Now, for something real, this is pretty cool. 

Slappin' the Fiddle... strings! 

Belleville: melody and bass at the same time!  Charles McCarthy offered up this video where he replaced only the C & G strings with octaves.  LH plays bassline on those octave strings, with percussive techniques (hammer & pizz) - while also playing melody on the other regular strings!!! 😲

I'm not quite ready for this, yet (not even really, really slow 🥴) - but it's a goal I'll be working toward.  The thicker strings must make a huge difference in this.  My low F string is so much thicker than my C string, and I easily hear sound from tapping it - not so much the C.  So, I can imagine the octave strings would respond well, but I'm pretty sure I'd have to modify my bridge - not in a hurry!

Charles was ALSO kind enough to provide interactive sheet music at Soundslice! 🤗

Belleville (Gypsy Jazz for 5-string violin)

Okay, I love sharing stuff here (all in the interest of provoking discussion from kindred spirits), but I'm kinda bummed out that I haven't really seen folks interested in violins 'made' to use 5 strings.  The amazing improvements I've experienced in my Glasser 6-string make me believe makers ARE ( and have been) taking this instrument seriously.  I do blame myself for not sharing any video of my 6-string... but y'all are making me feel lonely. 

@stringy -

Yes! 

Many of us mix brands of strings, but this is wild! 

The mixing of techniques is cool, but how does he avoid the G string while bowing on D string?  The bowing surface of the G & C string is so much higher than normal, because of how thick they are.