Tips on bowing (fast songs)

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  • čas přidán 12. 07. 2010
  • In this video I give tips on how to bow fast fiddle tunes without sounding too "slurry" with long bow strokes or too "picky" with short bow strokes.
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Komentáře • 54

  • @gmwillis2000
    @gmwillis2000 Před 2 lety

    The best shuffle bowing of fast songs example known to man. I wish I had seen this 20 years ago.

  • @davidhilton9224
    @davidhilton9224 Před 5 lety

    I just wanted to thank you for posting these videos. I have been playing for a long time but watching you breaking these tunes really really is a big help. Thank you.

  • @ncao
    @ncao Před 6 lety +1

    awsome, LOVE it very much. I am new to violin since Oct 2017.
    Learned all scales from you.
    Now, I could use these scales to fiddle. THANKS a big bunch.

  • @pastore0506
    @pastore0506 Před 14 lety

    Excellent tutorial John! Shuffling has always been a mystery to me but your explanation was crystal clear, thanks.

  • @JMALHS
    @JMALHS Před 9 lety

    This is an extremely helpful explanation...now I have to practice it!

  • @pugh7755
    @pugh7755 Před 14 lety

    Great addition to your other lessons. More like this would be great. Thank you so much for posting this video.

  • @Vigilante311
    @Vigilante311 Před 5 lety

    Nice lesson, well explained and demonstrated must give this a try, thanks for uploading man!

  • @susanmcc99
    @susanmcc99 Před 12 lety

    So glad I discovered your videos, they're incredibly helpful. Now I must go practice!

  • @lesliebenson3013
    @lesliebenson3013 Před 4 lety

    Great tutorial. Makes so much sense! Thank you.

  • @wholegreaterthansum
    @wholegreaterthansum Před 11 lety +2

    Fantastic advice - thanks!

  • @paulwheat1623
    @paulwheat1623 Před 14 lety

    Thanks, John, for another great lesson!!

  • @julianbowerman8477
    @julianbowerman8477 Před 4 lety

    I love your style- great teaching. If you visit the UK be great to catch up. Not many old time players here !

  • @wannabeafiddler
    @wannabeafiddler Před 13 lety

    great lesson. goes well with the lesson for cajun fiddle, which I am starting to work on. Thanks again for all these wonderful lessons!

  • @dougnickerson
    @dougnickerson Před 9 lety

    I learned some great stuff from your Soldier's JOy & Irish Washerwoman videos , uve very helpful way 'splaining

  • @dianawalkerneve6489
    @dianawalkerneve6489 Před 10 lety

    In beginning Suzuki terms this is "down-berry, up berry", one of the first bowing patterns the 3 and 4 year old kids learn! Others are caterpillar, ice-cream cone, pineapple (triplets). You do a great job explaining this.

  • @olmmbill
    @olmmbill Před 11 lety

    What an insightful lesson! Thank you. I see what I'll be practicing for the next few weeks :)

  • @invain143
    @invain143 Před 11 lety

    Thanks! You are a very good teacher, keep it up!

  • @fiddleshe
    @fiddleshe Před 13 lety

    Ive been trying to get that for a long time, but I think your tutorial is going to help. Thanks!

  • @BeccaRoodleRoo
    @BeccaRoodleRoo Před 9 lety

    Thank you for your video!!!! All tips are a great help!!! :)

  • @matt999ish
    @matt999ish Před 12 lety

    Very useful video. Thank you very much!

  • @dougnickerson
    @dougnickerson Před 9 lety

    I've been watchn your lessons since February here which was a very cold February

  • @ctsfiddler
    @ctsfiddler Před 13 lety

    great lesson. I learned the shuffle with boil the cabbages. Working with scales is what i will do today. thanks

  • @blainesenior9981
    @blainesenior9981 Před 6 lety

    Wonderfully help full!

  • @jennileemartineau
    @jennileemartineau Před 11 lety

    I like the way you explain this. I do the same bowing but never thought of it as being the same as the shuffle. When I teach the shuffle I call it (Up Doggy Down Doggy) or the reverse if you want the student to bow down first. It explains the rhythm and also bow direction. I will try this technique of slurring with the shuffle with some students.

  • @pianomanmiller
    @pianomanmiller Před 14 lety

    Thanks John! I was actually about to email you about this very thing. Looking forward to putting this tip to use.
    Blessings,
    Jeff

  • @danwally4754
    @danwally4754 Před 5 lety

    You frickin rock at teaching

  • @MarianaxBarreto
    @MarianaxBarreto Před 11 lety

    thank you so much ! this is soooooo helpful !

