OK, Once I got past the "eye candy factor" (which,believe me, took awhile🫤) I noticed the oldest daughter's bow hold . Not sure if all French Canadian Quebecois fiddlers hold their bows like this or not. She's definately got her own thing going on here.ttps://youtu.be/AF3TgdBIGMk?si=sPnsvlBBNHdHNoIq

Goodbye conventional bow hold. It's been 6 months and I just can't get acclimated to your standards. Im fed up with not being able to mange bow bounce, straight longbowing and overall bow control so i think i shant persist in struggling with you any longer. You leave me no alternative but to switch over to the Charlotte Le Blanc/Quebecouis fiddler bow hold. The conventional bow hold might work for some violinists but not for this "non-conformist/wierd artist grouchy old Hollander". I'm going to have to "breakaway" (because ,as the late,great Gary Richrath put it: "What's right for them may be wrong for you"). Ill keep working on all the rest of the WAD foundation stuff though. Pardon the torn up kitchen folks. I'm knee deep in a "DIY kitchen cabinet, house renovation".

Not sure if there's a discussion on here about people's string preferences (I didn't see one started so I'll just start one of my own). I have 2 violins that need strings. Does anyone have a brand of Strings that they are partial to?

Another violinist sent this to me today. We agreed we hadn’t thought much about Hot Cross Buns being an actual food item. Happy Easter! 😋🎻

I’ve never videoed my play but I just learned a lot from it! I would love tips on how to bow like a fiddler, please. Not sure if this is where I’m supposed to add a video? Thank you!