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Vitularia: May 2011

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Thursday, May 26, 2011. Train through Fiddle Country. I recently took the train home from South Carolina to Chicago through Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana because I wanted to see where some of the fiddle tunes that I love so much come from. It's a beautiful part of the country. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Berea College Sound Archives. Charlie Walden's "The Project". David Bragger's YouTube Channel. Fiddle Club Featured Guests. Missouri Traditional Fiddle and Dance Music.

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Vitularia: March 2011

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Monday, March 21, 2011. I've often talked about fiddle highs- that wonderful lingering happiness that comes from playing along at a great jam- but today I'm feeling something I'd describe as fiddle peace. I felt content. Not discouraged like the other night when I was missing notes and losing the beat and wondering what was wrong. (I think I was just too tired to play.) And not ecstatic like when my bow is flying and the notes seem to be tumbling out just right. I just felt content. Monday, March 7, 2011.

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Vitularia: Advice from My Classical Teacher

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Thursday, September 22, 2011. Advice from My Classical Teacher. The other day my teacher asked me to make a list of all the things she'd told me to think about while playing the violin so that I could choose three to work on. So I did. It was kind of fun. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Berea College Sound Archives. Charlie Walden's "The Project". David Bragger's YouTube Channel. Fiddle Club Featured Guests. Missouri Traditional Fiddle and Dance Music. New Tune a Day: Katie Davis Henderson.

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Vitularia: November 2011

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011. Gap Year Coming to an End. Come the end of January I will have been playing the fiddle for four years. Four years. In a way it seems like forever and yet it hardly seems like any time at all. They suit me. And I've been learning "Dear Old Illinois" tunes on my own. Dear Old Illinois. I love those fiddlers. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Berea College Sound Archives. Charlie Walden's "The Project". David Bragger's YouTube Channel. Fiddle Club Featured Guests. The Way of the Fiddle.

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Vitularia: No Regrets

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Saturday, September 24, 2011. I often hear adult beginners say, "If only I had picked up the fiddle back when I was five . . . " but not me. I have no regrets. Last night I found myself in a candle-lit garage with quilts draped across the back wall. Chairs were pushed back around the perimeter and the front was open to the cool night air. If I had started lessons back when I was a child I might have played better last night but I don't think I would have been any happier. Berea College Sound Archives.

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Vitularia: July 2011

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011. Instrument Petting Zoo: What a Day! I know three fiddle bows that could use a really GOOD bath. My husband and I helped staff the Instrument Petting Zoo at the Folk and Roots Festival in Chicago from noon to 4 pm on Saturday and what a day it was! We had drums, guitar, banjo, mandolin, ukulele and, yes—three fiddles. I didn’t have my glasses so could read the labels but the largest was a ¼ and the other two were even smaller. So, how did it work? Then I’d pick up a fiddle, p...

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Vitularia: January 2012

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Friday, January 20, 2012. Discovering Texture in 3-Note Slurs. This week I'm working on a tune with two back-to-back three-note slurs- Pretty Little Shoes- and I've always thought of them as just two long bow strokes. Until this morning. One of my goals this year is to come to understand more about the beautiful and subtle nuances found in the music of old-timers like Edden Hammons. I think today's discovery is a tiny step in the right direction. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Berea College Sound Archives.

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Vitularia: Gap Year Coming to an End

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011. Gap Year Coming to an End. Come the end of January I will have been playing the fiddle for four years. Four years. In a way it seems like forever and yet it hardly seems like any time at all. They suit me. And I've been learning "Dear Old Illinois" tunes on my own. Dear Old Illinois. I love those fiddlers. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Berea College Sound Archives. Charlie Walden's "The Project". David Bragger's YouTube Channel. Fiddle Club Featured Guests. Fiddle Club ...

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Vitularia: February 2011

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Friday, February 25, 2011. I've been lazy and I think that's a good thing. A few weeks ago I posted in the forums asking for some help learning to hear when the strings are tuned in perfect fifths. I needed some examples to know for sure what it sounds like when beats disappear. Well, fast forward a bit and the last week or so I haven't been using the tuner much because, well, it's kind of hard to keep track of it. I've just been checking and tweaking when things don't sound quite right. A few weeks ago ...