Quick question about Helicore strings & rosin… - The Session
Apr 12, 2010 · ↳ Posted by tradshark 15 years ago. Re: Quick question about Helicore strings & rosin… So the answer seems to be: for playing Irish folk music on Helicore strings, it doesn’t really matter …
D'Addario Prelude Strings on The Session
Jan 8, 2016 · D’Addario Prelude Strings Added by KNQuail 10 years ago. Order by newest or oldest D’Addario Prelude Strings I searched the discussions and haven’t seen much about the Prelude …
Best strings for trad fiddle. on The Session
Jun 9, 2024 · But my fiddle/violin has a strong preference for the Dominants, who knows why? It just sounds best with the Dominants. I have tried gut strings too, but playing outside and tuning every 10 …
Best Strings for Fiddle on The Session
Apr 8, 2004 · Re: Best Strings for Fiddle Anyone in the Toronto area may like to know about the Sound Post’s string lab - they let you try a variety of different types of strings on your fiddle so you can …
Viola strings on a violin? - The Session
Feb 18, 2003 · Re: Viola strings on a violin? Susie, are you tuning the viola-strung fiddle with viola tuning (CGDA?). I tried that once as an experiment (before I got into ITM) because my fiddle has a …
GDAE or EADG? on The Session
Dec 16, 2015 · If you buy a set of strings for a violin (or indeed, for any other stringed instrument) the envelope containing the lightest-gauge string is always marked “1st” - with the remainder being …
Violin rosin for dominant strings? on The Session
Jan 3, 2016 · Hi all! I have dominant strings on my violin, and use Hidersine Deluxe rosin on the bow (it has a rich deep fat wide sound on the lower strings, a wide broad rich bright sound on the middle …
At How many Hz do you tune your Violin ? on The Session
Mar 22, 2013 · A violin made to resonate best at a certain frequency would be prone to wolf tones. The best instruments react evenly across a wide spectrum of frequencies. Instead of tuning down, you …
Turning a violin into a viola on The Session
May 8, 2007 · ↳ Posted by blueviola 18 years ago. Re: Turning a violin into a viola It won’t sound like a viola, that’s for sure; the acoustics and resonances go all wrong when you put on viola strings; the C …
Fiddle strings on a viola - The Session
Jun 16, 2005 · If you put standard violin strings on a viola that is longer than a fiddle and tune them up to concert pitch tuning (A440), then those strings will be at a tension higher than their design specification.