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Tuning A Violin for Playing Fiddle Music
Why It's Important to Tune a Violin When Playing Fiddle Music
Tuning a Fiddle Using the Standard Tuning Technique
How To Tune One Fiddle to Another
Fine Tuning a Fiddle to a Quartz Tuner
Fine Tuning a Fiddle to an E Tuner
Using a Tuning Fork to Tune a Fiddle
Why & How Fiddles Go Out of Tune
How Often You Should Tune a Fiddle
Tuning A Fiddle To The Piano
Using Fine Tuners on a Fiddle to Get the Correct Pitch
Using the Pegs to Tune a Fiddle
Stress On The Pegs When Tuning a Fiddle
Hear the Sound Of Playing A Tuned Fiddle
Overcoming the Physical Obstacles to Tuning a Fiddle
Fiddle Tuning Overview
Summary: Get an introduction into tuning a violin for playing fiddle music with expert music training tips in this free online instrument instruction video clip.
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
A fiddle is simply a violin that is used in bluegrass and country music. There is not much different about the two except that a fiddle's bridge is a bit less curved so that there is less right arm motion needed to bow the instrument quickly. This is to increase the speed at which a fiddle player is able to play. The rounded bridges of violins allow for better articulation on the notes. Fiddles, just as every other stringed instrument need to be tuned on a regular basis either to itself or to the other instruments it is being played with. It is good to learn how to tune your fiddle yourself quickly. It helps your own ear identify specific pitches and the tones your instrument creates when it is in and out of tune.
This is a great video clip series on learning how to tune your fiddle. Our expert has played for years and gives not one but many different choices of ways to tune your instrument. He shows you how to tune it to itself, to a piano, a tuning fork or an electronic tuner. There is no wrong way. Take your pick and practice every time you think your fiddle needs tuning. This series will help you develop your ear to know when your fiddle needs attention as well so you'll be ready to play any time!
This series is an Equilibrio Films production.
"Hello I'm David Kaynor for expertvillage.com. In this video series I'm going to discuss and demonstrate tuning the violin for playing fiddle music. I thought I would start out with a violin which is already in tune. So this violin is tuned E A D G, with the A which is often consider the reference tone...being at 440 hertz, 440 cycles per second. Back in the days of Baroque music, it is thought that the A, the standard A was somewhat lower; I think it was down around 415 or something like that. Apparently it has been creeping higher, and it could go higher still. So this is a violin that is in tune. Here is a violin which is not, and in the next segment I'm going to bring this violin into tune."
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