We have thousands of human-written stories, discussions, interviews and reviews from today through the past 20+ years. Find them here:
Printer-friendly version
Eileen Geriak

Yeah ! Lots of time to practice !

June 27, 2006 at 12:00 AM

Yahoo ! School is out and I can practice and play for hours if I want !! :D I'll probably drive my kids nuts, but hey....they drive me nuts sometimes so fair's fair !

My fiddle group is playing for a local train historical thing going on next weekend. It should be fun, but I'll probably have trouble keeping up with some of the tunes. For some odd reason..I can play those tunes just fine by myself, but totally loose it when I have the pressure of keeping up with what everyone else is doing. They always play faster when we're doing a public thing..lol.

I think I prefer playing the classical stuff to fiddle tunes. There's alot more finess involved in playing classical. It's more of a challenge and it matters more that you play "well". Sometimes you get going so fast with some of those fiddle tunes that you end up washing over alot of the notes but you're going so fast no one seems to notice. Ah well, it's fun and an opportunity to get together with others who share a love for this instrument. I have heard some really good fiddlers and I'd LOVE to be able to play like that someday....but.....lol.....that's a LONG way off for me ! :D

This entry has been archived and is no longer accepting comments.

Facebook YouTube Instagram RSS feed Email

Violinist.com is made possible by...

Shar Music
Shar Music

Violinist.com Shopping Guide
Violinist.com Shopping Guide

Violinist.com Holiday Gift Guide
Violinist.com Shopping Guide

Larsen Strings
Larsen Strings

Peter Infeld Strings
Peter Infeld Strings

JR Judd Violins
JR Judd Violins

Dimitri Musafia, Master Maker of Violin and Viola Cases
Dimitri Musafia, Master Maker of Violin and Viola Cases

Pirastro Strings
Pirastro Strings

International Violin Competition of Indianapolis
International Violin Competition of Indianapolis

Thomastik-Infeld

LA Phil

Bobelock Cases

FiddlerShop

Fiddlerman.com

Metzler Violin Shop

Bay Fine Strings Violin Shop

Violin Lab

Barenreiter

LA Violin Shop

Johnson String Instrument/Carriage House Violins

Corilon Violins

Nazareth Gevorkian Violins

Subscribe

Laurie's Books

Discover the best of Violinist.com in these collections of editor Laurie Niles' exclusive interviews.

Violinist.com Interviews Volume 1
Violinist.com Interviews Volume 1, with introduction by Hilary Hahn

Violinist.com Interviews Volume 2
Violinist.com Interviews Volume 2, with introduction by Rachel Barton Pine