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Reddit mentions of Bluegrass Fiddle and Beyond: Etudes and Ideas for the Modern Fiddler
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Reddit mentions: 2
We found 2 Reddit mentions of Bluegrass Fiddle and Beyond: Etudes and Ideas for the Modern Fiddler. Here are the top ones.
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- Integrates the head shell and cartridge into one piece
- Innovative features for today's DJs and turntables
- The new standard for club DJs
- Cartridges perform more accurately
- Requires less tracking force to stay in the record groove
- Less destruction to record groove
- Skip Resistance: high
- Output: high
- Record Wear: very low
- Sound Emphasis: solid drop bass with detailed mids and highs
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Specs:
| Height | 12 Inches |
| Length | 9 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Release date | April 2010 |
| Weight | 0.52 Pounds |
| Width | 0.217 Inches |
Similar to what the other poster said, bluegrass is a living music form, with lots of improvisation and some particular "sound" that is bluegrass.
There are a lot of levels of layers to even the simplest songs, so that an "advanced" bluegrass player would be playing the exact same song as a beginner, but because they layer on more and more techniques and textures, it becomes a wonderful sound.
Also yes, most bluegrass and traditional violin music is not written as played. There are guidelines and sheet music for anthropological reasons (ie to keep a record of the music of particular musicians before they die of old age), but the real "advanced" bluegrass is being invented by the next generation all the time.
A great intro to some bluegrass sounds is Matt Glaser's Bluegrass and beyond fiddle book. https://www.amazon.ca/Bluegrass-Fiddle-Beyond-Etudes-Fiddler/dp/0876391080/
It's got a CD that I really love and I play it all the time and try to jam to it.
Matt is a faculty at Berklee College, and he together with Bruce Molsky are my favourites at the moment for old time and bluegrass fiddling.
Hard to say without knowing where you are, but there's a few subs devoted to theory, practice routines and getting ready for your first playing outs: /r/jazzTheory, /r/woodShed, /r/jazzadvice. Also books fo rviolin by Julie Lieberman: Contemporary Violinist. Some other books that are good:
Basic tools are the first 6 modes and harmonic minor over 7th chords plus some 6ths and sus chords thrown in, for prebop jazz and other genres.
In /r/jazz i remember pro players advising students to forget about books. Instead, listen a lot, transcribe, learn how to work lead sheets and chord charts (usu. from Real Books) and then later you can read books and put words to describe what you're playing