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dsreiner - Posted - 02/06/2011: 09:18:02
Groundhogpeggy mentioned this anecdote as advice from old Eastern KY fiddlers, but wasn't sure of the source: "the way you get good is you sit out on the porch and play your fiddle so that the sun hits your bowing arm... and you do that every day... then by the time the shadow of your bowing arm has worn a hole in the porch, you'll be a good fiddler."
Does anyone know what fiddler said this? Is it documented anywhere? Or perhaps it's apocryful?
Dave
OTJunky - Posted - 02/06/2011: 10:07:17
quote:Joe Dobbs lives in St. Albans, WV (Same town as Clark Kessinger I think) and runs a music shop there - "FretnFiddle". Web site says he's in his 70's now but still fiddling.
From: banjohangout.org/archive/164064
heyjude - Posted - 11/30/2009: 05:01:42
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Aha! I read your bio before answering the question. As a professional guitar teacher you should have no problems with the fiddle. Like mathematics, learn the basics thoroughly. You gotta learn to add and subtract before you do the algebra. It does take some practice time, quite a bit really. Joe Dobbs told me a long time ago that when practicing, if you stand in the same place everyday by the time the shadow of your bowing arm wears the varnish off of the floor you'll be a "purty good" fiddler.
Since you already play the mandolin you already know a lot of fiddle tunes. Angeline the Baker is a good one to start on IMO. Good luck, have fun, play nice.
Jude
Edited by - OTJunky on 02/06/2011 13:00:32
groundhogpeggy - Posted - 02/06/2011: 12:21:22
I'll be very curious to follow this and see if people can remember where they first heard it.
RobBob - Posted - 02/07/2011: 07:58:29
It was said of Edden Hammons that he was so lazy all he would do is fiddle. He sat and fiddled so long one winter that his shadow wore a hole in the wall. Typical of many folk sayings I would think. Since Michael and I both know JP pretty well, I think we could both vouch that JP never let a witticism get past him that it did not become part of his repertory.
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