I'm an orchestra teacher and a bluegrass fiddle player....Improv scares the heck out of me and I've looked for resources everywhere. After playing fiddle for nearly 30 years, this is exactly what I was looking for to help change my game. Thanks for putting this out there.
@dustinballard6057
5 жыл бұрын
Greg Marsee Thank you Greg, glad it was helpful!
@jacksexton4490
5 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best videos ever.
@JustFiddler
3 жыл бұрын
true
@rebekahbonne8688
3 жыл бұрын
This is THEEE best video ever!!!!
@amusicment4829
2 жыл бұрын
It really is
@winstonanderson8828
Жыл бұрын
Fr
@boylethepig
Жыл бұрын
Agreee
@manvsviolin1271
Жыл бұрын
Man, that was fantastic; that was a lot of great playing in such a short amount of time!
@ralphmartynsamaniego7017
5 жыл бұрын
This is exactly what I've been looking for! Snippets for Improvisation. Thank you!
@dustinballard6057
5 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful, Ralph!
@marcschmitt7513
5 жыл бұрын
Have watched loads of fantastic improvisation videos by outstanding violinists but I must say this one tops them all. Actually looks and sounds feasible and brings a smile to my face. Thanks a million!
@dustyfiddles
5 жыл бұрын
Aww, thanks Marc!
@chelseadennis7851
2 жыл бұрын
now if you can go into detail on how you did each style i would be forever grateful
@betsyb6195
2 жыл бұрын
I never comment- but I am for this! So good! Thank you!
@sammdelyon8051
Жыл бұрын
Cette vidéo est une "mine d'or" ! Merci beaucoup de partager vos connaissances.
@adirondackcomposer
4 жыл бұрын
What an absolute treat! Thank You very much for all that hard work and those wonderful ideas.
@SKarlaArt
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome work! Love the collection of ideas, makes an interesting solo for sure!
@cathleenbarnard7845
3 жыл бұрын
That was amazing! Beautifully executed!
@ncao
4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful sounds - Put the whole video in the loop - replay for many many many times - lit up the whole day. Thank you. LOVE it
@dustyfiddles
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! That means a lot Nghia, glad to have brightened your day :)
@AaBbRrAaSsAaDOR
Жыл бұрын
AWSOME! It is not only useful for anyone who accepts the challenge, but so fun to listen - great job. BRAVO👏👍🌹
@dianagreenberg6207
2 жыл бұрын
absolutely brilliant. THANK YOU
@amusicment4829
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, how great is this! Thank you 👍🏽👏🏽
@eddyagosto8515
2 жыл бұрын
Very well done! I love the technique and the musicality and the performance, thank you!
@jimmartin7917
3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! I loved it!
@johntait491
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely marvellous. So much to learn here..!! Thank you so much.
@JIROYOSHIOKA
5 жыл бұрын
Omg that's awesome!!! Thank you 🙋🏻♂️🙋🏻♂️ I'll note down everything
@timmartin8191
2 жыл бұрын
This is great. Thanks for posting!
@xray476
5 жыл бұрын
This is what I need. Thank You!
@kofblz
Жыл бұрын
This is about the coolest thing I've ever seen. Great job and I can't wait to start copying it.
@fiddlestix3025
2 жыл бұрын
🤣😂😅👏 soo funny and so good! Love all these thingys, and it’s good to finally have a name for them, too 😉 Thanks for that, man 🙏
@grapeviolin
Жыл бұрын
Wow!!!! This is just what I've been looking for!!! You are so good, thank you so much for this "how to"!
@rebeccamouse9294
11 ай бұрын
This has given me a year of practice material. Excellent. Thx.
@darliehenry4251
5 ай бұрын
That was freaking gorgeous ! Love my instrument 😭
@susanidepatton9338
Жыл бұрын
Great! And I love the names!
@erikajordan1256
2 жыл бұрын
This is amusing and I can listen to this all day 🎶
@ElinaViolina
4 жыл бұрын
Nice "composition" - sounds really interesting / diversified and very useful - like a tutorial!
@Firstinversion899
4 жыл бұрын
$@$#%*ing BRILLIANT!!!!! Thanks so much. If I start workin on these tonight I’ll irritate the neighbors. Otherwise...., and Salt Peanuts, too!!!
@philnewton4844
Жыл бұрын
I love the whole tones
@pascalbaylon812
3 ай бұрын
The best.... Excellent Dustin. Thanks alot
@dearestsimone
3 жыл бұрын
I love this--thank you!
@ritabeazley5481
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! This is so good and I've tittered all through it lol! It's Ace!!.....and also very useful X 🎻
@jessestheories7586
4 жыл бұрын
So well done Master!
@inloveandwarband
4 жыл бұрын
This is so freaking awesome and the humor is also much appreciated lol. Super well done!!!
@dustinballard6057
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@davegmusicchannel
Жыл бұрын
you finally did what no one else has thought of to do, even though it´s the most obvious thing ever. this is so helpful, no matter the level of ability. thank you dustyfiddles...
