anji's fiddle diary is a place where I want to share my love affair with the violin with you. I tend more towards a fiddle player than a classical violinist, which is why it's called a fiddle diary.
basically I live in the wop wops, where my musical life has died a horrible death for the last few years and ......I can't stand it any more!!!!! I have to play music and I have to share it. If I don't i'm gonna die, spiritually if not physically.
Hardly even picked up the violin for months and months, so the purpose of this diary is to provide an outlet for my music and to share with other fiddle players, musicans and anyone who likes to listen, my daily explorations on the violin.
I have a big emphasis on improvisation, which is where my heart lies. Some of what I'll share here is basically "doodling" on the violin. Slowly developing themes and ideas that will grow and change over time.
I also want to share some of the tunes that I really enjoy playing and hearing, with improvised breaks that relate to the tunes.
I'm basically trying to develop my own unique style of playing, rather than copying anyone else.
I think that the guitar for example has been thoroughly explored and there is a huge range of guitar styles out thers, but the violin is still in it's infancy as a modern instrument. It's possible range of expressive qualities, and potential styles has hardly begun to be fully explored and it's such a versatile instrument.
All I want to do is contribute just a little to the development of the violin and add my little twist to what's already out there.
Also want to incorporate electric violin and peddles for a broad range of sounds and styles
hope someone out there enjoys what I do.
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Hi Anji,
ReplyDeleteAwesome work making a blog to chart your explorations into modern incantations of fiddle playing!
i play flute with Imogen in a fun "brass" band (they let me come along even though i'm a lowly woodwind ;). Listening to your playing, i wonder if you'd be interested in coming along to another fun musical space some friends and i create. We are in the babybaby phase of exploring what we can do together, but so far it's manifested itself as an explorative jam around welsh herdsmen songs, klezmer songs, and toe-tappin' gypsy tunes.
Depending on the day, we usually have an alto flute, flute(s), guitar(s), percussion (when one of us can figure out how to tie a shaker to an ankle!), and recently a fiddle player has come along.
When we meet, it's usually on a Sunday, though this weekend will be Saturday arvo.
:)
kamea
Sound nice, unfortunately I'm not in wellington very often but maybe we can get together next time I visit. May not be for a while but I'll let Imogen know if I'm coming down. by the way these videos were done when I was very very very out of practise, would sound a lot more polished if my fingers were back to where they should be. I love the tune "bluegrass in the backwoods" (you can find it on you tube), thinking of learning that next and posting it if I get around to it. All the best with your "band" sounds fun
ReplyDelete:-) Angela