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Steve "Ripton" Nordborg started the topic Wildwood Flower in the forum Student Videos 2 years, 5 months ago
Love this tune https://youtu.be/GvFOiig5RKM?si=2utqlHhSLbGoPK5T
Need to work on proper left hand mechanics and smooth out movement. Intonation improving since I’ve been using drones.
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Steve "Ripton" Nordborg started the topic
G string double stops (or C string for vla). in the forum Advanced Beginner Group 2 years, 5 months agoCurious if I want to (or should I?) Add double stops to notes I play on the G string can I use the open A (or open G on Vla) or do I need to add fingering to that higher string? Thanks
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Mary Carignan replied to the topic East Tn area? in the forum Online Practice Groups 2 years, 5 months ago
Hi Yolanda, where in East TN? I’m in Crossville.
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Jocelyn Martens replied to the topic Little Liza Jane in the forum Student Videos 2 years, 5 months ago
You made it happen, Steve! Thanks so much for sharing. It’s nice to experience a brief and simple clip, you’re definitely getting to know this well, making great sounds and expressions.
Here’s a Fiddlehed page explaining posting a video, via youtube:…[Read more]
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Jocelyn Martens replied to the topic East Tn area? in the forum Online Practice Groups 2 years, 5 months ago
Thanks for reaching out on this, Yolanda. We support your efforts to connect with other east Tn fiddle folks 🙂
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yolanda started the topic East Tn area? in the forum Online Practice Groups 2 years, 5 months ago
Anyone from East Tn that would like to get together and practice/play?
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Steve "Ripton" Nordborg replied to the topic Little Liza Jane in the forum Student Videos 2 years, 5 months ago
from YouTube
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Steve "Ripton" Nordborg replied to the topic Little Liza Jane in the forum Student Videos 2 years, 5 months ago
I recorded a video with my phone and it said max 5oMb. how do I upload videos?
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Steve "Ripton" Nordborg started the topic Little Liza Jane in the forum Student Videos 2 years, 5 months ago
Getting more comfortable and confident with the basics. Thanks.
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Jocelyn Martens replied to the topic Ash Grove with harmony in the forum Student Videos 2 years, 5 months ago
Neat method ~ I currently use the free version of Garageband, where I can add parts separatetly and similarly listen to the other parts in headphones when I am adding another part (keeping 1 ear out of headphone to hear myself really well too.
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Jocelyn Martens replied to the topic Swallowtail Blues in the forum Student Videos 2 years, 5 months ago
Yes, what a fun re-creation, glad you took it to this stage. Thanks for sharing your take on this. It’s great to experiment recreating songs into a new style. I enjoyed your methodical rhythm here 🎵
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Jocelyn Martens replied to the topic How's it going with chord backup? in the forum Share Your Practice 2 years, 5 months ago
Yes, your list of favorited pages show up on the lesson pages and the home page near the bottom under “practise toolkit”. Here’s a page with further details on this.
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Steve "Ripton" Nordborg commented on Jocelyn Martens's Photo 2 years, 5 months ago
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Jocelyn Martens posted an update 2 years, 5 months ago
@ripton Hi Steve, here’s an example of what I was mentioning in Dargason page comments. I utilized the existing sheet music and added some different octave options. Omitting going up in hand position, I switched to the lower octave instead.-
cant see your attachment, 🙁
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Jocelyn Martens posted an update 2 years, 5 months ago
@lavonjohn @kathymc @jojo6
Hey Folks, this is a start to your requests for sheet music on White Christmas. I have a roughly hand written version, including an upper octave version. It may not be totally accurate though a good start. -
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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 2 years, 5 months ago
Chaining And Chunking
Here are two practice strategies that feel like games. I use them every time I play. You can Chain together single notes to form musical chunks. Then loop […]-
Hi Jason, hope you had a great Christmas, I have had two cataracts removed from my eyes and as a result haven’t played any Fiddle for last few months, I have been depressed but I wil get back into it,as I always enjoy it once I start
I never had trouble reading Music,but my bloody mood got in my way, sorry for boring you with this but any tips for getting back to playing,
Thanks Hannah
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Hi Hannah, this is great you reached out for support in returning to playing. And sharing your personal experience helps us related and connect, so thank you for this.
One place that can be great to peruse is the well rounded Fiddle Guide https://fiddlehed.com/blog/how-to-play-violin-an-illustrated-beginners-guide-fiddlehed/
There’s a table of contents on the left side to help you pinpoint areas of interest.Also, I put the keyword ‘mind’ in the search engine at top of page and came across some great posts to support one’s motivation: https://fiddlehed.com/?s=mind
Also encourage you to check out the ‘community’ tab and the various pages within, as we grow and learn best together.
Looking forward to hearing how you’re doing along the journey 🙂 🎵
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Steve "Ripton" Nordborg replied to the topic How's it going with chord backup? in the forum Share Your Practice 2 years, 5 months ago
thanks, I hope the “Favorite” button at the bottom will keep this easy to find 🙂
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