@martapozsgai4812
Жыл бұрын
Great idea, great performance, great concentration!
@lookierebuddy2
4 жыл бұрын
What a resource! Thanks.
@sheilaryan5548
5 жыл бұрын
Great! Very helpful ideas. Thanks!
@leopardtiger1022
Жыл бұрын
Oh oh this is special demo excellent. Thank you for this video.
@_s827
9 ай бұрын
I love the fact that you named these things. Especially The Inebriated Shift and the Diminished Chromatic Thingy,
@zecalimazeca
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much and greetings from Brazil.
@dmcmac9619
4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! Thank You for this masterful demonstration. So much here to help me. I will be digging into this for months! Also, It's just a very cool stand alone piece. Just makes ya smile!
@dustinballard6057
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome, glad you enjoyed it Daniel!
@donng51
4 жыл бұрын
This is excellent, Dustin - Thank you!! You've really assembled and demonstrated an amazing collection of bluegrass/country fiddle licks. Master these licks and a fiddle player could perform effectively with just about any country western or bluegrass band. Any plans for Volume II? I'm sure there are many more fiddlers who would love to see that!!
@jaqui5024
5 жыл бұрын
Love it!!! Thank you 😊❤️
@SunnysideElla
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this GIFT, you’re the best for organizing and sharing. I ‘ll be practicing.
@dustyfiddles
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, hope it’s helpful Kathy!
@DerGangolf
4 жыл бұрын
Simple and great! Thank you!
@monoswinger
2 жыл бұрын
Extreme useful, thank you!
@fiddlemusik
2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! Flatifcation, Dim. Chro. thingy.... ROFL - Thank you for the humor and for manageable improv ideas!
@shiragoldmusic
Жыл бұрын
I need so many more videos like this
@vladimirangeles1066
4 жыл бұрын
Ame el vídeo, gracias. Muy útil para practicarle. Tnks sr ✨
@veronikakuznetsova7032
4 жыл бұрын
This is so cool, helpful and useful. Thank you!
@dustyfiddles
4 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful Veronika!
@moresquatsmoretwats6298
2 жыл бұрын
The jokes are hilarious 😂 Amazing video!!
@ponysmonicaharrison812
Жыл бұрын
Wow I want to do that😁 playing 2 months now and I Love it so much
@kc9kepextra460
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, thanks for posting this .. I’d bet those “licks” may work well on other instruments as well ..
@Jason-le3bp
4 жыл бұрын
Guitarists call them "Licks". Purists would say this is not improvisation. They are all musical cliches committed to muscle memory. However, they are an important part of improvisation because playing by muscle memory gives your brain a rest in between thinking about the math of chord inversions and rhythms. What I absolutely love about this video is that it gives a name to every lick. We should adopt it as a universal language.
@dustinballard6057
4 жыл бұрын
True, this is kind of a hodgepodge of fiddle licks and theory-based patterns I’ve either stolen or discovered over the years - more of a springboard into improvisation than pure improvisation, which could never be broken down into a list of “tricks” like I’ve done here :)
@johnmc3862
8 ай бұрын
Of lot of them are effects/ideas in lick format. Many are actually taken from the(country)guitar.
@johnmc3862
8 ай бұрын
@@dustinballard6057 Yes, a lot are ideas in the form of licks. Well done, a lot of these I play but hadn’t categorised or had a name for. A lot seem to be taken from country music.
@zmarwoo8344
15 күн бұрын
hmm...can one know that jazz musicians back in the day didn't play from muscle memory? did you ask them? sorry to disappoint but very fast passages, runs, licks in jazz do actually have to be practiced, otherwise impossible. improvisation actually mainly means having no sheet music but a bundle of ideas in your head and choosing what to play when and of course some on spot melodies that you're making up on the way. but as i have said fast runs do have to be practiced as in any music genre. apperently you don't play violin but this would normally apply to all instruments.
@jack002tuber
2 жыл бұрын
I'm late to the party but I hope to make up for it. Tons of ideas in there! wow thanks 🤣😂🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎶🎶🎶🎶🎻🎻🎻
@michaelharris9615
2 жыл бұрын
I agree with all the comments (at least the one's I read!). Had intended to study one per day, but with a bit of success on #1 I went on to #2 - and got stumped. Fortunately someone asked the question and you answered. Thank you for that. On to #3 (tomorrow). Grazie.
@dinamesgari1265
Жыл бұрын
Thank you thousand times
@86larsonrd
2 жыл бұрын
I keep coming back to this video over the years. I play sax (improv heaver) and find a lot in here for my own playing, but now I have 13 years old kid getting in to violin and just not digging on the classical music. This set of ideas really resonate with him. I'd love to have a follow on that does these a little more slowly, with some repetition, and some time hacks so younger players could use the video to learn. Still a great resource as it.
@dustyfiddles
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Adam! That means a lot.
@trabissalazar1966
2 жыл бұрын
Woooowwwww Saludos desde Mexico y gracias por compartir !!
