Re: Mandolin to fiddle
Don - If you want to try your hand at playing Fiddle - go for it & enjoy it. Age is no barrier to enjoyment,whether you're good ,bad or mediocre. If you want a fiddle,you might search your local area ads. Fiddles of 'not so fantastic' quality were made in their 1000s years back, & often many of then are offered for sale at very low cost.
As MikeZito mentions - the left hand placement is vastly different. The left hand really needs to come over the top of the fiddle to enable you to finger the notes correctly. There are dozens of YouTube clips demonstrating Violin playing to look at,
Ivan
Weber F-5 'Fern'.
Lebeda F-5 "Special".
Stelling Bellflower BANJO
Tokai - 'Tele-alike'.
Ellis DeLuxe "A" style.
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