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Very Good! Nice fun one! Sounds great!

I’ve been working on learning to play chord backup. For weeks now I’ve picked up the fiddle almost every day and played 7 different chords on g and d strings and d & a strings. Chords a g d and c. Playing I’ll fly away and trying to sound ok playing on recored YouTube videos. It’s been difficult bc for a log time at first it sounded so bad. Now…[Read more]

Jocelyn, thank you so much for doing this! 🙂🙂🙂🙂 My Kerry Polka journey was unexpected and has been so rewarding in terms of learning new techniques! Thank you again for all you’re doing!

Thanks Owen! Sorry for taking so long to answer.

I used a shoulder rest for a long time, but just sort of got away from it. It just seemed to be unnecessary.

My favorite style of music is all of the above. Whatever sounds good and is within my ability to play. Before taking up an instrument, my personal catalog of tunes was very limited.…[Read more]

Thanks, Joanne!

Thanks for your reply, Debbie! Jocelyn was working on bowing techniques yesterday on the practice session reminded me to concentrate on better bowing.

Recording helps so much to pick up on sound and techniques but it really does feel like performing to an audience. The best way I find to overcome this hurdle is by practicing over and over…and…[Read more]