Welcome to our forum. A Message To Our New and Prospective Members . Check out our Forum Rules. Lets keep this forum an enjoyable place to visit.

Check out our 2023 Group Christmas Project HERE

AAA
Avatar
Please consider registering
guest
sp_LogInOut Log Insp_Registration Register
Register | Lost password?
Advanced Search
Forum Scope




Match



Forum Options



Minimum search word length is 3 characters - maximum search word length is 84 characters
sp_Feed Topic RSSsp_TopicIcon
Fiddler man's "Addams Family" Virtual Group Halloween 2015 Project
sp_BlogLink Read the original blog post
Topic Rating: 4.9 Topic Rating: 4.9 Topic Rating: 4.9 Topic Rating: 4.9 Topic Rating: 4.9 Topic Rating: 4.9 (9 votes) 
Avatar
Fiddlerman
Fort Lauderdale
August 4, 2015 - 2:31 pm
Member Since: September 26, 2010
Forum Posts: 16429

For now our deadline for your submissions is October 12th, 2015 at which time I will begin mixing. I encourage all 1st violin recordings to include one of the 3 other parts as well so that we don't have too many melodies. If the timing of your submission does not correspond with the playback file it will not be used. All submissions should be converted to MP4 (MPEG-4) with a minimum resolution of 640 x 480. No audio only submissions.

Since this is a Halloween project, I will STRONGLY encourage dressing up. This will make for a much more interesting video for us all to share on Halloween. Also, decorating the background is a great idea if you have the means.

Visit this forum link to participate on the discussion of this project.

Please download the playback file to your computer, phone, MP3 player or similar for use during your recording. Any video submission recorded without the use of this playback file "in ear" (preferably using a headphone jack) will not be used. I cannot match all the parts unless you are hearing the playback file while recording.

After recording yourself using the playback file ( in ear only, should not be audible on your recording) SPREND the MP4/MPEG-4 preferred video file…

"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."

Avatar
Fiddlerman
Fort Lauderdale
August 4, 2015 - 2:49 pm
Member Since: September 26, 2010
Forum Posts: 16429
Avatar
BillyG
Brora, North-east Scotland
August 4, 2015 - 3:04 pm
Member Since: March 22, 2014
Forum Posts: 3744
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

LIKE !  Thanks, @Fiddlerman !

I seriously recommend not copying my mistakes. D'oh - guntohead.JPG

Please make your own, different mistakes, and help us all learn :-)

Avatar
Ripton
Vermont, Massachusetts or somewhere in between
Members

Regulars
August 4, 2015 - 4:29 pm
Member Since: November 2, 2014
Forum Posts: 595
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

that was quick. Thanks, now off to Staples to buy more printer ink...

Avatar
KindaScratchy
Massachusetts
August 4, 2015 - 9:44 pm
Member Since: March 14, 2012
Forum Posts: 1760
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

Looks like fun. My first question might be a silly one but...which hand should we use to snap our fingers? I can't imagine how to do it without dropping the bow or the violin.
dunno

When the work's all done and the sun's settin' low,

I pull out my fiddle and I rosin up the bow.

Avatar
fiddle chick
Members

Regulars
August 4, 2015 - 11:23 pm
Member Since: November 24, 2013
Forum Posts: 253
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

LOL! I was thinking the same thing. It's gonna take a lot of practice, at least for me!

Let the bow flow.

Avatar
Jim Dunleavy
United Kingdom
Members

Regulars
August 5, 2015 - 3:18 am
Member Since: April 19, 2015
Forum Posts: 886
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

Ooh, I might have a go at this one! banana

Avatar
Fiddlerman
Fort Lauderdale
August 5, 2015 - 7:02 am
Member Since: September 26, 2010
Forum Posts: 16429

I was thinking the same thing as well. Have a few ideas and they will come with the example videos. For now, how about either stomp your feet or play behind the bridge.

Another idea would be to ask for help from some friends, or to record the snaps separately and send them to me.

I'm open for suggestions. :)

Don't forget to swing the eighth notes. I first wrote them out but then I thought that it looked too complicated visually with dotted eighth and sixteenth notes or too many triplets so I changed it to even eighth notes with hopes that you will still swing them.

"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."

Avatar
Leanna
Members
August 5, 2015 - 8:38 am
Member Since: April 16, 2015
Forum Posts: 51
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

 Thank you for all the parts!  I really appreciate the variety of bass clef parts so Les can play cello and maybe my niece will do bass.  We'll think about costumes and decorations.  This will be so much fun!

Avatar
Leana
Members

Regulars
August 5, 2015 - 6:38 pm
Member Since: July 7, 2015
Forum Posts: 227
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
10sp_Permalink sp_Print
0

I need those videos @Fiddlerman -- so I know what a swing note is   :)

I swear- someday I will be playing as well as my imagination 

Avatar
iBud
Honolulu, HI
Members

Regulars
August 5, 2015 - 7:15 pm
Member Since: August 28, 2014
Forum Posts: 376
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
11sp_Permalink sp_Print
0

Aloha @Fiddlerman,

I'm going to have a go at this one.  I was also wondering about the finger snaps, but I'm at work and don't have my fiddle with me.  I'll give it a go once I get home but I agree that it doesn't seem possible without losing either the fiddle or the bow.  Anyway, the parts don't seem to be too bad, thanks for that.  It should sound really good, what with all the different parts.  

