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Fiddling with life and learning with the occasional dad joke thrown in…

 

 

Fun with the FiddleHed Network

I just re-organize the main menu, and added some tabs for the FiddleHed community. Watch this short video for more detail.   You can now post audio, images and text directly to this feed. If you’d like to post video, first post video to YouTube and then post a link. Here’s a tutorial on that How … Continued

How to change the speed of a video

Did you know that you can change the speed of videos? Here’s how. Hover the cursor over the settings wheel. You’ll see a popup window. Click Playback speed.   You can choose a pre-set speed. I recommend starting with 0.75 for learning parts of fiddle tunes.   By clicking custom in the top right corner, … Continued

How to send a private message to other Fiddlehed folks

We have a new feature on the site that creates a social network within Fiddlehed. I made a tutorial video on how it works. The most important thing to know is how to send a private message to other FiddleHeds. This will allow you to support each other, share videos, and form your own practice … Continued

Thanks to you, thanks for everything…

Happy thanks-give-me-more-to-eat-day. Grateful to everyone who’s part of the FiddleHed journey…   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by FiddleHed (@fiddlehed)

Mary’s on The Orange Blossom Special

I’ve been combining the Orange Blossom Special simple tunes like Mary had a little lamb. Simple melodies are a great way to practice any new technique (whatever is challenging to you). You get the added bonus of reinventing the melody in a creative way.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by … Continued

Practice breaks: Zollie’s Retreat

Hello from the land of ice and snow (Lake Tahoe). Here’s a tune called Zollie’s Retreat. I heard it on a new fiddle album by country singer Tyler Childers. As I started to learn it I used a recording by Dirk Powell. But when all is said and done, it’s just music 🎶 The fiddle … Continued

Newsletter July 24, 2020

Hey Folks, There’s still time to enter the zoom lesson giveaway. It ends on Monday at 12 pm PT. Six fiddle students will win a 30-minute online lesson with me. You have a decent chance of winning this since less than 200 people have entered so far. Follow the link below to the homepage for … Continued

Ida Red Animation – Fiddle Journeys

Here’s an old-time tune I played with a drone track. It’s part of a current project called “Fiddle Journeys”. Yurie Goto-Manning created the animation from a drawing I made while in Italy. Let this inspire you to make music on your own 🎶

Hometown Requiem

Here’s a piece I wrote and recorded on Saturday night May 30, 2020; the night the George Floyd riots broke out across the world. I’m now living in LA, just south of the Fairfax neighborhood which was an epicenter of looting and vandalism. Deeply saddened by the situation. But I’ll let the music do the … Continued

Figure 8 Bowing on Mary Had A Little Lamb

I’ve been practicing the figure 8 bowing, trying it out on simple things like Mary Had a Little Lamb. In the last office hours livestream I talked about it some. Later this year, I’d might  create a full lesson with exercises if you are interested. Let me know in a comment below…     View … Continued