THREE FORKS (AP) -- Watching 16-year-old Jake Zeadow play his fiddle can be a jaw-dropping experience. His bow glides across the instrument's strings while his fingers dance along the tailpiece. The ...
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How Old-Time Fiddle Music Took Root in Indigenous Alaska
A fiddle erupts; an electric guitar wails; a keyboard drives out steady chords. Under colorful paper decorations dangling from the ceiling, couples two-step across a worn dance floor, while elders nod ...
MOUNT AIRY, N.C. — Jimmy Vipperman is one phenomenal fiddler. The Mount Airy man can play just about anything by ear. “My philosophy is if I can hum it I should be able to play it,” he said.
“Won’t you play a piece for our American visitor?” asked the teacher. Shinichi Suzuki’s violin pupils scurried into formation against the walls of a bare Japanese room, swung their instruments under ...
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