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@doc-ivory -
Welcome to the Fiddlerman Forum!
I think you're in good company here!
Quite a few members started with guitar and many of us started later in life!
This coming June, I'll reach 3 years learning to play my 5-string Violin (plus my recently new 5-string Viola) and I'll turn 66. I couldn't have done it without this forum & it's members.
Can't wait to hear about all the music you want to learn!
I'm sure you'll find everything you need here - especially support, while you start on this new journey!
- Emily

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@doc-ivory -
Just got the time to take a peek at your bio!
I hope you'll still be pursuing the Blues on the fiddle!
For myself, only started looking into more about Blues Violin this last year and I want to learn more. Just had a workshop yesterday, with Jeremy Kittel, part of which was using the Blues scale to create variation for Bluegrass tunes - seems so natural!
We have a Jazz/Blues heading here that could use help - be great if you have anything to add that could be helpful for other violinists/fiddlers. Fiddlerman does have some great tutorials, also.
Have you seen this thread?
12 Bar Shuffle - Worldfiddler Composition
ABitRusty is learning clawhammer banjo right now (doing VERY well) - I've just gotten my hands on a couple 5-string banjos (one is travel size), but haven't started learning, yet.
Relating to your flight time - my Father & Brother had fixed-wing licenses. My hours at the stick were all 'unofficial', during my time in the Air Force & later the Army, as a helicopter mechanic/crew chief/flight engineer - I did get to fly an old 'Chipmunk' once!
Glad you're here!

ELCBK said
@doc-ivory -For myself, only started looking into more about Blues Violin this last year and I want to learn more. Just had a workshop yesterday, with Jeremy Kittel, part of which was using the Blues scale to create variation for Bluegrass tunes - seems so natural!
12 Bar Shuffle - Worldfiddler Composition
ABitRusty is learning clawhammer banjo right now (doing VERY well) - I've just gotten my hands on a couple 5-string banjos (one is travel size), but haven't started learning, yet.
Relating to your flight time - my Father & Brother had fixed-wing licenses. My hours at the stick were all 'unofficial', during my time in the Air Force & later the Army, as a helicopter mechanic/crew chief/flight engineer - I did get to fly an old 'Chipmunk' once!
Glad you're here!
Well, thank you!!!
How a 60+ year old rocker and blues guy got into banjo, mandolin and now, violin is beyond me but I'm enjoying it!! See what retirement does to you? LOL!!
I had no idea there was such a thing as Blues violin, I do need to check it out. THANKS!!!
-Jim

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Doc-Ivory said
ELCBK!!!By the way, I "touched up" my bio.
Yeesh, my spelling and grammar have gone to hell in a handbasket.. LOL!
-Jim
please dont worry about spelling and grammer too much. Im usually entering post on a phone keyboard and sometimes am considerate enough to perform the necessary edits to make it readable. Its good to not be the only one with those posts.
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Welcome to the forum, @doc-ivory Nope, no worries about typos. My iPad gives me the most headaches with making mistakes, lol.
My first fiddle teacher is kind of a bluesy fiddler. Her band falls into an Americana-bluegrass-blues (very light on the bluegrass) genre.
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