Marg Sherringham

That was great Owen, and I could hear your accents. I don’t know how it is for others, but I find I have to practise a new tune a lot and get to know it well and then the accents seem to come through naturally. Having said that though, the fiddle is a hard taskmaster with it’s intricate bowing. Thanks for sharing, it’s inspiring to see how…[Read more]

I love this tune and you’ve certainly given it a new treatment Joanne. I like your creative ideas, great fun!:)

That was so lovely to listen to Debbie, you really brought out the qualities of the fiddle and reminded me why I’m drawn to this instrument. Thanks for sharing. 🙂

Sounds great Sally, that’s a tricky tune but you were on top of it! 🙂

That was really beautiful Kate, and a reminder to me that I have to stop procrastinating and start working on my vibrato, I don’t do it properly but I can see your hand knows what it’s doing. This tune has such a pretty melody and just when you think it can’t get any better, in comes the harmony. Great job, that was such a joy to listen to!

Sounds great Joanne! Such a lot for our brains to co-ordinate when playing the fiddle but you did it smoothly and naturally. Nice work with the 4th finger too. Thanks for sharing. 🙂

Kate, this is absolutely fantastic! Good on you, and glad you’re having fun with Strum Machine. I loved your playing especially the rolls, great Irish feel, beautiful intonation. Wow, blew me away!

What a great reworking of Humpty Dumpty, my Grandaughter would love this. Owen your playing is really strong and precise, I loved the embellishments too and a nice vibrato to finish. It’s so inspiring to see how everyone’s developing their fiddle playing, thanks for sharing. 🙂

Thanks Nancy, you’re very kind and I hope we’ll see some of your work soon too. The Matty Groves harmonies were written by Georgia Nettleton, I just experimented with layering the parts in and out and over. I don’t really know much about recording either, still have to learn how to mix and edit. Great to hear you’re writing for fiddle and cello, I…[Read more]

What a lovely,soulful sound, good on you Deb!

Thanks for your kind comments Nancy, I look forward to seeing your 1st video. The Fiddlehed community is very supportive and encouraging. 🙂

Great idea Twyla, you’re clearly enjoying the creative experience of improvising on the pentatonic scale. Sounding really cool, and yes ‘magical’ is a very good description I think. Thanks for sharing.:)

That was beautiful Joanne, I liked your drone idea too, and your double stops fitted perfectly.:)

Great job Seth, nice bow control and double stops.

Wow, that’s a strong sound you have there James, great playing! You’re inspiring us all to work on our double stops, I really struggle with them.I like how you play them and keep the flow of the tune going, that must have taken a lot of practice.:)

Great job Deb! I’m really impressed with how you maintain a consistent pressure on the bow playing long notes. That can be really hard to do, but your notes stayed sweet from one end of the bow to the other.:)

Sounds great Joanne, really funky with that backing and well played. Spot on the beat!:)