Summary: Learn why the instrument position can change when playing fiddle with expert music training tips in this free online instrument instruction video clip for beginners.
David Kaynor has over 30 years of fiddle playing experience. He currently teaches and plays the fiddle in the Connecticut River Valley. He can be often found calling music and playing...read more
" Hi! I’m David Kaynor for expertvillage.com, and I’m going to demonstrate the moment to moment modification of the more or less standard violin holding position in the playing of a fiddle tune. This I’m starting out in what you might say was approximately standard violin position, but fiddlers aren’t often required to remain in one position because of having to look at sheet music or because of being in a really crowded carefully arranged orchestral seating. So then they’re more free to move around; I’m sitting down at the moment, but I often play standing up. And my playing position will change over the course of this tune…"
eHow Article: How Fiddle Position Can Change When Playing