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10 comments on “Look on my Works Ye Mighty & chuckle”
Humbled by this instrument Says:
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 @10:11:29 AM
Great!! Loved it. The young lad is quite the helper....
bd Says:
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 @10:32:16 AM
Thanks! You're awfully kind to call it great. I figure I've got a year of sounding pretty bad to come so...only 49 weeks to go!
EricBluegrassFiddle Says:
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 @7:55:53 AM
become one with this video right here on "Colle Motion" with a pencil...I even did this at work.....it really helped me with the wrist and fingermotion:
youtube.com/watch?v=Wj_dx-ZgQWU
EricBluegrassFiddle Says:
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 @7:56:20 AM
Think "Jellyfish" ....it's all about the "jellyfish"
EricBluegrassFiddle Says:
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 @7:58:18 AM
Here's another - youtube.com/watch?v=fBsfHYE-4hc
Also you may want to experiment with putting the thumb in the notch of the bow under the stick "TUS"...or the "Sushi" er "Suzuki" method of thumb-under-the-frog: "TUF" I was doing TUS for a while then I switched to TUF.....either works anyone else who says one or the other is full of it
bd Says:
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 @9:04:48 AM
Whoa! 3 comments in the space of 5 minutes! I'm even worse than I thought! :-)
Thanks for the video links, by the way--I'll use 'em.
bd Says:
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 @9:12:54 AM
I've been using TUF pretty much from the get go, tho' I'll experiment around a bit more with the hold & see if I get looser.
EricBluegrassFiddle Says:
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 @9:40:05 AM
Hahahaha....not at all....just trying to help out and spreading the fiddle knowledge that the guiys here have spread with me... you'll be fine....I'll predict you'll be a very good Fiddle player.......but....if you don't "drop-thumb" on the Banjo.....that's deifnately not cool LOL!!!
EricBluegrassFiddle Says:
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 @9:41:42 AM
The colle motion really helped me to get the bowing down....It was weird and frustrating at first.....nothing like watching TV and movies while sitting there doing the "jellyfish" motion thing.....but it really helps. Once I had a bit of a breakthrough wit the bowing, things began to fall in place....even though....what do I know...I'm still wearing fiddle diapers
bd Says:
Thursday, October 2, 2014 @12:55:36 PM
Well, I've bee n working on my bowing wrist trying to use the proper motion instead of a robot arm. It made a big difference. Sounds a bit better tonewise & I'm not travelling all over the place with my bow--you know...there it goes up the fingerboard, now its hitting the bridge, etc. Relatively straight and now maybe ALMOST relaxed...
Thanks for the tips, Erik!
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