https://fiddlehed.com/members/hollyhawk/activity/friends/ Activity feed for Holly Hawkins's friends. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:10:31 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 b01e1c3b09b6077118790414a2a47fc1 https://fiddlehed.com/blog/whats-helped-you-the-most-on-your-fiddle-journey/#comment-5461 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:44:44 -0700 I have practiced for years and had to have each song perfect or I wasn’t satisfied. It is nice to have suggestion that we practice the bit we are having trouble with to get it right. And also I like the tips we get for improving our tones and over all sound. Perhaps we should have thought of these things on our own but we didn’t.

In reply to - jason kleinberg wrote a new post What's helped you the most on your fiddle journey? When I was college orchestra I sat in the last row of the viola section. I met with a student teacher who patiently helped me fumble through difficult […] ]]> d54fa71a1aea018e1a82ed303f8d4e7c https://fiddlehed.com/blog/optimism/#comment-5382 Fri, 11 Aug 2023 20:53:43 -0700 I think optimism changes. When things are going good you are optimistic and when they aren’t you are not so much. However, that is where a good teacher comes in (Like you Jason). Some of the approaches you suggest work very well imo. For instance when you were talking about the death grip or whatever on the strings it tends to make the bow…[Read more]

In reply to - jason kleinberg wrote a new post Optimism I've been talking to a lot of students recently. The ones who make it have one thing in common… My mission is to teach you good p […] ]]>