Kvmceff
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Kvmceff commented on the post, The Fiddle Tune Bucket List 1 week, 6 days ago
Something by Ole Bull
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Kvmceff replied to the topic Connect with other beginning fiddlers in the forum Absolute Beginners: Modules 1.1 – 1.5 3 weeks, 1 day ago
Excellent points. I had a piano teacher in college who had the same idea. First you memorize the piece and then you learn to play it and make it your own.
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Kvmceff replied to the topic Owen playing The Banshee variation in the forum Student Video Exchange 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Nice tone and that is more than half the battle!!! On a violin that is.
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Kvmceff replied to the topic One-year anniversary in the forum Student Video Exchange 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Nice playing. Very sad. Wonder what the lament for the first wife sounded like?
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Kvmceff replied to the topic Pausing to improve in the forum Continuing Beginners: Modules 1.6 – 1.10 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Sounds a tad like stagnation. . . try something new and different. Let your interest and excitement guide you to your next tune, scale or exercise. If you wait to be perfect you will stall out totally. Keep going!!!! Right now, pause and learn some holiday tunes . . . or winter tunes. If you really are stuck and want some feedback, I have…[Read more]
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Kvmceff posted an update 5 months ago
I’m in for the fall 2020 challenge!
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Kvmceff replied to the topic Left-handed Fiddlers in the forum All about fiddles 6 months ago
Check out: Terje Moe Hansen
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Kvmceff replied to the topic Better violin better results in the forum Technique Questions 6 months ago
Yes. A better fiddle can give you a better ring. All fiddles can have action adjusted via the bridge and the nut. A poor finger board will affect action as well. Pegs are pegs, but in better wood, can stay in tune better. You can get mechanical pegs which can have some advantages. I do notice that wooden pegs have endless options to finding…[Read more]
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Kvmceff replied to the topic Incredibow in the forum All about fiddles 8 months, 2 weeks ago
It’s here. I can tell I haven’t been playing!! My first notice was a sense of differently balanced. I was pushing harder on the Incredibow. Sound is subtly different. Maybe the bow changes are more distinct. Or crisper. A tad more loudness. Not sure if I would say fuller sound, though.
Will keep at it and play more. Is there a way to share recordings?
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Kvmceff replied to the topic Third finger reach issue when playing low 2 in the forum Technique Questions 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Hi, I was trying to recreate your dilemma, I would check the wrist to see that you are pretty straight and relaxed. And if your hand is just small you might have to relax the 2nd finger so much it does raise off the string as you stretch. Or consider a 7/8 size fiddle? Does any of this help?
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Kvmceff replied to the topic Incredibow in the forum All about fiddles 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Just got word mine is in the mail. I will let you know what I think and compare to my Arcus bows!
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