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Hello Fiddlers,
While looking for a new viola for my grandson, who has played for about five years, I got detoured by FM's website. I just received my new FM Concert violin late last week. I'm 64 years old, I live in Georgia, and have played electric and acoustic guitars for about 50 years -- mostly the blues --until recently. I also make and play Native American style flutes and last year added the Irish tin whistle to the instruments I play -- at least to the point that most of the jigs, reels and hornpipes I play would have recognizable melodies, if not-quite-right rhythms, to an authentic Irish session player.
I've watched FM's videos to educate myself on proper technique (Very nicely done, by the way, and as you all know he's a very accomplished and versatile violinist).
Like Stephan who introduced himself right before I did, I learned Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (which is the first thing I do on any new instrument with a diatonic or chromatic scale). Then, a few of the simpler songs that FM published the sheet music for, followed by Down by the Sally Gardens which is an Irish Air that I play on the whistle. I've got a long way to go before things will be easy or sound decent -- but that's 75% of the fun right? It's not the destination that counts -- it's the journey.
Now I still have to get my grandson (9th grade) a new viola that will hopefully get him through college, yet not force me to take out a mortgage -- after that he'll have to buy his own. Suggestions are welcome.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. ~Herm Albright
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KindaScratchy said
Welcome, Uzi! Nice introduction.I'd be interested in learning more about -- and seeing -- your Native America flutes. I hope you post some photos at some point.
I also am learning to play the tin whistle/pennywhistle. I played the recorder, fife and flute when I was a kid, so it's been fairly easy to pick up the tin whistle, but I still have a long way to go on style.
Looking forward to hearing more from you in the forum. -- Diane
I'll take some better photos for you soon Diane (if you like), but this is kind of what they sound like.
This is just a short piece I did, so that I could get this simple melody out of my head -- don't you hate it when that happens. It's just Native American flute and some midi keyboard stuff I recorded to go with it.
https://soundcloud.com/shadow-.....ar/el-paso
This one is from when I just got my new acoustic guitar. I haven't played an acoustic since the 1970's, so I was testing it out and recorded this:
https://soundcloud.com/shadow-.....n-caballos
This is a penny whistle tune that I recorded when I first started playing the penny whistle about 6 or 8 months ago. I didn't know anything about Irish music then so I did an improv against a backing track to see how it sounded when recorded.
https://soundcloud.com/shadow-.....umn-breeze
I guess I should really wait until I know how to play instruments before I start recording with them eh?
Uzi (Shadow Bear when recording NAF)
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. ~Herm Albright
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@Uzi: Absolutely fantastic. I never realized what a beautiful sound a tin whistle or a flute of that kind could make.
I have checked them out on Amazon and there are several price's. Are your's in the key of D ?
I'm buying one tomorrow.
BTW: those recording's sounded very professional. Thank's for the tune's.
Ken.
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@Uzi: Absolutely fantastic. I never realized what a beautiful sound a tin whistle or a flute of that kind could make. I have checked them out on Amazon and there are several price's. Are your's in the key of D ? I'm buying one tomorrow. BTW: those recording's sounded very professional. Thank's for the tune's. Ken.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. ~Herm Albright
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