FiddleHed Network

Hi Kayla, Hope your practise with Swallowtail has gone well. I can’t see the video to comment, but in case you’re having difficulty posting, I’ll add these instructions:

1. Record yourself on video on your phone or ipad.
2. Go to YouTube (if you haven’t already got an account, just create a basic one – you don’t need a premium). When I open the…[Read more]

That was exquisite, Jocelyn! Really beautiful playing – I didn’t notice any dodgy notes – I don’t know the song but it sounded very good to me. Thanks for sharing. I’d like to learn that one myself. It might be fun for our marimba group (who can only play in C)

Well played Michael! This has great rhythm & musicality.

That’s true it’s a bit of a sci-fi fiddle! It’s a Wood Stingray Pro with a gorgeous custom paint job! For all that it has a nice true acoustic sound also.

Your timing is right on! Sounds very good to me.

That was fun!

Nice tune and well played, Joanne. Love your colorful violin!

That’s awesome, Joanne. I especially like that you played it on an instrument that would have been perfectly at home in the movie….

Thanks for your feedback Carolyn~ I will see if I can make the audio more easily accessible 🙂

I love the Breton Gavotte, and you are playing it really well. I haven’t worked on the octave lower version – or the embellishments you’ve added. You’ve inspired me. And your Swallowtail Jig is really excellent. Great job!

Thank you, Marg!

Oh, my Kate! I am impressed with how you have learned to do back up with garage band and now strum machine, which I have no idea what it is or how to use it. Our little music on line community is so great!

That was great Michael, we can see all the work you’ve done, there’s a lot to pull together and you’re doing it really well! Yep, we can all relate to the co-ordination of technical challenges you mentioned, but isn’t it such a good feeling when things come together? Then there’s the next new thing to layer in, or the next new tune, it’s always…[Read more]

Thanks Rita, I’m so happy I found this online community.

Thanks Kate, I was very nervous relying on my memory and hoping I could move through the variations smoothly. I can’t take credit for the ideas, they were from Jason’s Practice Journey replay, but I did enjoy the challenge! That’s great that you have Strum Machine now, it’s saved a lot of time for me, as I used to make all my own backings with…[Read more]

Thanks for your encouraging words, Kate and Rita!

You did a great job with that, Michael – good flow, groove and tone. The work you’ve been doing is paying off. Completely agree about the whack-a-mole nature of learning violin. I’ve been trying to learn vibrato and tone has gone out the window. But I think you will always see overall improvement if you compare yourself to a couple of months ago…[Read more]

Well done. That is not an easy tune to learn.