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[Caren]

Beautifully played Lisa!

[Caren]

I simply go over the tunes I know and try to iron out any bumps, focusing on one or two tunes at a time. Then I spend a while learning a new tune (Blackest Crow at the moment) and finally just for fun I play the tunes I like best and sometimes experiment with a bit of variation, like slightly changing the rhythm or setting a different emphasis etc.
Since yesterday’s Open Practice session I’ve decided to start practising with a metronome, or rather some of the beats from Beat Central, which should be fun.

[Caren]

Beautiful, Owen! Love the double stops too, you make them seem so effortless. 👌

[Caren]

Wow, the three tunes make a really nice set! Lovely playing, too. 😍

[Caren]

Lovely!!

[Caren]

Sounds great Susie, well done!

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Thank you Debbie, this is brilliant! So much fun to play along with your video — makes my fiddling sound like music. Thanks for sharing.

[Caren]

Could only get the audio, not the video, but sounds really good John. Well done and thanks for sharing.

[Caren]

The Dashboard, under Practice Toolkit. The Practice Journal tab opens alright, but when I click the ‘+’ icon nothing happens (actually the scrollbar at the side of the page disappears, so there might be some issue with that page?)

[Caren]

It’s not working for me at the moment either, Susie. I can get it through the Kitchen Girl challenge page though, if you scroll down to ‘Reflect’.

[Caren]

Thanks for that Jocelyn!

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 (Wolf Forte Secondo) which is quite adaptable and feels a lot more comfortable. Finally I have changed the position of my chinrest (didn’t know you could do that!), moving it from the side towards the middle, which has definitely helped.

Well, as I say, I’m experimenting and it’ll probably be another while until I find the perfect combination (and that in itself is probably something that keeps evolving) but I’m definitely making progress.

Thanks again.

[Caren]

Sounds great Steve!

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