King George Medley - Missing Marc - Cape Breton fiddle tunes

King George IV
King George V
Marry me now
King's Reel
Missing Marc
Dillon Brown's Fancy
I learned this from Andrea Beaton's Celtic Colours set in memory of Marc Boudreau. She wrote Missing Marc and it's another one of her corker tunes. This is my spare fiddle with 5+ year old cheapo strings on it. I'll be stringing it up soon with chromcors.

[@karamac4847]

Thanks Derek!! I look forward to your videos 😊

[@Tom-sq2yy]

You are so awesome

[@trubble0901]

Very cool Derek! You should be very proud of your talent. I wish my grandpa was still around so that he could hear you play. He would be impressed. Fiddle on!

[@derekstallman]

Thank you! ❤️

[@JustFiddler]

bagus sekali! Matur suksma

[@Kevin.Charra-Vaskou]

👍👍👍💥💥💥

[@ryaaannnn]

It's nice to know what 5+ year helicore strings sound like! Sounds great, though probably different to your ears on the other side of the microphone.

[@derekstallman]

They actually sound decent. It sounds different to me under my ear than my regular fiddle, but I'm getting used to it, especially the E string. When chromacor strings are going bad after 6 months they become impossible to play in tune 5ths with barring my finger. This fiddle is way louder I might just start playing this one

[@ryaaannnn]

@@derekstallman I managed to shred a couple helicore strings a bit after ~6 months (forgot to trim nails one day, oops), so it's cool to know they could theoretically make it that long. Good to have the option of a louder fiddle if you need it-- who made it?

[@derekstallman]

@ryaaannnn same here they always unwind around the 3rd finger area for me so I quit using them years ago and switched to steel strings like my teacher at the time. This fiddle hasn't been played in a while but I know the strings don't last forever, so I just assumed they were crap now. The violin is Chinese with no label. I got it for 200 on ebay 10 years ago. I'm always surprised how much I like it when I do play it

[@ryaaannnn]

@@derekstallman Do you have a favorite steel string maker? Maybe I'll give them a shot! I picked up fiddle at the beginning of pandemic and discovered I'm obsessed, but have largely only played on helicore strings so far.

[@derekstallman]

@ryaaannnn pirastro chromcor are what I use. They used to be 35 a pack but now they are 50 sadly, but that was a big plus when I switched from expensive helicores and dominants. They are very durable, never had one break. Some of my favorites Tim Chaisson and Kimberley Fraser use them. Now that I'm thinking about it and looking at the color, the strings on this fiddle aren't helicores. They are a cheaper string that a past student bought when I loaned this violin out