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    castanu92 replied to the topic Group logo of Fall Practice Challenge PracticipantsSo, what are you working on during the Fall Practice Challenge? in the forum Fall Practice Challenge Practicipants 1 year, 3 months ago

    Finally got it posted.

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    castanu92 replied to the topic Group logo of Fall Practice Challenge PracticipantsSo, what are you working on during the Fall Practice Challenge? in the forum Fall Practice Challenge Practicipants 1 year, 4 months ago

    Got the variations figured out. Just trying to get my transitions a bit smoother. Having a problem with my bow hold lately for some reason. But will post it in next couple of days.

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    castanu92 replied to the topic Share video of your fiddling! in the forum Chatting On The Porch 1 year, 4 months ago

    Thanks Blucy,
    I know exactly what you mean about rushing the tune. I find myself backing off a lot when I think I can play it faster. I took Jason’s advice from one of his videos when he said something along the lines of just slowing it down and try to focus on each note.

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    castanu92 replied to the topic Share video of your fiddling! in the forum Chatting On The Porch 1 year, 4 months ago

    Thanks for the response Jason. I got the basic tune from Wayne Erbsen. I just added the shuffle and double stops to the tune.
    Fiddled first. Just received the mandolin about 3 months ago from a family member. But real easy to transfer fiddle tunes to mandolin when you get used to frets and picking instead of bowing.
    Thank you for your YouTube…[Read more]

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    castanu92 replied to the topic Group logo of Fall Practice Challenge PracticipantsSo, what are you working on during the Fall Practice Challenge? in the forum Fall Practice Challenge Practicipants 1 year, 4 months ago

    Working that 4th finger. I know how hard it is to get strength in using that 4th finger. Well done. Thanks for the video.

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    castanu92 replied to the topic Share video of your fiddling! in the forum Chatting On The Porch 1 year, 4 months ago

    I lost the option to edit this video. This is the same video as the other one “Shortenin’ Bread”. Will delete it as soon as I get the option back again.

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    castanu92 replied to the topic Share video of your fiddling! in the forum Chatting On The Porch 1 year, 4 months ago

    Shortenin’ Bread.
    Went bare bone tune, shuffle, then shuffle double stop. Fun to play and great exercise for double stops.

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    castanu92 replied to the topic Group logo of Fall Practice Challenge PracticipantsSo, what are you working on during the Fall Practice Challenge? in the forum Fall Practice Challenge Practicipants 1 year, 4 months ago

    Nice and smooth and good tone and timing. Well done!

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    castanu92 replied to the topic Group logo of Fall Practice Challenge PracticipantsSo, what are you working on during the Fall Practice Challenge? in the forum Fall Practice Challenge Practicipants 1 year, 4 months ago

    Well done! Thanks for the video.

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    castanu92 replied to the topic Group logo of Fall Practice Challenge PracticipantsSo, what are you working on during the Fall Practice Challenge? in the forum Fall Practice Challenge Practicipants 1 year, 4 months ago

    Thanks Blucy,
    I started by watching Jason’s videos and took his advice to heart when he said “ Play Every Day” even if it’s for only 10 min. A lot time spent listening to old time fiddle and bluegrass and sitting on my couch plucking out melodies quietly then later I try to get my bowing to catch up to my fingers. I learn a lot of melodie…[Read more]

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    castanu92 replied to the topic Share video of your fiddling! in the forum Chatting On The Porch 1 year, 4 months ago

    Very nice Blucy! Thanks for posting video. I tell ya what, I’ll throw out a video tonight of “Shortenin Bread”. I know it’s a childish song but fun to play.

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    castanu92 replied to the topic Group logo of Fall Practice Challenge PracticipantsSo, what are you working on during the Fall Practice Challenge? in the forum Fall Practice Challenge Practicipants 1 year, 4 months ago

    Hey Blucy,
    Here’s a story for ya. Will try to keep short.
    Just added “Your Cheatin’ Heart” to my jam list with a friend of mine a couple weeks ago when we played it. Then the guy I had tune my piano last night breaks into playing “Your Cheatin’ Heart” on the piano. Coincidence?

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    castanu92 posted a new activity comment 1 year, 4 months ago

    Thanks Jason. Just for the fun of i was going to try post about 10seconds of my first try of Arkansas Traveler” when i first started back at the first “Spring Practice Challenge i did You only have to hear about 10seconds of it to get the gist
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      jaso'n k'Leinberg and Profile picture of castanu92castanu92 are now friends 1 year, 4 months ago

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      castanu92 replied to the topic Group logo of Fall Practice Challenge PracticipantsSo, what are you working on during the Fall Practice Challenge? in the forum Fall Practice Challenge Practicipants 1 year, 4 months ago

      That’s pretty neat that your working on 3rd position scales. I haven’t even attempted 2nd position yet. That’s awesome to hear you played a lot of old time dance. Would love to hear some audio from ya. I know your working on classical and jazz right now but if you can give me a snippet of some of your dance tunes. I’m guessing mostly double…[Read more]

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      castanu92 replied to the topic Group logo of Fall Practice Challenge PracticipantsSo, what are you working on during the Fall Practice Challenge? in the forum Fall Practice Challenge Practicipants 1 year, 4 months ago

      First time I heard this tune. Gonna have to put it on my list to learn. Well done

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      castanu92 replied to the topic Group logo of Fall Practice Challenge PracticipantsSo, what are you working on during the Fall Practice Challenge? in the forum Fall Practice Challenge Practicipants 1 year, 4 months ago

      Nice start to the Swallowtail Jig! Thanks for the audio.

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      castanu92 replied to the topic Group logo of Fall Practice Challenge PracticipantsSo, what are you working on during the Fall Practice Challenge? in the forum Fall Practice Challenge Practicipants 1 year, 4 months ago

      If it helps It was pretty easy on my iPhone to post video. Made video, uploaded it to “YouTube”, clicked “Share”, clicked “copy”, then went to “Fiddlehed” forum and “pasted” it into where you type the dialogue.

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      castanu92 replied to the topic Group logo of Fall Practice Challenge PracticipantsSo, what are you working on during the Fall Practice Challenge? in the forum Fall Practice Challenge Practicipants 1 year, 4 months ago

      Thanks to @ebainter and moonshadow for posting their audio which motivated me to just make a video and throw it out there. Glad I did because I could really hear the squeaks in my playing and am trying to correct that. So if anyone is reading This do a video or audio even if you don’t post it. You hear things that you don’t normally hear whe…[Read more]

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      castanu92 replied to the topic Group logo of Fall Practice Challenge PracticipantsSo, what are you working on during the Fall Practice Challenge? in the forum Fall Practice Challenge Practicipants 1 year, 4 months ago

      Ok. Just figured out how to post my video. “Arkansas Traveler” key of D working on different variations, using 4th finger to drone the D on on the G string, double stops, adding slurs into shuffle and into most of second half of song. Got lost when I forgot what variation I was doing there for a bit. Hope to have timing and to smooth out the…[Read more]

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