>I am working with a young lady who is a classically trained violinist.
\n>She is a very good player, and is also very good at improvisation. She
\n>would like to be able to play bluegrass and country. When she tries, it
\n>still comes out violin. Being a saxophone player myself, I have reached
\n>the limits of my knowledge. I would like to get her some assistance.
\n>So my question is, ‘how do you turn a violinist into a fiddle player?’
\n>Are there any effective training programs available? We have looked for
\n>teachers in the Northern Illinois\/Southern Wisconsin area, but have not
\n>had much luck finding one. I would welcome advice.
\n><\/p>\n
Saxophone!? I was doing a wedding gig in a park a few years ago when a guy Back to fiddles.<\/p>\n First of all, try talking her out of bluegrass fiddling. It’s *very* Secondly, get her to FIDDLE-L [ http:\/\/listserv.brown.edu\/archives\/fiddle- Thirdly, she may want to visit the website of Gilles Apap, one of the Perhaps better she stay in the “classical” field. . . <\/p>\n -Peter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" >I am working with a young lady who is a classically trained violinist. >She is a very good player, and is also very good at improvisation. She >would like to be able to play bluegrass and country. When she tries, … Continue reading
\n(who said he was just out of the service) came by and listened to my band.
\nHe said he enjoyed our music and asked if it was OK to sit in – with his
\ntenor sax. I said “sure” (I’d had a bit of the bubbly by then and was
\nfeeling no pain) and launched into OBS. The guy took a fantastic break
\nwithout so much as batting an eye! (I’ve had tuba players as band members,
\nand will definitely NOT<\/strong> turn down an audition from a sax player, not any
\nmore I won’t!)<\/p>\n
\naddictive and tend to boggle the mind of a classically-trained violinist.<\/p>\n
\nl.html<\/a> ] which is a discussion list with members from both camps; they tend
\nto talk for months at a time about switching from Bach to BG. It also
\nhappens to be one of the best places to talk about old time and bg music,
\nwith not nearly as much fluff as here on BGRASS-L. The downside there is
\nthat they will also spend herds of words talking about which kind of rosin
\nto use with left-handed fiddles, etc.<\/p>\n
\nworld’s current top violinists, who is also adept at Gypsy, Jazz, Old-Time,
\nHindustani, and Irish fiddle styles. [ http:\/\/www.gillesapap.com\/<\/a> ]. He’s
\nmaking inroads into bluegrass fiddling as well, with a few setbacks, such
\nas learning a hot version of Sally Gooden from a bg fiddler friend, but
\nplays the guy’s mistakes<\/strong> along with the “proper” notes.<\/p>\n