BuffaloGal
@buffalogal
Active 2 years, 1 month ago-
jason kleinberg wrote a new post 3 days, 11 hours ago
When The Saints Go Marching In – Variation Overview In this journey you’ll add variation and expression to “When The Saints Go Marching In.” Main takeaways Practice adding variation to […]
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jason kleinberg replied to the topic Irish Rover progress in the forum Student Videos 1 week, 6 days ago
This is great!
Thanks for sharing Joanne…🙏 -
jason kleinberg wrote a new post 2 weeks, 6 days ago
Call-and-response Improvisation With Mary Hey there fiddler, Join me for a short guided improvisation. We’ll play around with Mary Had A Little Lamb, the pentatonic scale, rhythms and […]
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Good lesson!!!! I’ve struggled with improvisation for the longest time. This blows away a lot of the fog !!!🎶🎶
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Very good to hear, Mike! Such relevant, useful and fun content 🙂 Be great to experience you playing and working on this. Enjoy 🎶
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Thanks for this workshop Jason, as with all your workshops, it was really well paced with clear instructions. I think the jam tracks are a real winner! I’m looking forward to coming along for the ride as you develop your ideas on teaching improvisation.
Would you consider a lesson on Gershwin’s Summertime at some stage?-
Thanks for sharing this reflection, Marg. Improv is a big draw for expansion and creative growth 👍🏼
I will include your lesson suggestion to our list for consideration, and please stay tuned for upcoming opportunities to be supported in one another sharing song lessons with the community. 🙂
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jason kleinberg replied to the topic Flop Eared Mule in the forum Student Videos 3 weeks, 1 day ago
Transitions sound pretty good!
If you want to get more confident, then practice “Transition Loops” (2-4 bars total):
–End of the A part/Beginning of B part
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jason kleinberg started the topic Practice Journal Feb.22 in the forum Share Your Practice 1 month ago
⏱️ Time practiced: 80m
🎶 What I practiced:
-Julianne Johnson
-Round peak bowing
-Bittersweet Symphony
-We Are Going To Be Friends
🕺🏾 What went well:
-New chord voicing for Bittersweet
-found a better key for Friends
📈 What needs improvement:
playing challenging rhythms while singing.
finding balance between excitement and…[Read more] -
jason kleinberg wrote a new post 1 month, 1 week ago
Fiddling With Pink Moon Here’s a fiddle version of “Pink Moon” by Nick Drake. Liner notes On the surface it sounds like a simple folk song. But both the guitar strum pattern […]
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Wow, Jason, you have tremendous talent! It sounds awesome to me! And yes, it is ALL about not giving up! Isn’t that what we should all do in life…. Great job! I’d love to hear the piano part…
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I really enjoyed listening to this. Great job with the fiddle arrangement. I would be interested in learning an “untraditional song” perhaps a new fiddle journey. Thank you for keeping the new ideas flowing!
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Love it! Well worth all your effort!
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This is absolutely gorgeous, Jason. Good on you for persevering!
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I really liked it. It was just fun listening to the fiddling (and your singing).
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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 1 month, 1 week ago
FiddleHed Student Performance 2024 Big congrats to everyone who performed or posted video! Performance Highlight Video Full Performance Program
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This is awesome! Not sure how I missed it
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Thanks for sharing the interest. Be great to have you join in on the next session. We’re always looking to improve so any feedback in making it more accessible for folks is welcomed 🎶
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Sorry I missed this live, but awesome job everyone!!
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Glad you enjoyed this, Henry. There will be more of these to come! Happy Fiddling 🎶
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jason kleinberg replied to the topic Kitchen Girl Challenge in the forum Student Videos 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Alright!!!
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jason kleinberg replied to the topic Irish Rover in the forum Student Videos 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Nice! Now you can teach it to someone else…
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jason kleinberg started the topic Practice Journal Feb. 6 in the forum Share Your Practice 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Don’t Cry to Me
– Blues-Grass version
– work on arranging it
– record
Pink Moon
– challenging to sing and play because the rhythm is hard
– Looping on chunks
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jason kleinberg replied to the topic Practice journal Jan. 30 in the forum Share Your Practice 1 month, 2 weeks ago
What page are you on where it’s not working?
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jason kleinberg started the topic Practice journal Feb. 5 in the forum Share Your Practice 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Time: about 90m
What I did:
-New melody in G Major pentatonic
-“Blues-Grass”. version of Don’t Cry To Me
-Do you realize song
What went well:
Good arranging ideas for 2 tunes. Lots of wandering but I recorded it so I can reference it later.
Could use improvement:
Singing technique…getting hoarse…maybe because I’m practicing late. -
jason kleinberg started the topic Practice journal Jan. 30 in the forum Share Your Practice 1 month, 3 weeks ago
👁️ Look over what you practiced last time
– Across The Universe
– Wild World
– Pink Moon
📝 What did you practice today?