  • @TheBlondae
    @TheBlondae Před 12 lety

    thanks john, have always wanted to learn shuffle your video was great

  • @robertpait1916
    @robertpait1916 Před 11 lety +1

    that is sick good! I'm working on it. the hard part is the coordination of the fingers with the bow.

  • @rghoyos
    @rghoyos Před 14 lety

    very good tips, thank you

  • @CaperCertified
    @CaperCertified Před 10 lety

    so different then our style here in cape breton...sounds good me buddy!

  • @FeryAndrianus
    @FeryAndrianus Před 10 lety

    A very, very helpful lesson. Been tired of classical things and need somthing fresh, and I found this video on CZcams. Soooo glad! Maybe by mastering these I'll be able to master Czardas ^_^

    • @Bluegrassdaddy
      @Bluegrassdaddy  Před 10 lety

      Ha yes you *definitely* want to use shuffle bowing on Czardas :)

  • @honez60
    @honez60 Před 13 lety

    Hi John,
    I have always wanted to play a scale like you do in this video, and I will get it eventually, but would like to have the sheet music as backup, and use it with your video. Learning such wonderful exercises will surely make your children great fiddlers, and improvisers. Thanks for putting that out, and i'm so grateful I found it!

  • @daveevans1406
    @daveevans1406 Před 12 lety

    excellent lesson

  • @shanegoione693
    @shanegoione693 Před 11 lety

    Awesome man, make more!

  • @garyritterstrings
    @garyritterstrings Před 5 lety

    super cool. thanks

  • @ozricbish
    @ozricbish Před 10 lety

    thanks for this, I try to play fast but hash it up....but you make it look far too effortless!!

  • @byronmcclurg75
    @byronmcclurg75 Před 12 lety

    Hey John! Ribbit. Good to hear your gift! It has been too long....

  • @byronmcclurg75
    @byronmcclurg75 Před 12 lety

    Living the dream in Arizona. Good to cyber-see you. I need to take my family to Boone. We will definitely look you up when we can make the trip. Hope you are well dude.

  • @221Dw
    @221Dw Před 13 lety

    Useful video thanks

  • @FrederickWalser
    @FrederickWalser Před 12 lety

    Good job.

  • @tullochgorum
    @tullochgorum Před 14 lety

    John - useful! Heard an interesting fiddle style from a group in the north of England reconstructing English 18thC fiddle style using bow markings on old manuscripts. The fast shuffle with 2 notes on the long bow was very widely used and helps make sense of a lot of the old tunes. Google for "Village Music Project Lecture Sidmouth" & you should find a lecture by Paul Roberts. Sounds great, & probably as close as you can get to the origins of the US Old Time style. Now to learn it!

  • @trumpsahead
    @trumpsahead Před 5 lety

    Fantastic lesson. Feeling a might giddy now. Eeeee-haa.

  • @JordanRMartin
    @JordanRMartin Před 12 lety

    This sure does take coordination... haha I need to work on this

  • @Abina34
    @Abina34 Před 11 lety +2

    That's really the difficult part that I've never been able to do: Synchronizing both hands while speeding, how to do it? please JK some tricks about that too.

  • @zizigy1
    @zizigy1 Před 9 lety

    What is that metal thing you have attached to your fiddle?

  • @Bamaonthetrail
    @Bamaonthetrail Před 14 lety

    Can you do a demonstration of a Georgia shuffle?
    and what do old time fiddlers use.

  • @Bamaonthetrail
    @Bamaonthetrail Před 14 lety

    Can you also show how the Georgia shuffle is done ?

  • @ronaldanderson9263
    @ronaldanderson9263 Před 3 lety

    OOOhhhhhh! :-)

  • @dboyfff
    @dboyfff Před 10 lety +1

    You should do a video strictly on posture....that affects sound too and endurance...I often find myself leaning towards one direction and that affects the diaphragm like leaning forward too...

  • @mattador4828
    @mattador4828 Před 12 lety

    @JohnsFiddleLessons MOOOOOOOOOOOO

  • @milkyumyeah
    @milkyumyeah Před 12 lety +1

    next time can you show how your wrist moves as well please

  • @jessesummers4
    @jessesummers4 Před 6 lety

    no, no, thank you!