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flyboy - Posted - 01/08/2009: 17:15:53
Hello to all. Im learning to play again after a long absence away from the violin. I am learning some bluegrass which is what I want to play at local jams. I am playing some scales and working on tone and sound. What I am really struggling with is bluegrass bowing. I listened to Sleepy Eyed John. And WOW I think this bowing is called shuffling? Im finding bowing to be the most difficult. I am getting better. Can anyone suggest any articles or short videos that would add a little more insight into bluegrass bowing techniques. I took lessons years ago from a concert violinist. All I played was scales I never learned a single song. Scales and lots of practice is very good discipline. But hard work. Bluegrass is just plain fun to play. Especially if I could master a very fast shuffling tune like Sleepy Eyed John. Could someone recommend a list of very common standard tunes that a fiddler should know to jam with bluegrass local players. Thanks for the great forum. 
curlyrayfan - Posted - 01/08/2009: 19:40:41
The shuffle bowing is as important in bluegrass as it is in Old Time. Im a bluegrasser So I know...
...sort of
A good list of tunes to know for bluegrass:
-Bile Them Cabbage Down
-Old Joe Clark
-Arkanasas Traveler
-Solider's Joy
-Down Yonder
-Liberty
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