@ELCBK said
Like the music, love the clouds. 

Too much pressure with bow hair too loose can cause the hair to break, because it wears against the stick - impressive effect, though. 

I haven't been able to get any bow hair to break when playing HARD (I actually tried to see what it would take, after seeing a different fiddler/performance) - figured it might be prone to break near the frog, but I think stick 'firmness' makes a difference. 

 

"BUT, WAIT... wait... wait... wait... wait... 🤔... 'Great Performance' by a fiddler, or violinist (???)  I sure was looking for one, did I miss something? 😒

Sorry, hate to kill enthusiasm"

then why comment?   I think the music speaks for itself.  I think with the broad range of different types of music thats been shared on this site in the last few years...I could get a pass on this one dont yah think?🤨

Strings dont always have to be in the front...  they do well as Accompaniment .  Unless youre saying accompaniment cant be a great performance?

I haven't been able to get any bow hair to break when playing HARD (I actually tried to see what it would take, after seeing a different fiddler/performance) - figured it might be prone to break near the frog, but I think stick 'firmness' makes a difference. 

It may be he is a little more intense in his playing.  idk.. 🤭

ELCBK said
I think accompaniment CAN be something to marvel at, especially when there is interesting improvisation... 'I' didn't feel/see anything here. 

I truly want to understand your point of view!  Why do you feel this is a 'GREAT VIOLIN' performance? 

I'm not ashamed to claim ignorance here... anything you can point out would be very helpful for me to learn.

  

so I do my best to find the correct topic to post in.   Probably shouldce just put in my random stuff from fiddle cave..

anyway.. the forum section title says...

"Share your experiences and tips about great violinists and fiddlers"

for the sake of discssuion I will refer to the experiences part as item 1...and the violinist or fiddler as 2

and I said...

"..I Got a kick out of watching Jeb Bows (the fiddler in band) let loose.  Saw them in concert this past fall and they way they had lighting setup i was afraid his bow was going to just disentegrate at one point.  hair from bow all over the place.   may have been for dramatic effect..dunno.  great show though.

So for item 1 it was the show I attended and item 2 is Jeb Bows.

I pointed out at first that the video was older, but shared that one for the visuals and because they play with The Colorado Symphony Orchestra.

Wanted to share those two just for sharing sake and not anything more.  Just some music I like and I would have elaborated further if I felt it was needed.  

sorry the post and share was confusing.  More times than not.. Ill share just to draw attention to particular pieces of music or artists and leave the rest for anyone interested to search out on their own.  Not always, but this for sure one if those times. 🙂

"..'I' didn't feel/see anything here"

fair enough.. and no problem with that at all...but at the moment there are 41 other people on the forum that may.

One thing they did as a band is usually, it seemed, instead of just stopping the music they would play almost an ambient type interlude.   Its hard to explain without sharing this snippet.  hopefully shows enough.  I cant remember what the prior song was but it leads into San Luis.   another of his hits.  Which is part of this too.  The lyrics of his songs.

again the visuals are something I always like on his official type videos.  Always something creative in addition to the music

Before the concert I couldnt have told you who Jeb was but he is such a big pqrt of their concert.   A real treat if you are close to go see them.   Funny..my wife came away a fan.  She sorta knew the sound and style of music since ill listen to it..but individual songs not so much.  After we left she was talking about how good it was and said she really liked the "ghost" song ( san luis )  and one off the new album called The Fall.

@Unfretted said ..." It must have been a great concert to see live"

It was great!   we will search out small venue type things...sorta dinner with live music kinda stuff but arent ones for full blown concerts.  But glad we went.  

"..Appreciated seeing the actual constellations speed by rather than just random digital dots"

yes!  Landscapes like that are for sure on the list to try and vist one day.  think it matched the music well.  im guessing it was in Colorado given the song title but havent checked.

@Mouse said
In line with my post above, ABitRusty, do you think the background fiddle parts are written and strictly followed, or a little freelance? I have no idea how these are done. But, I always think of fiddle music as being free-forum, to a point. It is very faint, but without it, I don't think the videos would be as good. 

With the slow drawn out bowing, ie Lead in to San Luis for instance, ABitRusty, do you consider that fiddle background or violin background? I was just curious where the line is drawn. 

🐭

  

oh i have no clue on that.  I suspect that the lead fiddler has his way of playing that was recorded and the band is used to.. and he can weave in and out of that as he feels.   based on however the night is going.. maybe the crowd or other bandmates.  im just speculating.

the orchestra i would guess has a written out set of music to go by.   

maybe theres someone in that or other orchestras that has backed this kind of group that could shed some light on it.  think it would be interesting to hear how that process works.

Ill add that I had listened to his new album and older ones 100s of times. I was impressed how closely they followed and sounded like the recorded version.   I know theres probably good and bad nights but they were perfect as far as i am concerned.