FiddleHed Network

Awesome! Great improvement and great sound! Well done!

Hi Magpie, no I’ll have to check out the Mystery tune when I have time. Going camping for the rest of this week. I really should try to join the zoom lessons – except it would be 4.30am our time I think, and I’m not that much of an early bird! Definitely think I should get one of those guides if you think it is helping you.

Yes Mike, and I’m impressed with people who don’t need to read music to play. I think you’re right to want to stick to the fun of just playing. I’m really trying to just learn the songs so I can play anytime, anywhere, and not have to have the music in front of me.

And for anyone who is interested in using my sheet as a practice prompt, I’ve ju…[Read more]

Problem is I’m not sure that I want to play form sheet music Kate. It seems like a chore that will just take away from my fun of messing around with the fiddle really. I keep having a little go at it and reading it is ok, but turning what I see on a page into a position of a finger on a string … that’s not something I think I’m going to get. If…[Read more]

Really good job Leanne – your fingering is very fluent, or fluid … one of those, or perhaps both.

Fantastic, Leanna! That sounded great – perfect pace and tone. It really is worth learning a song well. Also love the sound of your fiddle.

That is so cool, what you did with “Garageband”.

That’s a neat variation of “Bile em’ Cabbage”. I’ll have to give it a go.

Very nice! String crossings are clean. I like the tune as well.

Yay! I finally learned to use imovie & upload the soundtrack via garageband!

Thanks, Mike. Never say never though! I have improved in my ability to read music notation since starting this course.
But I’m only doing this for songs I have learnt and know how to play all the way through without the music – it’s just that as I learn more and more songs the recall of the tunes I’ve learnt a while back is slower. I need a trigg…[Read more]

Hi Kate
I think the aid will help me. I get feedback that I’m touching the aid and that then makes me straighten the bow.
Did you participate in the mystery tune that Jason had Saturday at 6am? I did and it was good. There is a recording of it. I like learning by ear.