Off Beat The Tabolin – Part 2, Construction and Exploration.June 10, 2021Instruments, Materials, Off-Beat Violins, ViolinIn part 1 of this post I discussed the ideas behind the hybrid “Tabolin”. The instrument is part violin, part tabla drum and will feature...The Tabolin. Part1. ConceptMay 22, 2021Ideas and inspirations, Off-Beat Violins, Violin MakingFollowing on from earlier experimental fiddles I’ve been thinking of making a violin with very thin areas or cells in the upper and lower bouts....Cellular Fiddles – Part 3. Finished and ComparedFebruary 16, 2021Instruments, Off-Beat ViolinsCarving the plates Carving the plates for the X and O fiddles was fairly straight forward. The basic design of the plates is “strong in...The O-FiddleFebruary 12, 2021The X-FiddleFebruary 12, 2021Turtle fiddle sound comparisonOctober 14, 2020Instruments, Off-Beat Violins, Videos, Viola, ViolinWhen I presented the first two unusual fiddles on social media people naturally wanted to know how they sound. Here they are compared to two... 12345Next
The Tabolin – Part 2, Construction and Exploration.June 10, 2021Instruments, Materials, Off-Beat Violins, ViolinIn part 1 of this post I discussed the ideas behind the hybrid “Tabolin”. The instrument is part violin, part tabla drum and will feature...
The Tabolin. Part1. ConceptMay 22, 2021Ideas and inspirations, Off-Beat Violins, Violin MakingFollowing on from earlier experimental fiddles I’ve been thinking of making a violin with very thin areas or cells in the upper and lower bouts....
Cellular Fiddles – Part 3. Finished and ComparedFebruary 16, 2021Instruments, Off-Beat ViolinsCarving the plates Carving the plates for the X and O fiddles was fairly straight forward. The basic design of the plates is “strong in...
Turtle fiddle sound comparisonOctober 14, 2020Instruments, Off-Beat Violins, Videos, Viola, ViolinWhen I presented the first two unusual fiddles on social media people naturally wanted to know how they sound. Here they are compared to two...