Joined up Country Fiddle. A lesson on how to make your playing cohesive.

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@rebeccamouse9294 2 жыл бұрын

excellent explanation. thanks.

@donaldpniaczek572 3 жыл бұрын

Im.a lead guitar player and just started messing with a fiddle, like you're playing !

@janetzimmerman3832 6 ай бұрын

Wow so glad I found your channel! Just what I needed… thanks! I just take screen shots of your printed material.

@TheFiddleChannel 6 ай бұрын

Hi Janet. Glad you enjoyed this! You are always welcome to email me at haighchris@hotmail.com if you want the free pdf's from any of my videos.

@timmyv795 4 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I needed! I’ve been a guitar player for 30 years and I’m used to playing lead and rhythm at the same time. I have been struggling with this aspect on the fiddle. Thank you!

@TheFiddleChannel 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it useful. Experienced fiddle players do this kind of thing a lot, but I suspect without really thinking about it. For a learner I think it's a good idea to spell it out and make it a conscious goal.

@mariaviolina6427 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice, thank you for this dear Chris. I really appreciate and enjoy playing with You

@michaeltaylor7407 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant lesson! Thanks Chris

@TheFiddleChannel 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael!

@johntait491 4 жыл бұрын

Really excellent information and demonstration Chris. Like Nick (below) and your reply, I would like to, as you put it, "bluff my way" around a solo to accompany a Country/BG song in say A, G, D and maybe C, especially in an informal group situation where you're put "on the spot". I've been learning the two methods you suggest to avoid: ignoring the chords altogether and fumbling through, or else thinking only one chord at a time with blues pentatonic scales and licks. What you demonstrate above is a "seamless" way of integrating the chord sequence that presumably can be transposed and used frequently. I think you've hit on a subject and content that a lot of fiddlers would like to learn. Thank you. I'll look forward to publication of your book. ;-)

@TheFiddleChannel 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks John. I'm now working on "Ten Tips for playing fiddle with a singer", which will develop some of these ideas.

@SunnysideElla 3 жыл бұрын

Great lesson, thanks!

@TheFiddleChannel 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kathy!

@saudalkaabi58 4 жыл бұрын

Very well master

@rocknroller912 4 жыл бұрын

Great teaching again. It's given me a much greater understanding of how to get away from basic playing. You mentioned double stops and the lower note being the follower but I couldn't quite pick out what your fingering was. Would it be possible the expand on this a little bit please for slow learners like me, or do you sell a book where it's explained.

@nickcheetham 4 жыл бұрын

Another great video Chris. Thanks. A question (and maybe a suggestion for another lesson). I enjoy dropping into our local pub ( pre-covid lock down, hopefully we will return to this) and joining in accompanying the (mainly guitar player)/singers playing covers of anything from Beatles through Rod Stewart to Oasis. Some tunes I know, others I don't but can sort of pick out the chords. I tend to just play the rootthat I can hear of each chord with maybe some arpeggio embellishments. Alternatively I just double stop fifths (open G/D, open D/E, first finger on A and E on the D string for one of the most popular progressions). I like the scale of sixths that you suggest. Here is the question is this scale of 6ths just the same as playing root and third above? And is this an alternative way of getting this accompaniment pattern? And here is The suggestion: a fiddle players "survival guide" to accompanient in the moment when asked to join in with a tune you are not familiar with. Thanks again Chris.

@TheFiddleChannel 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Nick. Glad you enjoyed this one. Your suggestion is an excellent one. The pub scenario you describe is probably what I'm best at, and I have every trick in the book for bluffing my way through songs I don't know! That's certainly a video I will put on the shortlist. Watch out for my chopping video next week- very relevant to pub singer accompaniment!. In reply to your question the answer is yes, a sixth below is the same as a third above. The advantage of a sixth below is that the root, rather than the third, is the note you want to stress, so better to place the third in a lower pitch rather than have it dominating.