Debbie Hill
@debhill
Active 2 weeks ago-
jason kleinberg wrote a new post 1 year, 10 months ago
Anyone Can Learn Music | Fiddlosophy Episode #4
Anyone Can Learn Music. Period. Realize that if you really want it, then you can do it. A lot of people tell themselves, “I don’t have talent. I’m too […] -
yurie wrote a new post 1 year, 10 months ago
How To Get An Awesome Sound On The Violin | Proven Techniques and Tips
Introduction One of the biggest problems that I hear about from students is that they don’t like the way they sound. I hear a lot of comments like “Oh the […]-
Really good lesson, Jason! Good coaching; while practicing, drop back to bowing basics! Will do! Thanks!
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Great lesson to return to, I’m going to try to revisit this once a month!
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Always good to come back to basics. It helps to clear some of the fog accumulated along the fiddle journey and get a fresh start.
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Jason,
You are the BEST.
My sound is really starting to improve.
Thank You,
John
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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 1 year, 10 months ago
Slow And Fast Learning
It’s hard at first At first learning something new is slow and challenging. You’re building a network of neural connections. Like going to the gym, it […]-
Jason, it’s good to know that the frustration and sometimes setbacks are part of the continued process. It has beaten me in the past but then there are those breakthrough moments. Your reminders if it’s supposed to be fun definitely help as one of the incentives to not give in to the frustration.
Cheers!
Henry
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yurie wrote a new post 1 year, 10 months ago
Ashokan Farewell | Call-and-response Fiddle Lesson
Let’s learn and practice Ashokan Farewell with call-and-response. This is a great way to develop your ear which will help you learn tunes more easily as […] -
cynhrossi replied to the topic Connaughtmans rambles 60 bpm in the forum Student Videos 1 year, 11 months ago
Another nice job on this one, Debbie! Thanks for posting! It really is a lovely tune.
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cynhrossi replied to the topic Connaughtmans rambles with dulcimer backup in the forum Student Videos 1 year, 11 months ago
Beautiful, Debbie! Lovely tune! Thanks for sharing!
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Owen replied to the topic Bill Cheatham in the forum Student Videos 1 year, 11 months ago
Thanks, Cindy!
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cynhrossi replied to the topic Bill Cheatham in the forum Student Videos 1 year, 11 months ago
Owen, that was the sweetest rendition of Bill Cheatham I’ve ever heard. I really enjoyed the expressiveness in your playing and those lovely notes up and down the scale. Really nice! Thanks for sharing this!
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Owen replied to the topic Bill Cheatham in the forum Student Videos 1 year, 11 months ago
Steve, Strum Machine!
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Owen replied to the topic Bill Cheatham in the forum Student Videos 1 year, 11 months ago
Thanks, Deb; it was fun, despite falling out of time a bit!
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Owen started the topic Bill Cheatham in the forum Student Videos 1 year, 11 months ago
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yurie wrote a new post 1 year, 11 months ago
Super Cool Fiddle Sounds
Overview When I was a kid practicing violin, I’d sit in my room and make weird sounds like this…My Mom would yell at me from the other room, “Is that […]-
I can just hear your mother: Jaaaa-sonnn, is it supposed to sound like that? 😂😂😂
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Yep! I truly wasn’t trying to annoy her 🤪
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EXCELLANT !
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YES 🎵 Thanks for sharing the love, John!
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Thanks for the overview, very helpfull.
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The link for double stops is wrong, page Not found
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Hi Gabi, thank you kindly for mentioning this. Here is the link I think Jason is referring to:
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Owen replied to the topic Billy In The Lowground in the forum Student Videos 1 year, 11 months ago
Thanks for posting this one, Patty; I’d never heard it, and well played. Plenty of string crossings!
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yurie wrote a new post 1 year, 11 months ago
Mini-Scale Fiddle Warmups {Short}
Overview In this lesson I’ll show you four “mini-scale” warmups to help you coordinate the hands, mind and ears. As you’ll see in the lesson, these c […]
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yurie wrote a new post 1 year, 11 months ago
Waltz Rhythm
Overview Here’s a cool rhythm for playing backups on waltzes. Learning Steps Start by playing a double stop chord with a simple 1-2-3 […]
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That was so fun! Great way to practice cords!
