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This looks great Owen, so organised! You’ve inspired me to have another go at keeping a record of my practice, just watched Jason’s practice too and can see how productive his method can be if I can steer myself in that direction.
Started to write down my practice each day, but sometimes got carried away practising and didn’t leave time to write…[Read more]

That’s great Michael, you’d be in demand at sessions with your mix of instruments to choose from, and yeah, there’s something about playing music with your adult children isn’t there? Really special to be able to pass on the love of music to them. I play with my son too, when he comes home, he lives 3 hours away. Last visit, he came to a session…[Read more]

Hi Marg – Yes, guitar, mandolin and bass guitar (and ukulele, which was my first instrument at 11 years old – just realizing that’s 50 years ago!). I gave the Irish concertina a… er, um, concerted effort a few years ago but I realized I am a dyed in the wool stringed instrument aficionado. I think fiddle is likely to be my last attempt at add…[Read more]

Thanks Keith and Michael for your lovely, encouraging comments. I have a long, long way to go, the New Year meant stepping from the beginner course to intermediate for me, Hobart’s Transformation being the 1st tune, I know there’s some serious work ahead of me now.

Yes Michael, I have struggles with intonation too, good and bad days, but I love…[Read more]

That was excellent, Marg! I thought your intonation was quite good – that’s one of my biggest struggles. I also think that we tend to think our own intonation is worse than it really is. Although I’m pretty sure mine’s pretty bad…

That looks like a nice mandolin too – do you play mandolin as well?

Strum Machine has a subscription cost but it’s not much I don’t think. Plays background to lots and lots of tune.

Really great job, Marg! Extremely well done! Thanks for posting it!

Great job Mary! You got it! I love that tune and am also working on it.

Thanks Michael and Kate! Yes, sometimes in the middle of a tune I’ll start thinking about everything that’s going on and when that happens, I fall off the train!! Starting at age 7 would have been great, I just wish I had started before age 68! As it is, I’ve only been fiddling for about 7 months now.

Welcome back, Welcome back, welcome back…

Great work, Great improvement on your tone and playing the notes fully. That’s what I love about videos everyone posts after a focus on practising. It’s inspiring. Thanks for posting.

Good on you Mary, that sounds like quite a list. Looking forward to hearing those tunes if you post them. Enjoy your fiddle again and I hope you are feeling much better.

Great job. Love your determination.

Keep up the good work. This tune can be an earworn.