Fingerprint and review challenge
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October 23, 2021 at 6:18 am #51736
kate.kakadu
ParticipantMy practice challenge goal was to review and āfingerprintā songs Iāve learnt on my Fiddlehed journey so I can play them without the music. As I am progressing through the intermediate course and learning new songs, the old ones get forgotten – but as soon as I hear or start to play them I can usually play them all the way through. So I made this list, and a cheat sheet to help me review songs quicker and build a set that Iāll be confident playing with others.
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October 23, 2021 at 10:41 am #51739
Mike Reeve
ParticipantThat’s very organised and a good cross over between tune names and music. I’m even more impressed that you can play from sheet music, I think that’s a hurdler I’ll never overcome if I’m honest.
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October 23, 2021 at 5:43 pm #51744
kate.kakadu
ParticipantThanks, Mike. Never say never though! I have improved in my ability to read music notation since starting this course.
But Iām only doing this for songs I have learnt and know how to play all the way through without the music – itās just that as I learn more and more songs the recall of the tunes Iāve learnt a while back is slower. I need a trigger to remember how they start. I didnāt want to keep going back to the Fiddlehed site to listen to them, or flick through a printed songbook, so made the cheat sheet as a quick reference for practice. For people who donāt read musical notation you could screen shot the tabs for the 1st phrase of the song, or if youāre really technical, record yourself playing the first phrase and embed that as a hyperlink into the PowerPoint, whatever helps to jog the memory. -
October 25, 2021 at 6:09 am #51756
Mike Reeve
ParticipantProblem is I’m not sure that I want to play from 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 I’d started 20 years ago I would have learned it, but I really am impressed with people who can do it š
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October 25, 2021 at 6:36 am #51758
kate.kakadu
ParticipantYes Mike, and Iām impressed with people who donāt need to read music to play. I think youāre right to want to stick to the fun of just playing. Iām 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, Iāve just realised I made a mistake on the titles: āHarvest Homeā and āHaste to the Weddingā need to swap places!
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October 28, 2021 at 8:30 am #51811
Fixkids
ParticipantBrilliant! Thanks for sharing. _Deb
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