Lift. I hear the term used to describe an element of a player’s style (“His/her playing has a great life to it.”); or an element of a tune (“that tune has a nice lift to it”); or even as an element of a set of tunes (“That tune really gave the set a nice lift”). It [...]
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Elements of “Lift”
Posted in Style on July 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bowing & Breathing
Posted in Early Entries, Practice, Style on February 4, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The pressure used in fiddle bowing technique roughly corresponds to the use of the diaphragm in breath control in flute playing. So…just as a fiddle player will use varying amounts of pressure when bowing to put a lift into his/her playing, so a flute player would use his/her diaphragm to this same end.
The important point, [...]
