PHRASING & EXPRESSIVENESS for fiddlers ✨ Make your fiddle sing

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Outline
00:00 Welcome!
00:52 Three tools for expressive playing
01:01 Tool #1: Dynamics
01:17 Tool #2: Vibrato
01:42 Tool #3: "Breath"
02:07 Phrasing
02:28 The organizing principle: Follow your heart!
03:15 Divide the tune into phrases and find the high points
03:28 The whole tune
04:13 Half of the tune
05:21 Four-bar phrases
06:00 Two-bar phrases
07:14 Apply dynamics, vibrato, and breath to each phrase
10:05 Concluding thought: Try singing your tunes!
10:41 Thanks and happy fiddling!

Please note that I’m a folk musician and fiddler, and I don’t consider myself a classical violinist. In my experience of the folk tradition, techniques tend to be somewhat informal, variable, and flexible, so take what I say with a grain of salt :) My thoughts on fiddling are based on my own personal musical experience. If you’re looking for more formal violin technique and instruction, there are other resources out there that are geared towards that!

These videos are not intended as a substitute for the advice of a medical professional (when it comes to any thoughts on techniques such as posture, hand placement, etc).

Happy fiddling, friends!