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That was so fun! Great way to practice chords!
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🙂 🎶 Awesome you feel great about this! Thanks for sharing, Ellen.
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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 1 year, 11 months ago
Mini-Scale Fiddle Warmups
Overview Scales don’t have to be torture. In fact, a lot of my students devote whole practice sessions to scales because they know how to have fun with […]
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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 1 year, 12 months ago
Fiddling With Transposition
Overview Do you wonder, “What can I do to prepare for jam sessions?” The ability to transpose songs from one key to another is a superpower for playing […]
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This was really interesting and helpful. Once I identify what note to start on, things fall together much more easily, especially on known songs. Could you comment sometime on clues to identifying what key a song is when sheet music is not available – in other words, just from listening to the song? Thanks
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Hi Lisa, yes, what great depth shared with transposing in various ways. 🙂 Thanks for sharing how this sits with you.
That is a great point leading from this subject. We’ll take note of this for a future post/lesson.For now, I’ll share my process for identifying the key of a song from listening to it.
-I’ll utilize my instrument, and work on identifying what notes are in the song (even just in the first section or so), and I write down all the different notes I locate (ex: Let’s stay together by Al Green: A, B flat, C, E, F, D, G).
-Once I have a decent range of notes written, I go to my ‘Circle of Fifths’ chart and see what key, in relation to those notes (specifically the sharp/flat notes within those notes I wrote) and narrow down the potential key signatures (ex: F major or D minor).
-From there, I would try to guess the feeling of the song, whether major or minor (also recognizing the key could change throughout song) (Ex: mostly major).
-One thing to note when identifying the notes in a song, there could be some notes added which are not related to the key that the song is in, so I’d also try to keep that in mind and if i think that has happened, I will write that note down outside of the main range of notes I am writing from the song (ex: D flat)
-I’ll also try playing the associated scale with what I have narrowed down and see if the scale ‘matches’ the sound of the tune.This is a great topic to go further into. Thanks for mentioning it.
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Also, here’s a page that supports learning tunes from recordings:
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jason kleinberg replied to the topic Tetris Theme with Dubstep Remix in the forum Student Videos 1 year, 12 months ago
Fun!!
My band Diego’s Umbrella used to play this tune at gigs… -
jason kleinberg replied to the topic Billy In The Lowground in the forum Student Videos 1 year, 12 months ago
This is good!
This would be a good lesson for FiddleHed.
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Patty started the topic Billy In The Lowground in the forum Student Videos 1 year, 12 months ago
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I’m seriously considering taking up my fiddle journey that I abandoned 2 years ago. I totally get the practice method you laid out. My question is how does everyone deal with your practice when you go on vacation? I’ve tried takin my instrument(s) with me but find it hard to make the wanted/needed practice time away from home. Any thoughts?
Jim, glad you shared and inquired. This is a great question.
I find when I bring my instrument while travelling, I often play less often – though the times I do play, I feel really glad I brought it. When bringing the instrument with me to a different environment and lifestyle, my playing experience is fresh and rich in a different way… my perspective and approach to playing can really transform in a new space and state. I especially like this somewhere in nature, with no service or resources on hand and see what comes up.
Be great to hear how this works for folks.
Good morning–I just started to take fiddle lessons from y’all; for what it’s worth, I’m going to have to travel to visit family and friends in September. I’m a recent widow and I have been neglectful and must go and do this–but enough about me. I do plan to bring my violin. I was actually thinking about this. I plan to “pluck.” It’s not the same, but it’s better than stopping the momentum that I have right now. I haven’t done this yet, but I’ll report back. When I was playing (well, I still do) the tin whistle–it was next to impossible to keep people from jumping out of their skin when I started up. All the best, Rosalie (werbose)
One thing I forgot to mention was that you could probably use a mute if you are going to take your instrument on “vacation” with you. It will significantly reduce the volume.
Ah, that’s right. I am renting a fiddle right now and will be buying one next week and a mute is on my list of stuff I want to go with it. The “practice” mute is a big plastic or rubber thing–impressive! I do live in an apartment building, and I have asked around if I’m driving people nuts, but they seem to have been okay so far (well, I don’t play in the middle of the night…). Best, Rosalie W.