Keep-Calm-and-Fiddle-On-small-2.jpg

 

 

 

Avatar
LindaMc
New Jersey

Member
Members
August 5, 2015 - 8:24 pm
Member Since: May 31, 2015
Forum Posts: 39
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
12sp_Permalink sp_Print
5

Another option would be to do a "click" by pressing your tongue against the roof of your mouth in back of your teeth and pulling it back quickly. It's like a snap, only louder.

I was also thrown by the "swing" thing.  Video would be very much appreciated. Other than that, it looks doable. 

Now for that costume.......

Avatar
Ripton
Vermont, Massachusetts or somewhere in between
Members

Regulars
August 5, 2015 - 8:49 pm
Member Since: November 2, 2014
Forum Posts: 595
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

Oh, I love those swinging eights... BUT can I play them and keep the timing down?

Avatar
BillyG
Brora, North-east Scotland
August 6, 2015 - 2:02 am
Member Since: March 22, 2014
Forum Posts: 3744
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

For those new to the "swing" notes - this is what I understand by it - (it seems to happen a lot in traditionally scored fiddle music - and it's just to make the representation less "cluttered" I guess ) -

swing8ths.JPGImage Enlarger

 

... and the difference kind of sounds like this - 

 ....  That's what I understand by it at the moment...  ready to be corrected ! 

EDIT: Or even worse, they could be notated like this ( as Pierre mentions in the text just above the first bar ) - evenworse.JPG 

sp_PlupAttachments Attachments

I seriously recommend not copying my mistakes. D'oh - guntohead.JPG

Please make your own, different mistakes, and help us all learn :-)

Avatar
Fidelestre
Texas
Members

Regulars
August 6, 2015 - 8:04 am
Member Since: June 21, 2015
Forum Posts: 240
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

Uh oh - the key of B flat major will definitely be a challenge. Have not yet learned the finger position for B flat (on the A string), for example, and Suzuki doesn't even touch that in Book 1. But will try printing them out and writing in the fingering to see if one of the parts might be possible.

Was wondering if the "snaps" might instead be done as "taps" by tapping lightly on the wood of the violin, with the fingers or with the back of the bow?

Avatar
Barry
Members

Regulars
August 6, 2015 - 10:01 am
Member Since: June 30, 2011
Forum Posts: 2690
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
16sp_Permalink sp_Print
5

sounds like a great project !!  @Fiddlerman    you ever consider changing our name to "the fiddlerman orchestra"   ,because that is what we've become  ;)

There is no shame in playing twinkle, youre playing Mozart

Avatar
coolpinkone
California, the place of my heart
August 6, 2015 - 12:04 pm
Member Since: January 11, 2012
Forum Posts: 4180
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
17sp_Permalink sp_Print
0

I am super excited for another project.  THANK YOU PIERRE!

Vibrato Desperato.... Desperately seeking vibrato

Avatar
Fiddlerman
Fort Lauderdale
August 7, 2015 - 12:01 am
Member Since: September 26, 2010
Forum Posts: 16429
18sp_Permalink sp_Print
0

Great ideas with the snaps. I'll try to find time for videos. :)

"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."

Avatar
RedViolin
Members

Regulars
August 7, 2015 - 5:32 am
Member Since: January 15, 2015
Forum Posts: 154
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
19sp_Permalink sp_Print
0

Oh wow! I only just found the sheet music for this piece elsewhere and gave it a go, can't wait to try @Fiddlerman's version vampire7

It looks a bit beyond me, but still, very exciting!

Avatar
Leana
Members

Regulars
August 7, 2015 - 6:51 pm
Member Since: July 7, 2015
Forum Posts: 227
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
20sp_Permalink sp_Print
0

Fiddlerman said
Great ideas with the snaps. I'll try to find time for videos. :)

YOU !  MR. @Fiddlerman are the BOMB !!!!

I swear- someday I will be playing as well as my imagination 

Forum Timezone: America/New_York
Most Users Ever Online: 696
Currently Online:
Guest(s) 110
Currently Browsing this Page:
1 Guest(s)
Members Birthdays
sp_BirthdayIcon
Today Michael Browder, EBurrell
Upcoming Sofia Leo, TKDennis, FiddleDetroit, CookiesViolin, JPferrman, Designer 88, LyleA, Stephen, Dorque, Trisha, Elaisa, Gordon Shumway, dougga, Russionleo, JohnG
Top Posters:
ELCBK: 7759
ABitRusty: 3915
Mad_Wed: 2849
Barry: 2690
Fiddlestix: 2647
Oliver: 2439
Gordon Shumway: 2425
DanielB: 2379
Mark: 2149
damfino: 2113
Member Stats:
Guest Posters: 3
Members: 31662
Moderators: 0
Admins: 7
Forum Stats:
Groups: 16
Forums: 81
Topics: 10589
Posts: 134217
Newest Members:
SoCal335, Jan Howard, edwardcheng, Oscar Stern, bryanhanson, bittruster, fiddlecastro, jackdaniel, romanmills08, creativestringsinfo
Administrators: Fiddlerman: 16429, KindaScratchy: 1760, coolpinkone: 4180, BillyG: 3744, MrsFiddlerman: 2, Jimmie Bjorling: 0, Mouse: 5306