The fiddling for classical violinists
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https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-6377.2000.57807Keywords:
American folk fiddling, violin technique, performance practice, popular music, instrumental musicAbstract
This article is part of my doctoral dissertation (University of lowa, USA, 1999) and has a twofold purpose. The first is to analyze and define the technique of American folk fiddling, based on my observation of hundreds of fiddlers, on twenty four years of my own experience as a traditional American fiddler and on a comparison between this style (basic shuffle, string crossing, drones, melodic ornaments, slides, hoe-downs, hompipes, breakdowns, waltzes and reels) and the style of the classical violin. The second purpose of this paper is to provide the classical violinist with a systematized approach for learning how to reproduce an authentic fiddle sound. It also includes a brief "state of the art" review of classical violin methods and anticipates parts of my book "Fiddling for Classical Violinists", scheduled to be released in the beginning of 2001 by Mel Bay Publishing.
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