Below
are almost thirteen
(13) minutes
of the 105 minute
Floating Bowhand
video (taken
from various
sections of
the product
to demonstrate
the range of
music and the
superb violin/fiddle
playing tone
and technique
of Jim McKillop
and other top
class musicians.
To
play the Video
Samples.
The video samples
below are in
Windows Media
9 (wmv) format
so you need
to have Windows
Media Player
9 Series
installed on
your PC. If
you have it
already installed,
then just click
one of the buttons
below for the
desired video
clip.
If you want
to install the
player, it's
free and it's
the latest standard
and takes just
a few minutes
to download.
Just click the
Windows Media
Player 9 Series
logo below and
follow the instructions
supplied by
Microsoft, as
it's well worth
the effort.
Quality.
"The Floating
Bowhand"
video is not
a "home
video or amateur
production"
but a professional
production commissioned
by The Online
Music School,
e.g.,four cameras
crews (with
one Jimmy Jib)
were used for
the filming
of the Garter
Lane Concert
featured in
the video.This means
it was produced
at professional
broadcast
quality,
so don't judge
the Floating
Bowhand DVD/Video
by these samples!
Each video sample
is heavily compressed
for fast download
times: for example
the video clip
of My Lagan
Love is just2.68
Megabytes, while
the same clip
as a Mpeg file
would be 15.6
Megabytes! However,
these downloadable
samples are
of sufficient
quality to be
enjoyed and
fully demonstrate
the superb fiddle
playing of Jim
McKillop.
Download
times will depend
on whether you
have an ordinary
analogue 56kbit
Modem (max.
databit rate
of 44kbits/sec),
an ISDN Digital
link (a true
databit rate
of 64kbits/sec)
or Broadband
ADSL link (anything
from 256kbits/sec
upwards).
***Please
remember that
you are viewing
just a small section
of each tune***
Note
for Parents of young
violin/fiddle players. If you have
a child learning
Classical or Traditional
or whatever music
type, have you ever
wished that they
could play some
beautiful melodies
and standards that
are popular in many
cultures, in addition
to those boring
old etudes and study
pieces that are
not exactly brimming
over with melodic
structure? Let's
face it, we parents
are the same the
world over. We spend
a small fortune
paying for our children's
violin lessons over
a number of years
and just once we
wish they could
play a few tunes
that we can recognise
and enjoy, especially
at extended family
or social gatherings.
Part
of the answer could
be the Floating
Bowhand video. Viewing
just sections of
this video, your
child will be won
over to increase
her/his repertoire
and learn to play
many of these melodies
and tunes. (Remember
there are 58
music pieces in
many different
styles). The
playing will not
be at the technical
standard of Jim
Mckillop initially,
but improvement
comes when the player
enjoys what he/she
is playing. Don't
worry that learning
these tunes and
melodies will somehow
interfere with the
child's progress
with existing studies.
They don't have
to change technique
to play this music:
they just have to
listen, watch, enjoy
and play along!
We
at the Online Music
School believe that
on viewing the full
video, you will
be interested in
the lessons that
we are currently
producing based
on the JMcK method
of violin/fiddle
playing. We commissioned
this video for that
very reason. When
these lessons are
ready, we make the
following promise.
The cost of your
purchase of the
Floating Bowhand
video will be credited
against the cost
of the lessons.