FiddleHed Network

I thought that was very nice done, Tom! Thanks for sharing that video.

First time I have stumbled across this thread. I first picked up my fiddle 2 years ago this month, but still consider myself very much a beginner, as my practicing is very sporadic because of chronic shoulder problems. I may go weeks without playing. I used to find this very discouraging and I would really get down about it until I realized that…[Read more]

Nice job, Mark. Don’t fret about the ending!

Hey Tom, I’ve been a FiddleHed for about 8 1/2 months. I’ve actually been in group lessons and breakouts with you, including today’s great Hector the Hero lesson and the breakout room with you and Jill! My FiddleHed name (cbFidHed2020) and Zoom name (“Patchy-Intermediate Lapsed Childhood Violinist”) were different, so you may not have realized.…[Read more]

Thanks. The H3 finger reach on G and D strings is quite a stretch, especially the opening two notes, going straight up from G1 to GH3, while trying to keep the G1 still in place for a couple notes later!

I used the selfie camera on my 4-year-old Samsung S7 cell phone, set on a music stand, uploaded straight from the phone to YouTube. No tweaking…[Read more]

Nice @tszalay. I was going to teach the lower octave but got side-tracked with Irish embellishment.

The video looks great. What camera did you use?

Hey Tom,

Way to jump right in! Playing in the lower octave G Scale is not easy; lots of third finger stretching. Very well done!

Hey, Tom – that’s a great first video! I’m way off that.

I like the variations, and ‘Hector’ is such a great tune. Definitely on my list when I get better at bowing.

Mark you are a natural. As you add some of the variations like flicks and mordents you’ll notice a difference but it’s most important to feel really familiar with the basic tune. “Keep fiddling!”

Thanks CB.. So, how long have you been part of Fiddlehed community?

Very nice Tom. I like the variations.

Well, I thought I would jump on board and try my first video upload to the Fiddlehed site. Here are three versions of Hector the Hero, in preparation for Online Lessons tomorrow: A-Major in lower octave (a bit rough – just started today); In upper octave (as taught in Fidlehed basic version); and upper octave with variations.

No Nick, I was kind of wired, as I remember!

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See, Owen – that’s the point! That mus have been a great experience – bet you didn’t sleep much that night!

#inspirational