Old-Time Fiddling Tips by Bruce Molsky

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  @robertshorthill4153 · 5 years ago

  I play a bit of mandolin.  I learn some things every week.  I don't practice enough like I should.  I love the damn thing to the point of tears and shame for not playing more.  My family does'nt care to hear me practice these old timey tunes-- they like the country crap being generated ad nauseam these days, so I  have to practice in my unheated studio. Summer is coming and good weather, so I can sit out near my garden to play.  Listening to this gent makes me appreciate the fiddle more than I already do.  If I ever decided to take up the fiddle  (?) and I could afford lessons, Bruce would definitely be the guy I would go to, to get me on the right path.!!   So much good music to be had, so little time.

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  @floydwebtube · 8 years ago

  At 57 years old, I just got a fiddle. Been playing guitar forever. This video is just fantastic! Thank you, Sir! I feel like this is such a natural progression for me. I must thank Molly Tuttle and her music for inspiring me into the bluegrass/Appalachia genre.Check her out!

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• ST

  @stacy2point0 · 6 years ago

  Just moved to Missouri... So I want to learn fiddle like I've always wanted.   I am an adult (50) learner so wish me luck.

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• LA

  @larrykohling · 12 years ago

  Six months later and my playing has improved ten fold. Thank you!

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  @stevecantrell8411 · 4 years ago

  How can you not like this music if you have any soul at all?

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  @angelvoice2376 · 2 years ago

  Absolutely fantastic teacher - truly one of a kind! Thank you for your exceptional patience and expertise. There are tutors, and then there is you! ❤

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  @colindouglas7769 · 4 years ago

  I had the great pleasure of meeting Bruce and sharing a few tunes with him at one of the early Niel Gow Fiddle Festivals when I had the amazing honour of being the custodian of one of the fiddles of Scotland's legendary fiddler Niel Gow.  It's always great to see the masters of the fiddling arts passing on their knowledge in such a clear concise manner.

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  @tallen1628 · 3 years ago

  Just listened to the 'candy girl' intro at the beginning of this video at half speed and realised just how much groove and subteltly is at play here... Wow.

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  @superrobot3187 · 12 years ago

  HE PLAYED US LIKE A DAMN FIDDLE

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  @2pups43vRnmyHRT · 10 years ago

  LOVE!!! Just bought a fiddle this week and started lessons the next day.  So I have only had one lesson so far but its my dream to play fiddle music like this someday.  I have wanted to learn for 20 years!!

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  @joeroberson6676 · 11 years ago

  I read music and have been playing the violin for a over 46 years now but have such a hard time &nbsp;getting my playing to stop sounding like a violin and start sounding like &quot;the fiddle&quot; with that &quot;swing sound&quot;. &nbsp;Your presentation was so enlightening! &nbsp;I didn&apos;t practice but concentrated on listening to you until you showed the &quot;fulcrum&quot; style and I just had to try it before listening to the rest of your video. &nbsp;I could not believe how hard it was for me to bow that was as many years as I&apos;ve been playing. &nbsp;:&lt;( &nbsp;<br>NO WONDER I&apos;ve been having so many problems learning this style of play! &nbsp;I appreciate your demonstration so much and really enjoyed listening to your song at the end! &nbsp;THANKS!!!!

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  @tylerbrandon460 · 3 years ago

  I still haven&apos;t found my socks!

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