The social platforms on FiddleHed are spread out and not easily seen, so there’s a chance people won’t see your post easily or not until later on. If you’re able to create this/a similar post in the Chit Chat section of Play Every Day, you will be sure to see more responses.

I can understand the struggle with…[Read more]

Rosalie – @werbose
Darryl – @darryls
Deborah – @fixkids
Don – @donstine
John – @lavonjohn

Recap notes 🎶 :

Linking zoom audio setup info page for reference:

Setting Up Audio for Interactive Fiddlehed Lessons

Angeline The Baker
-run pony run rhythm v…[Read more]

Some points discussed:

Thursday Practice Group supports ones practise well, Always gives a little clue/aid

Playing other instruments and how that could supplement/support our fiddle practice

Noticing how ones hearing can be…[Read more]

Danielle @dbc224
Stella @stellanbilly
Deborah @fixkids
David @david123429
Lisa @lbiehl

Some notes:

Zoom audio setup tips:

Setting Up Audio for Interactive Fiddlehed Lessons

Yankee Doodle dandy
Old Joe clark – variety of lyrics and…[Read more]

Here is the sign up page for the Play Every Day App
https://login.circle.so/sign_up?request_host=play-every-day.circle.so&user%5Binvitation_token%5D=bb2003bb5e41bcb2828f8eddd39ccae06e92312c-0e857e67-1715-404e-8e3c-dadfcab3288e#email

As for determining the skill of a song, mainly the amount of notes in a song,…[Read more]

How to I know the skill level of a song please how do I find the app

How to I know the skill level of a song please

You seem to be moving at a fairly brisk tempo through the module pages, and there are a lot of songs within each lesson! I understand it can feel like a lot to manage/focus on.
I would take note of the songs I am interested in learning, have a list of them somewhere, and note…[Read more]

Recapp:

Tunes shared:
Kentucky Waltz – various versions/key mentioned – played at start and end of session
Drunken Sailor – chording and play along tracks mentioned, collaborated on playing together (everyone unmuted worked alright), everyone tried…[Read more]

My current practise it for example, I’m currently doing week 1 of 1.8

Mon I did low finger and reviewed bile em cabbage and joy to the world
Tues I leaned Shady grove but warmed up with Mondays lesson
We’d I did warmup including redoing lesson on low finger, slur 3 lesson shady grove
Thur I didn’t practice
Fri I did a warmup inclu…[Read more]

Fiddle Questions

My…[Read more]

In regards to the Disney Solos violin book, here is an image of it. It has audio access for instrumental play-along included through a website.

Suzanne – @suzanneanotherchanceboise-com
David – @david123429
Terri – @terria125

Some great connections made and topics arising between everyone, nice to learn from each of you. 🙏

Some points I noted:
Great experiences with Wellerman learning through Jason’s sessions
PlayEveryDay App dis…[Read more]

I’m new to Fiddlehed but I’ve started at lesson 1.6 as I’ve had lessons for 3 months and it felt comfortable.

I don’t want to be practising too many tunes at once and never get good at any of them. if I’m working of the tunes in that weeks lesson is it ok to me working on something else as well? I’m currently working on Amazing Grace and have…[Read more]

David – @david123429
Agnes – @agnesita
Tracey – @plain-old-cat
Cal – @cal_laz
Caren – @fidil
Steve – @ripton

Some takeaways I noted from our session:

-Recording ourself – great perspective to see where we want to focus on, helpful to look back at recordings later on too when we can be less critical,…[Read more]

John – @lavonjohn
Ann – @ann-seye
David – @david123429
Caren – @fidil
Grace – @grannyfiddler

Some tunes folks shared:

Si bheag, Si mhor

Danny Boy

Terry Teehan’s Polka…[Read more]

Claudia – @csoxley
John – @lavonjohn
Steve – @ripton
Robin – @rbingham
Deborah – @fixkids
Beth – @emeraldemma
Jocelyn – @jahcey

Feel free to reach out directly to folks…[Read more]

Here’s people’s FiddleHed info to help yal relate and connect directly as you like 🙂

@lavonjohn – John
@fidil – Caren
@cbFidHed2020 – Carolyn
@lulu-boston – Lulu
@tracyw – Tracy
@Sujean – Sue
@DonStine – Don
@ann-seye – Ann
@dscrogg – Daniel

Folks sha…[Read more]

“Would any of you beginner players like to get together and play?We could ZOOM. Just casting a line out !!! Thanks eve…[Read more]

Topics:
Creating more flow sound with notes/addressing choppy sound
Getting lost/not knowing where we are in a tune
Remembering key of song and starting notes
Zoom audio setup

Here are some…[Read more]

Some takeaways I noted:
Some great ongoing p…[Read more]

I will work through your suggestions over the next while. For the moment I have started experimenting with holding the fiddle in different positions and I’m surprised to notice how even minor changes can affect both the muscle strain and the playing itself positively or negatively. I also got a different shoulder rest…[Read more]