger - not even near the frog, and some even hold it like a shovel! There are a variety of holds. Many violin techniques are not used in fiddling so bow hold does not really come into play as much.

[doogiesoprani]

maybe he holds the bow the way it feels good for him it dosent impede his playing to my ears take a look at jerry holland he holds his bow a third up the bow btween finger and thumb and he is one of the great cape breton fiddlers  keep it comfy rest my case p.s well played.

[themachinist1000]

@t0talDestruct10N Don't you realise that you're undermining your own argument there? Don't put yourself in the 'hold the bow like this' group then. I can't stand it when people think that approaches to various musical instruments gradually rose to their 'peak' at some point in the past and are now holy writ. Good tone is subjective and approaches will always fluctuate, especially depending on the type of music being played.

[komentero]

FANTASTIC INSTRUMENT...PERFECT MUSIC..SHOW...THANKS

[Nashvilleagain]

. . . great playing - superior. Please make more !

[mactcampbell]

Good job Chris. I don't give a damn how you hold your bow and I am guessing that you are not claiming to be the best there is but you are good. There are critics around every lamp post. Just  ignore them.

[redsheep051]

Thanks for posting that!

[mediatorstage]

It's coleman with a canadian accent. nice!

[Wafaloo]

I don't give a sh*t what anybody else says... I love it!

[TennesseeShine]

Certainly there is always someone better but Chris Ricker is among the best playing his style of music. Have you listened to all of his pieces? I have - as well as those of countless others from a host of artists over the past 30 years.