Working on sound

[kate.kakadu]

I’ve been trying to improve my tone. I felt that my left hand has been very muddy, so wanted to some how make it sing. I’ve been doing a lot of vibrato practice, looking at a range of YouTube techniques, mainly arm vibrato. Jason’s songs are always so tuneful, so I’ve been listening a lot to how he does his notes and trying to emulate them. So my practise has been really just focusing on the sound of a song I’m learning; Rights of Man in this instance and working on it, recording myself and then listening and working out where I can improve it.

[Marg Sherringham]

Kate your playing sounds spot on! Notes are clear and great intonation, nice bounce to the rhythm too. It’s good to read how others are approaching their practice and I think Jason’s methods and encouragement are hugely supportive.
Thanks for posting the link to the Drifters as well, I love how they gradually build from a simple tune to play innovative solos, found the banjo player particularly interesting. I have an arrangement of Shady (or Matty) Groves by Georgia Nettleton, written for a band, you’ve reminded me to dig that one out, great song.

[Joanne Iles]

This is really good Kate, nice sound! It’s a tricky tune to master this well.

[kate.kakadu]

Thanks Marg and Joanne for your feedback. Always so much to improve on, bowing continues to be a big one for me, so really working on it. For some reason my comments never get posted so hopefully this gets through!

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