5 TIPS for learning fiddle tunes BY EAR

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00:00 Hello!
00:56 Two ways of learning by ear: Call-and-Response & Session-Style
02:04 Tip #1: Know your scales and arpeggios!
04:10 Tip #2: Know what the tune sounds like
05:04 Tip #3: Start small and slow
06:16 Tip #4: Get comfortable with trial & error
07:28 Tip #5: Learn a small part of the tune and build on it
08:18 BONUS TIP: Spend quality time with your instrument
Please note that I’m a folk musician and fiddler, and I don’t consider myself a classical violinist. In my experience of the folk tradition, techniques tend to be somewhat informal, variable, and flexible, so take what I say with a grain of salt :) My thoughts on fiddling are based on my own personal musical experience. If you’re looking for more formal violin technique and instruction, there are other resources out there that are geared towards that!
These videos are not intended as a substitute for the advice of a medical professional (when it comes to any thoughts on techniques such as posture, hand placement, etc).
Happy fiddling, friends!

Пікірлер: 32

@sman5877 29 күн бұрын

i like the way you hold the bow. i thought the bow had to be held at the end .

@cearuilinjayne745 3 ай бұрын

I started Irish Violin. Sharon Corr plays flawless and intune so well, she was classically trained. I found a tutor and am Baroue/Classically trained and I study Irish Violin in my own time. it helps so much to so 'How to play' by the book, then you know how to 'Not play by the book' and can mix up a set list for live performance with Irish and Classical or even give Classical phrases an Irish lilt at times. It all came fro mBaroque music Irish Violin went one way, and Classical the other way

@randysanders777 Жыл бұрын

You are teaching me to play great mandolin . I follow you and I'm having more success than any other method tried. Plus I live the music you vhoise. Thanks

@sgtcrab2569 Жыл бұрын

Find the left hand notes on a mandolin. The frets simplify things.

@Dominochaney 2 жыл бұрын

I have solely learned from KZfaq for a year and so far your videos are some of the best they aren’t rushed explained well for a novice and teaching fun songs are achievable I would recommend you over others for a beginner to gain confidence and want to continue.

@LizFaiellaMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you so much, Ryan!!

@johnhipp604 5 ай бұрын

can I ask you something

@robertshorthill6836 9 ай бұрын

Hello! The Silver Spire has been one of my favorite tunes for a long time. I first heard it played by Peakfiddler and tried to play it on mandolin since I don't play fiddle. Yes I listened to it played many times at slower speed and gradually worked it up. A very great tune, I should add. Thank you very much. Bob

@johngross9394 2 жыл бұрын

I started on by ear harmonica then piano guitar then violin by ear that's when I started to learn reading sheet music . acappela choir helped out alot

@LizFaiellaMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Singing is a HUGE help.

@mariasargent7742 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent advice, Thank you!

@Xaforn Жыл бұрын

My teacher told me I played by ear which apparently impressed her and I didn’t even realize I was doing it. I read sheet music just fine too. My frustration is converting what’s in my head to the instrument, but I have trouble doing that with words anyway when speaking.

@josequins9099 Жыл бұрын

What a gorgeous fiddle! I don't often see such dark polish.

@LizFaiellaMusic Жыл бұрын

I love it too!! Thank you!

@keithcary5103 2 жыл бұрын

Huzzah! This is excellent! You get so much relaxed teaching done in a really short time. (And relaxed is all-important in this subject!) Thanks a bunch!

@LizFaiellaMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Ain't that the truth!

@kelleysmith8079 2 жыл бұрын

ahhhhhhhhhhhh thank you!!! you are such a great find! i play a few instruments by ear, and i have been playing with bands, but i have never fiddled and am super intimidated because the notes seem to go super fast, and i'm not classically trained, so anything above an eighth note is like toooooo faaaast! i'm moving to nashville in a month or so though, so i figure i better add fiddling. hiding behind rhythmic bowing will only get me so far!!! i'm heading to your patreon page now!

@LizFaiellaMusic 2 жыл бұрын

You've got this!! Let me know how Nashville is. Tempting to move there... :)

@jsmbrown 2 жыл бұрын

Great tips. Song sounds like whiskey before breakfast.

@LizFaiellaMusic 2 жыл бұрын

It does!

@JustFiddler 2 жыл бұрын

bagus sekali ! matur suksma

@eg8736 Жыл бұрын

hey! this is such a helpful video. i play fiddle but haven't picked up my instrument in probably 5 years so i'm slowly getting the muscle memory back in prep for a slow jam session. i don't know how to play by ear, i'm a sheet music person, and i also don't know arpeggios or how keys work. where do you suggest i start on learning those? do you have videos on that, or outside resources? thank you! (edit: like, i'm not bad or a beginner at fiddling, i just struggle greatly with picking up a tune by ear)

@Donargot Жыл бұрын

Is that the "Whisky before Breakfast" Tune you're playing at the end?

@mrneil2 3 жыл бұрын

Love the tone of your fiddle. Can you tell us about it?

@LizFaiellaMusic 3 жыл бұрын

It's from France, lateish 1800s! It's factory-made and at the time it was actually not a top-o'-the-line violin by any means, but I LOVE its sound and am so grateful to have it. A friend of mine actually gave it to me.

@williambradford3627 2 жыл бұрын

@@LizFaiellaMusic It has a great sound!!

@Xaforn Жыл бұрын

@@LizFaiellaMusic beautiful sound

@stanjohnson591 Жыл бұрын

The violin I see looks very much like a JACQUES. BOCQUAY hand crafted in Paris, France made between 1723-1736 the maker's death. If the neck is grafted, & a label that is correct would help . I have studied this maker, it screams Bocquay, Boquay. What else would cause that sound?

@raymondblacklock 3 жыл бұрын

sometimes I can hear something and play it no problem. I once learned a tune by ear and when I played it with back up it was all out of meter so kinda made me not trust myself. A teacher I took lessons from once told me I just needed a shot of tequila

@LizFaiellaMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Now THAT should have been tip #6 in this video