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I'll send a link to a British woman I found on YouTube. I learnt a Dorian scale from
her and it allows you to just jam along to any blues video you find.
I love it coz if my violin playing isn't happening, I can sit in my study, put on my dark glasses and cap ( not a Fiddlerman yet unfortunately lol) and just let rip with some good ole blues.
Makes a great escape to formal practice and find it helps me try out a few different rhythms too.
I am amazed at how old people of my age are.....
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FM - I haven't tried the fiddle bridge/strings yet,,, mainly because I DON'T need it easier to hit more than one string at a time YET, it happens too often by accident, lmao.
Terry - that would be great to see her site and try it!
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Here's the link. You'll need part 1 as well but I can't see it on my IPhone at the mo
feature=youtube_gdata_player
I am amazed at how old people of my age are.....
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Exactly. I take it you've seen this page with the Dorian scales as well.
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
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Thanks FM, I don't remember seeing this
Page before.
Just goes to show, if there's a need, Fiddlerman has it covered.
Funny how you had been wearing a cap and glasses, Seems to be the required attire to really get down into the blues lol
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It certainly makes playing blues easier. LOL
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
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To go further in blues style ya got to bend the notes. And have a reason to do so. Does that make any cents? If you're happy and you know it clap yours hands... If not then play the blues.
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still waiting for YOUR video Scott....
...come on, a big time guitar player like you has to have a video camera or at least access to one. LOL
"If you practice with your hands you must practice all day. Practice with your mind and you can accomplish the same amount in minutes." Nathan Milstein
I wonder if she has ever gotten her hair tangled up in between the bow and strings .
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Probably. Must have happened some time.
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
I now think I know why old fiddle player hold the violindown so low, om thier chest or stomack. It's to keep thier beards out of the strings. But then if they hold one end of thier beard open thier mouth and bow the beard that may just work too.
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That is funny Kevin.
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
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LOL, I can see where that could be a pain.... Literally LOL
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
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Terry said
Here's the link. You'll need part 1 as well but I can't see it on my IPhone at the mo
feature=youtube_gdata_player
I played along with this gal on youtube . lots of fun! 
No matter where you go, there you are!
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for french canadians:
violonist: plays classical music, learned with a teacher, methods etc.
violoneux: plays folkloric music learned by ear and with other fiddlers, goal: to make people dance hehee
We had a crazy fiddler who could play with pretty much anything, an axe, a ruler, a hockey stick you name it. (check video at about 35 seconds and more lol)
"It can sing like a bird, it can cry like a human being, it can be very angry, it can be all that humans are" Maxim Vengerov
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I've seen this but of course had forgotten. That is talent. LOL
Why spend tons or money on great equipment right?
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
All this time I've been buying and putting new hair on bows staraightening them replacing the frogs and now I can get all the free yardsticks that the bank gives out and put them in with the violins. Yep no more fixin violin bows for me.
Welcome NoirVelours! Seems we are all taking the playing of the fiddle too seriously. Where IS my yardstick? 
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The yardstick is what they used to use to discipline the hands that made mistakes so that it would stop happening. LOL
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
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NoirVelours said
for french canadians:
violonist: plays classical music, learned with a teacher, methods etc.
violoneux: plays folkloric music learned by ear and with other fiddlers, goal: to make people dance hehee
We had a crazy fiddler who could play with pretty much anything, an axe, a ruler, a hockey stick you name it. (check video at about 35 seconds and more lol)
Wow! So that's what happens when you wash your
Violin with the temperature setting too high!
Amazing playing though
I am amazed at how old people of my age are.....
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