– Across The Universe – learning third verse, alternating between instrumental section and singing
– Devil Went Down to Georgia – re-imagining solos.
🥳 What went well?
– Instrumental section of Across…[Read more] -
jason kleinberg posted an update 1 month, 4 weeks ago
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Here’s a call-and-response track I just found…
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Nice one! May be good added to this page, under variations? https://fiddlehed.com/courses/beginner-fiddle-lessons/1-3-the-d-major-scale/d-major-scale/
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jason kleinberg replied to the topic Country Waltz in the forum Student Videos 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Thanks Owen!
You’ve come a long way… -
jason kleinberg started the topic Get Feedback On Your Playing in the forum Student Videos 3 months ago
Go to the Video Feedback page: https://fiddlehed.com/support/video-feedback-lessons/
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jason kleinberg posted an update 3 months ago
Happy New Year! -
jason kleinberg wrote a new post 3 months ago
Fiddle Goals For 2024 Are you someone who benefits from having a goal? Or do goals make you anxious? I suggest three goals that I think you and all my students can […]
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Good goals & incentives. Makes me feel like I can do this
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Thanks for this feedback Christie, helps to hear your perspective! 🙂
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Thank-you for reminding me, time to reflect and look towards next year! Since I started Feb. 7, ’22, I’ve only missed 2 days of practice, so I will also _aim to Play Every Day in 2024_ 🙂 My _2nd goal is to Practice Wisely_. In 2023, I tried to incorporate some Brainjo Principles into my practice, mainly that of “work” for ~ 30 min and then allow your brain to catch-up for ~4 hrs (so 3 mini sessions per day). I like to practice 1 – 2 hrs per day total, but for me, this seems to work better in 2 sessions of an hour-ish, so I’m going to work along those lines. For me, practice is some combo of Scales, Scales, Scales, Bowing, Bowing, Bowing (right hand rhythm development), finger independence exercises, playing 2 notes at the same time exercise, learning new techniques, reviewing songs that I know (this is fun time to me, especially with waltzes). I’m continuing to work towards playing at faster tempos (using an Atomic Habits approach). In 2024, I really need to work at learning by ear (I’m able to do this in your workshops because your pace suits me, but I need to do it quicker during jams). I will improve this area by committing to learning 1 song per week by ear. Happy New Year to you and your family Jason (thank-you for all that you do for us), and Happy New Year to all of you FiddleHeds 🙂🎻
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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Chaining And Chunking Here are two practice strategies that feel like games. I use them every time I play. You can Chain together single notes to form musical chunks. Then loop […]
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Hi Jason, hope you had a great Christmas, I have had two cataracts removed from my eyes and as a result haven’t played any Fiddle for last few months, I have been depressed but I wil get back into it,as I always enjoy it once I start
I never had trouble reading Music,but my bloody mood got in my way, sorry for boring you with this but any tips for getting back to playing,
Thanks Hannah
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Hi Hannah, this is great you reached out for support in returning to playing. And sharing your personal experience helps us related and connect, so thank you for this.
One place that can be great to peruse is the well rounded Fiddle Guide https://fiddlehed.com/blog/how-to-play-violin-an-illustrated-beginners-guide-fiddlehed/
There’s a table of contents on the left side to help you pinpoint areas of interest.Also, I put the keyword ‘mind’ in the search engine at top of page and came across some great posts to support one’s motivation: https://fiddlehed.com/?s=mind
Also encourage you to check out the ‘community’ tab and the various pages within, as we grow and learn best together.
Looking forward to hearing how you’re doing along the journey 🙂 🎵
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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Practice Blocks Pick a song and a skill, and then practice in 25-minute blocks with intention. Strategy Pick a strategy to guide your session. Use this card for a […]
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I like this a lot – a LOT! My fiddle’s with a local luthier getting a new bridge, but I should get it back tomorrow (knock on wood), and I can’t wait to start using this approach!
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That’s awesome your practising and engaging in the program, even while not having the fiddle on hand. It’s sure nice to make enhancements on our instruments. Your feedback on these sessions is greatly appreciated, Pete.
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Thank you!!!!!
Excited to get my new violin delivered from Fiddleshop.
Gonna. Be. Epic.
Sue
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Awesome Sue!! Your excitement is contagious 🥳 Thanks for fiddling with us
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Now this makes since to me gonna try it out I am working on silent night and other holiday songs this year then find a small audience to play for and see what they think maybe lol Jeff
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Hahah, great to hear, Jeff! Thanks for your interest and feedback on how you’re going to apply this. Nice goal- be lovely to hear/see you play sometime 🎶
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