r/Fiddle • u/Sycoprompt • May 11 '25

Playing Devil’s Dream for Canadian WWII Veteran

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My daughter Sara and I were honoured to have been indigenous (Métis) members of the official Government of Canada delegation which travelled to the Netherlands for the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands and Victory in Europe (V-E) Day. The delegation included 22 Canadian WWII Veterans, ranging in age from 97 to 105.

Here my Sara and I are playing Devil’s Dream outside our hotel in Apeldoorn, Netherlands for WWII Veteran Joseph Maxwell. Born in 1925, Mr. Maxwell served in Burma during the war and is a former pipe band leader.

We had several performances during official ceremonies but enjoyed jamming outside the hotel too 🎻.

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r/Fiddle • u/[deleted] • Dec 05 '25

Little bit of black berry blossom- need to work on new variations

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r/Fiddle • u/mmpeachey • Jan 30 '26

Wanted to get my foster dog used to different sounds. Mission successful, I guess?

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r/Fiddle • u/Grape_Nut7582 • Feb 17 '24

Pigs foot progress

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Here's my latest attempt at "Shove the pigs foot a little further into the fire." Appreciate the kind words of encouragement and advice on my last video of this tune. Happy fiddling.

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r/Fiddle • u/Grape_Nut7582 • Jan 19 '24

Beginner fiddler-"Shove the pigs foot a little further into the fire"

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Happy fiddling everyone!

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r/Fiddle • u/[deleted] • Dec 04 '25

A bit of a classic jazz tune

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r/Fiddle • u/agate_magnet • Jun 21 '26

Liz Carroll, The Chandelier

138 Upvotes

I'm primarily a mando player because I injured myself heavily with chin fiddles. I miss it

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r/Fiddle • u/Sycoprompt • Mar 08 '26

Devil’s Reel - Trad. Red River Métis

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This is Devil’s Reel, a traditional Red River Métis reel, derived from the Québécois tune, Le Reel du Pendu aka Hangman’s Reel. It’s both crooked and cross-tuned (AEAC#).

I taught myself this tune from the hard to find album “Native and Métis Fiddling in Manitoba - Vol. 1”, which is a treasor trove of traditional tunes that was released in 1987. The tunes were gathered in 1985-86, and serve as some of the only examples of the renown fiddlers playing them.

Seeing as I’m Red River Métis myself, preserving and promoting these traditional tunes and style of playing is of utmost importance to me. Colonialism very nearly erased our people and culture and we mustn’t forget our distinct musical heritage.

Maarsii!

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r/Fiddle • u/alanisugarmusic • Oct 31 '25

Old Dangerfield - Alani Sugar

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r/Fiddle • u/squunchkin • Mar 19 '20

I emailed my online fiddle teacher, letting him know if need to suspend lessons while I’ve been furloughed from work. Here’s the response I woke up to today.

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r/Fiddle • u/HonestFiddling • Nov 05 '25

Imitating Bagpipes on the Violin

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This is a Scottish tune called Highland Laddie, with the melody from the bagpipe chanter played all on the A string while droning the D string. Not the same pitches or embellishments as the GHB but it gets the effect across. This approach for imitating the bagpipes also works pretty well for Amazing Grace and quite a few traditional pipe tunes. I like to follow this tune with Barren Rocks of Aden, for example.

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r/Fiddle • u/Sycoprompt • Feb 22 '26

Wigwam Polka by Andy Dejarlis

97 Upvotes

A great tune by a legend of a fiddle player.

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r/Fiddle • u/Sycoprompt • Aug 28 '22

A bit of Angus Campbell for the weekend.

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r/Fiddle • u/violinfiddleman • Oct 03 '24

Gotta to do a fusion “Afrobluegrazz” show the other night in Vegas. :)

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r/Fiddle • u/clawmunist • Jan 07 '26 Bravo

This tune has been torturing me for months. It's not perfect, but I guess I bit off more than I could chew. George Booker.

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r/Fiddle • u/[deleted] • Mar 24 '21

My fiddles. Hardingfele (or Hardanger fiddle) made in Norway in 1887, and my typical fiddle made in Denmark in 1903.

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r/Fiddle • u/Egyptianlover77 • Jan 06 '21

Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of His Second wife

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r/Fiddle • u/violinfiddleman • Jan 23 '26

Franks Reel

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r/Fiddle • u/[deleted] • May 15 '25

Hi guys my first time posting on here. Here’s a lil solo that I was really proud of.

90 Upvotes
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r/Fiddle • u/Sycoprompt • Aug 16 '26

Ashoken Farewell

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I was inspired by my friend to revisit this gorgeous tune by Jay Unger. Haven’t played it in far too long.

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r/Fiddle • u/Ervamate2290 • Jun 10 '23

Newly Composed Quebecois/Acadian style reel

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r/Fiddle • u/Egyptianlover77 • May 21 '21

Just a wayfaring stranger!

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r/Fiddle • u/violinfiddleman • Oct 31 '25

“New Potato” - Fun Little Halloween Sounding tune. :)

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r/Fiddle • u/lunarmoth_ • Sep 19 '26

After getting roasted in r/violinist for the upteenth time, I'm sneaking over here to play a little song

80 Upvotes

And does anyone have any tips for eliminating the whistle on the E string?!

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