Hector the Hero | FiddleHed

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- December 5, 2020 at 4:44 am #44722
  
  Markb
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- December 5, 2020 at 2:02 pm #44726
  
  Nick Wilkins
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  Markb, that is just great! Fantastic sound; you must be SO very pleased!
  
  How long did it take you to learn that?
  
  Bravo!
- December 6, 2020 at 12:08 pm #44736
  
  Markb
  Participant
  
  Thanks Nick. Not that difficult to learn – go for it! I try and look at as many fiddlers playing it on You tube as I can find (after learning it off Jason). I think I need to add variation and try and get a bagpipe sound/feel. Now on to Southwind….
- December 6, 2020 at 9:12 pm #44742
  
  Misha
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  thought you played this very nicely. i really like this tune and am working on it as well.
- December 18, 2020 at 11:15 am #44915
  
  Owen
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  Well done, Mark.Sounds great and I like the body movement, as well. Shows you’re all in!
- December 18, 2020 at 11:56 am #44922
  
  crowbar47
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  Good job on a great tune !!!’
- December 22, 2020 at 2:42 am #44954
  
  Jim Guinn
  Moderator
  
  Mark, that was an excellent job with Hector the Hero…and, I can hear those bagpipes! Keep up the good work.
- December 25, 2020 at 11:09 am #45005
  
  Carl Sutherland
  Participant
  
  Very Nice, Mark. That motivates me.
- January 31, 2021 at 8:31 am #45719
  
  Barbara Martin
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  That sounds lovely. Do you know it by heart or use the music?
- January 31, 2021 at 8:40 am #45720
  
  Markb
  Participant
  
  Thankyou. I do ….. but when recording I have the security of the sheet music. Much better when you can be free of it I think.
  Lots of nice comments…. but I need opinions of what I need to improve on. I am thick skinned!
- February 4, 2021 at 1:33 pm #45772
  
  Carolyn
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  That was just great! Your pitch is spot on. As it turns out, I was just getting ready to load me doing Hector! I also looked at some online videos, just to get a sense of what tempo is standard.
- February 5, 2021 at 12:43 pm #45817
  
  [email protected]
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  Mark, your timing and tune was great.. Love that song too. Irish tunes are my favorite, perhaps its from my Scottish/Irish Heritage. I’m 66 and have been playing for about 18 months. Keep up the good work because I can tell that you have a natural ability for the fiddle!
- February 5, 2021 at 12:48 pm #45818
  
  [email protected]
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  Thanks for that excellent performance of Rolling Waves. Really good sound. I’ve been playing for 18 months an its really helped me to get through this pandemic without going insane! I’m 66. Keep on Fiddling!
- February 9, 2021 at 5:06 pm #45840
  
  Tom
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  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.
  - February 9, 2021 at 5:54 pm #45841
    
    cbFidHed2020
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    Very nice Tom. I like the variations.
  - February 10, 2021 at 2:00 pm #45857
    
    Nick Wilkins
    Participant
    
    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.
  - February 10, 2021 at 6:38 pm #45861
    
    jason kleinberg
    Keymaster
    
    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?
  - February 10, 2021 at 7:21 pm #45862
    
    Tom
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    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 or enhancements!
- February 9, 2021 at 6:34 pm #45849
  
  Tom
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  Thanks CB.. So, how long have you been part of Fiddlehed community?
  - February 10, 2021 at 8:22 pm #45863
    
    cbFidHed2020
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    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.
    
    I’ve changed my name though. Thanks to Jason’s amazing teaching talents, I no longer feel “patchy” and any “lapse” has become water under the bridge. I just wish I could learn to calm the nerves when playing in the breakouts.
    
    I loved the mordents Jason covered today, and who knew that trills are the secret to life!
    
    You and Jill both sounded great in today’s breakout.
- February 10, 2021 at 8:02 am #45852
  
  Chuvi
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  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!”
- February 10, 2021 at 2:56 pm #45858
  
  Owen
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  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!
- February 11, 2021 at 2:52 am #45866
  
  Jim Guinn
  Moderator
  
  I thought that was very nice done, Tom! Thanks for sharing that video.
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