hotsauce’s three hundred and seventy comments

So I'm coming to realize that I have to change my violin bridge every year or two because the bridge has collapsed enough that it's touching the foot in the E-string side. Is this normal or do I need a different luthier installing my bridges? more…

Regarding the 2/4 time signature applied to both polkas and marches: more…

The tune I have that seems fits those notes is called "If I Had a Wife" in the recording I have. I believe those sorts of songs were used to help teach tunes in the days before recording devices, since lyrics are easier to remember than simple notes. Raym... more…

I'm not a copyright attorney, but if you're planning on doing anything with the transcriptions here it would be safest to assume that they are not more…

Several years of looking down and to my left while fiddling gave me cervical stenosis, which manifested at age 46. A month or so of physical therapy cleared it up, and neck and shoulder stretches have kept it at bay. more…

I have not experienced this difficulty with the CD more…

Thanks everyone! Time to see what schedules and finances have to say. more…

I don't suppose anybody here knows where one could get a digital copy of this recording more…

For the past two years I've been able to make it to the Patrick O'Keefe festival in Castleisland, Co. Kerry, but this year my schedule forbids it. So now I'm on the lookout for another way to get my fix; any festival that focuses on the music of Sliabh Lu... more…

Learning to learn by ear is actually really really good for the aging brain, so I recommend it for that reason alone. more…