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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: Learn how to fine tune a fiddle to a quartz tuner 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 segment I'm going to discuss fine tuning a violin to a quartz tuner. Quartz tuners have become standard equipment for a lot of performing musicians as well as students, and they are really useful. I'm not able to talk concisely about why they work, but I can tell you that they do. And these automatic tuners simply respond to sounds, like it is now responding to my voice. And if I play a note, it assesses the note's pitch—a red light flashes on this one—a red light flashes for either flat or sharp. A green light flashes if it is in tune, and this cute little needle, which may not be really visible on a video, gives me a visual representation of how far from being in tune my note is. If I play a A...because of the vagaries of my playing, and to some degree the vagaries of vibrating strings and instruments, the tuner may indicate that my pitch is changing. When that happens, I tend to just try to get the string to be in tune most of the time. I'm going to go through this strings really quickly, starting with the A... close enough. The D... sharp... close enough... and now the G...quite flat. Looks good... the E...sharp. Good enough for the moment. Now because the strings are stretching and the bridge is probably moving, all of the strings need retuning. Here is the A again. "
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