Hi. As you can see from my username I'm a violist and I'm interested in learning to fiddle. I also play guitar and a little mandolin. I've been learning some folk tunes on my viola (I hope that's not too wrong) and thought I might be able to get some support here. Are there any other violists playing folk music around? Maybe sometime soon I'll ( Read more... )

I'm new to the group, so I just wanted to pop in and say hi:) I'm 24 years old and I played the violin for years when I was a kid. I recently picked it up again and I'm working on learning to play some bluegrass fiddle, I'm pretty rusty, but I'm having fun:)

being the nerd I am, I had to share this:
Occasionally I go to Groth Music and spend hours playing their fiddles.

If you live in town, they currently have a Hardanger in.
I just thought it was really fun to mess around with. If you ever had any interest in a Hardanger and wanted to try one out, here's a good chance!

This isn't directly related to fiddling, per se, but rather to transport of a violin. I'm flying across the country for Christmas- to NY to visit my husband's family, and my mother in law wants me to bring my violin. I'm afraid that if I bring it on the flight, that I'm risking the death of my violin. My brother in law once brought his guitar on ( Read more... )

Hello everyone. I'm a 21 year old violinist. I've been playing since 4th grade, though I'm not serious about playing- it's just a beloved hobby. After the birth of my son almost 2 years ago, I practically stopped, but I want to pick it up again and I'm really interested in learning how to fiddle. If anyone has any advice to me, that would be ( Read more... )

So I was commenting to tell someone about this, and realized it should be it's own post.
I know this sounds like some BS commercial, but seriously I just love this site.

E MusicIt's an mp3 service - the cool part is their mp3s aren't locked in anyway so once you get them, they're yours to do as you please with. I think it's a reasonably priced ( Read more... )

Hey everyone, I'm new ( Read more... )

I am a cellist who would love to pick up fiddle, for the more complicated/higher register stuff that a cello can't handle (well, at least at my skill level), and I don't have that much money for an instrument. What is your view on buying a fiddle over the internet? I have looked around and found one that claims to be fully carved with case, bow, ( Read more... )

Hey fiddlers-- hope you can join us! Email me if you have questions ( Read more... )

For those of you who are interested,I just created a new community for celtic fiddlers.

Obviously, it's celtic_fiddle . Have a look if you are so inclined.

Hope to see you there.

**cross-posted everywhere I can think of to do so. sorry if you get this multiple times.**