eHow launches Android app: Get the best of eHow on the go.
(1 Ratings)
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: Hear an example of an out of tune fiddle and the first step to tuning it 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
" Hi I'm David Kaynor for expertvillage.com. In this video series I'm discussing tuning the violin. And one logical place to start is with the question why? It is a good question. Here we have a violin which might be in tune and it might not, and if I simply start playing on it, we could conclude that it would be very difficult for me to play enjoyable music to a westerner's ear on this instrument. Now I actually can play a tune. However, I can't play it in a standard approach to the violin. So I have to do something. And the first thing that a fiddler has to be able to do is get the fiddle to sound pleasant.. simply relative to itself. And so without even drawing on a reference tone, as from a piano, or a tuning fork or a electronic tuner, I can simply take a string on my fiddle...in this case an A, and think “well, does that sound like it could be a tone to work from?” The answer is maybe. So I'm now going to tune this string relative to i,t and that sounds like a pleasing interval. And that sounds like a pleasing interval. That does not. So I have tuned my G string up a little bit to make a interval sound that sounds good to me with the D string. I have tuned the D and the A to sound pleasant. I have tuned the A and the E to sound pleasant. And what I get now..."
eHow Article: Why It's Important to Tune a Violin When Playing Fiddle Music
Copyright © 1999-2009 eHow, Inc. Use of this web site constitutes acceptance of the eHow Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. en-US Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and shared by Google and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License.
