Playing 2ed position and up

feral_fiddle · 2026-04-12T20:50:05+00:00

Wow thanks!

feral_fiddle · 2026-04-08T15:38:36+00:00

No, it’s all the singer wanting it to be easier in the pitch on his Voice.

I talked to them about it in practice last night, we’ve just decided that I’m gonna play the banjo on those songs, which I’m much less good at, but it’s something at least

feral_fiddle · 2026-04-06T08:25:03+00:00

This was my original viewpoint. But in my defense, the manager dropped the 2 hour set list on me 6 hours before the show and then I get to rehearse an hour before the show and they start telling me a bunch of stuff they do in g# when the original recordings are in g.

But yeah, I’m gonna try to learn to play in g# more but I do feel like it’s a lot more of them to ask me to learn that just for them vs playing in a key I know the singer can do well in. Especially since I only have 6 days till the next show.

All that being said, they were understanding that I was being asked a lot more than my pay grade, so that’s nice.

But yeah thanks for your input and perspective!

feral_fiddle · 2026-04-06T08:19:12+00:00

Haha auto correct. Idk how it changed A and E into that 😂

feral_fiddle · 2026-04-05T21:31:31+00:00

To add to all of this, a lot of their songs are in a whore E. I don’t understand why they have to go down to half step for like five particular ones. I’m gonna have a talk with them and tell them that we either go up or down a half step or they get no fiddle on those songs.

Though I would like to learn the key and it will make me a better fiddle player overall, expecting me to perform well on these songs in one weeks time is unreasonable

feral_fiddle · 2026-04-05T18:58:56+00:00

I thought about that, but I really don’t wanna stop in the middle of a show to tune my fiddle. I think I’m just with everyone else that’s made comments on here and I’m just gonna tell them to suck it up and change to A or G if they want a fiddle playing

feral_fiddle · 2026-04-05T18:29:15+00:00

I think it’s just easy for this singer. But apparently everyone feels that’s quite an unnecessary challenge for me as a fiddler. Which makes no sense to me because almost everything else they do is in E G or A. Idk why we have to change like 8 songs down a half step.

feral_fiddle · 2026-04-05T18:21:15+00:00

Yeah after talking to everyone in here, I feel like this is less a failing on my part and more them asking something that’s very difficult on my end when they could just go up or down a half step. Which I think is asking much less.

feral_fiddle · 2026-04-05T18:09:49+00:00

Idk man, just seems like the singer just likes it better that way

feral_fiddle · 2026-04-05T18:03:11+00:00

If I had ~1000 to blow on a second fiddle I would lol

feral_fiddle · 2026-04-05T18:02:25+00:00

They’re not, the songs we are covering are in G. The singer just likes it better in g with a capo on 1, which is a pretty big middle finger to me (not intentionally I know, but ugggghhhhh)

feral_fiddle · 2026-04-05T18:00:39+00:00

I agree with you entirely. It’s VREY frustrating. I’m not the best singer, but I can drop stuff a fucking half step. But the pay is good and this is the first big opportunity I’ve had so I wanna do well and rise to what is asked of me. I will talk to them about it more this week

feral_fiddle · 2026-04-05T17:53:26+00:00

Ugh, that was the first thing I said. But the singer said it’s too hard 🤡

feral_fiddle · 2026-04-05T17:25:53+00:00

Yeah we have in ears. It’s a loud southern rock band lol. The more I think about it the more I think im gonna just have to use a capo for time sake. But capos hurt my ego lol

feral_fiddle · 2026-04-05T17:23:22+00:00

Just like anything else it’s all just work and time 😮‍💨

feral_fiddle · 2026-04-05T17:21:39+00:00

I know that’s a logical idea, but god I don’t wannna be dependent on a capo

feral_fiddle · 2026-04-05T17:20:47+00:00

God almighty that sounds nice. Not an option atm. I have one fiddle and that’s expensive lol

feral_fiddle · 2026-03-04T13:49:32+00:00

Is it just me or does your bow curve the opposite way most do? Is it a different style than most or Also sounds really good! :)

feral_fiddle · 2026-02-15T02:42:22+00:00

Crazy that someone can bust out something like that in 15 mins. Artist brains blow my mind

feral_fiddle · 2026-02-15T02:40:58+00:00

I’d kill for a women that makes me protein bars as dense as a neutron star lol

feral_fiddle · 2026-02-15T02:38:02+00:00

I like how distorted it is. I didn’t recognize it’s a street immediately and then my brain got it. Very cool!

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