Jigs on the 5 string fiddle

Love the variety I can get on the 5 string violin. These jigs are the Hills of Glenorchy and I Lost My Love.

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• celtic
• music
• fiddle
• violin
• cape
• breton

[Fiddlinlin]

It's Reid and Sons Violin Company. I don't know if it matters when you switch. I find I play both fiddles off and on. It takes a few minutes to adjust when switching from one to another but it isn't too bad once you've done it a few times. There is a shorter distance between strings for bowing on the 5 string and I find I can play faster but its what you get used to I guess. In my opinion my 4 string violin is the better sounding one of the two so I still play it a lot. Ty for commenting.

[Lukie99]

How long have you been practicing? I've been practicing since June! I'm learning I lost my love, and I think I can play it up to the same pace as you in a week or so lol, because I just got it 2 days ago! I want to learn embellishments as well, to give it a more fiddle sound.

[Fiddlinlin]

I've been playing for 7 years but these videos are a year old now.  I need to put more in but have been too busy lately. If you want to play really well you have to do lots of practicing, but it will be worth it. Put some videos in so we can watch your progress. Good luck!

[GeneralZinglon]

hmm seems you need to move your bow a little more, it would create a richer tone from the strings and cause less of the squeakiness

[Fiddlinlin]

Pardon me but there is no squeakiness in this piece that I can hear.

[samsterjamster111]

i agree i thought you played really well!

[Fiddlinlin]

Thankyou very much. I practice a lot.

[ladydetemps]

What make of fiddle is it? Sounds nice.

I've only been learning on 4 string fiddle for about 8 months....wondered whether I should wait until I get a bet more experienced and swap to 5 string or is it better to switch early?

[segdirb7]

That is lovely! You are using very little of your bow, BTW. Some players get into that habit due to excessive volume, which you might solve with a mute. Fiddle on!

[Max0Inq]

Hi.

Could you give me neck dimensions for 5 string violin?

[Lukie99]

Oh geeze I don't think I could! I can play *almost* at the same pace but definitely not as good. I'm a beginner, and so I tend to do it really fast and screw up, but sometimes I get all the notes right so I keep practicing like an hour a day, and hopefully I'll get my own violin and a clearer sound, because right now I squeak when I change strings! And the faster I play the harder it is to play straight and sometimes I forget, so I still have a long way to go before making any videos lol!

[HillbillyJ]

I love it, 5 string fiddle! All the highs if a fiddle with a low extenting into the cello's range.

You played very well, also.

[Fiddlemaker5224]

Thank you for the music. I was thinking about building one but this is the first that I have hurd being played. The instrument sounded great and your playing is wounderfull. I wounder what the classical sound would be like on the five string.