@emircelaler
3 жыл бұрын
It's just PERFECT
@AlejandroGonzalez-ry4yr
Ай бұрын
I love it 😮❤
@davidsantos8289
4 жыл бұрын
You have excellent content right here!! Wish you could post more videos with great improvisation techniques and tutorials! you would make an amazing addition to the youtube content that actually really needs pros like you !! :) :D
@dustyfiddles
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much David! I don’t know how well I’d do at proper tutorials (there are some great ones already) but I’ll keep that in mind!
@thiagos.a4640
Жыл бұрын
Congratulations, i like it because it's very fun.
@hunkyhondo
3 жыл бұрын
just love this ...wish I had the sheet music to this to help .......
@mode2jiveband399
3 жыл бұрын
This is exactly what I am looking for!
@MissMoonshineDance
3 жыл бұрын
a fun and useful fiddlingcontribution- thanks!
@derekrichardson9133
Жыл бұрын
This is brilliant
@andreszuniga
5 жыл бұрын
So well done mister! How can anyone give unlike to this Video?
@Firstinversion899
4 жыл бұрын
Andrés Zúñiga by accident, of course-All thumbs
@deentrecasa9852
2 жыл бұрын
que genial!!!!! sin palabras puso de manifiesto a la mentira / cada trozo se desprende de un impulso interior /// felicitaciones !!!
@andreycunha4479
4 жыл бұрын
OMG! The best vioiin video i have ever sem. Well done!
Thank you so much for this video. I've been playing music since '64 and I never have mastered any bowed instrument (Lord knows I've tried). I can play guitar, bass, mandolin, banjo, dobro etc. but when it comes to the fiddle my left hand doesn't seem to get it. (I'm right handed). You make this look so easy and have inspired this old man (71) to keep at it. I did get a NS fretted 5 string a couple of years ago and that helped tremendously. I still play on the mandolin before I practice fiddle because it's tuned the same and the fingers get used to the smaller scale length. I can go up and down the scales pretty good and a few simple tunes but now, Thanks To YOU, I am finally seeing how to really have fun with the process. This means even more to me during this time of covid isolation (and all the stupidity in the world right now) because I live alone and music is the only thing that keeps me sane. May God bless you always and all ways.
@dustyfiddles
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the kind words Ed! Certainly never too late to try a new instrument (I started clarinet at age 30 and was quickly humbled by how hard it is to start as an adult - after 9 years of that I can only play passably, but it’s about the fun not the mastery right?) Cant wait until I can play with friends again - certainly a trying time for musicians now. Hang in there! PS - 71 is not old...my Dad’s age. I’ve even taught him a few musical tricks lately :)
@rhapsodyinblue6324
4 жыл бұрын
Wow!! Fantastic!
@garykurtz538
4 жыл бұрын
Love this.
@amynatzke1050
Жыл бұрын
This is the best.
@bobwerber2984
4 жыл бұрын
Un-frikin believable. Thanks!
@virusladd
5 жыл бұрын
Loved this
@judyswain9245
4 жыл бұрын
I agree! Wish he'd make more!
@jennacolombet2964
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much !! This is so smart !!
@dustinballard6057
4 жыл бұрын
Jenna Colombet Thanks! I like your videos Jenna.
@KCPraisesHim
2 жыл бұрын
AWESOME!! Cheers
@petromic1947
2 жыл бұрын
This is my best of best 👍👍👍👍👍
@hkviolinteacher
5 жыл бұрын
What a great summary of improvisation! Help me a lots! Million Thanks from Hong Kong! God bless you n Happy New Year !
@dustinballard6057
5 жыл бұрын
多謝 👍🏻
@hkviolinteacher
5 жыл бұрын
@@dustinballard6057 please play/demo more this kind of videos :)
@davivify
5 жыл бұрын
So nice to see and hear you again. Thought you disappeared from KZitem. Loved your Sweet Georgia Brown. And now a ton of very cool techniques :-)
@dustyfiddles
5 жыл бұрын
Dave March Thank you! I appreciate it.
@dustinballard6057
4 жыл бұрын
artiste soundbox Sorry! Just playing all this by ear.
@luisemillerin207
3 жыл бұрын
Damn, this video is gold! Thanks a lot, man, such great playing, amazing improv ideas, and I had to laugh out loud at several points. Thank you! 💙
@gibbonschip
3 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyable and fun playing. I'm a beginner and getting bored with my lessons. This is inspiring!
@dustyfiddles
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I think it’s important to occasionally step away from lessons and just experiment or be silly with your instrument.
@gibbonschip
3 жыл бұрын
dustyfiddles Thanks for your encouragement. I enjoy putting on a drone and just playing sounds with my fiddle. I’ve always loved improvisation which is how I found your video. But I’ve really got to work on technique if I’m to get any good at it. You have so much control over your playing.
@timpike4515
2 жыл бұрын
That was fun!
@garyritterstrings
2 жыл бұрын
Great playing.
@ClaraSaetiz
4 жыл бұрын
this video is all I ever needed
@dustyfiddles
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Clara! (P.S. Your illustrations are amazing!)
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