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    jason kleinberg wrote a new post 5 years ago

    When practicing something difficult, see if you can break it down into a series of small, intermediate steps.

    I’ve been learning bluegrass solos from a book by a great fiddler named Annie Staninec. […]

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      tomr replied 5 years ago

      Check out the Whiskey Deaf Facebook page. Annie and
      John play every Thursday. You don’t need to have a Facebook
      account to watch the older shows.

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    jason kleinberg replied to the topic Tennessee Waltz in the forum Student Videos 5 years ago

    Just seeing this now @bluegrassgal. Thanks for sharing, and for the kind words…

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    jason kleinberg replied to the topic Angeline Baker, Speed Challenge in the forum Student Videos 5 years ago

    So nice 🙂

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    jason kleinberg wrote a new post 5 years, 1 month ago

    Here’s something fun you can do on the fiddle.  Alternate between a constant note and other changing notes, always alternating back to open D. This is called a “pedal pattern”.

     

    Here’s a basic pedal pat […]

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      crowbar47 replied 5 years, 1 month ago

      Good exercise!!! Good for intonation practice too.

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    jason kleinberg replied to the topic Jenny Lynn (2 days in) in the forum Student Videos 5 years, 1 month ago

    Hey @jameseke, good playing. Tone is full and you really hear the melody. It’ll be good to hear progress as you continue to practice this.

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    jason kleinberg wrote a new post 5 years, 1 month ago

    In this lesson, I demonstrate 17 ways to practice the tune Jenny Lynn. This will make your sessions fun and productive. You’ll learn the tune at a deep level as you improve various aspects of your […]

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      Plormand replied 5 years, 1 month ago

      That is awesome.

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        jason kleinberg replied 4 years, 11 months ago

        Tanks 🤓

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      Debbie Hill replied 5 years, 1 month ago

      I’ve started using these techniques in my practice. Please consider doing a lesson on transposing to a minor key. I need some help with that one!

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        jason kleinberg replied 4 years, 11 months ago

        Good idea @debhill

        Here’s a quickie lesson on how to do it.
        -Play a major key tune.
        -Play its major scale.
        -Play the minor (Aeolian) scale (lower the third, sixth, seventh steps)
        -Sub out those notes as they fall in the tune.

        Have fun…

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          MaryReid replied 4 years, 11 months ago

          Thanks for the help with the minor key transposition.

          Mary

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          Debbie Hill replied 4 years, 11 months ago

          Thanks for your help!

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      sarahb replied 5 years ago

      FiddleHed Group 1 Intermediate ( 3 members created during the first breakout group session) are practicing this tune, some suggested variants, and / eventually the variations with double stops, etc. It is quite fun and quite challenging! We are going to continue next week.
      Thanks, Jason and team!!!!!

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        jason kleinberg replied 4 years, 11 months ago

        Nice @sarahb,

        I wanna hear what you guys come up with 🎻

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      Heidi Kurz replied 5 years ago

      Just finished watching the video. Excellent suggestions! Even though I’ve been playing flute, piano for decades (teach and perform both), practicing does seem like ‘work’ sometimes, especially now when we can’t play with live people -although we’re starting to see a light at the end… Yay! Now I’m going to try them out.🎶😊

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        jason kleinberg replied 4 years, 11 months ago

        Hey @hmk,

        You can apply this creative practice approach to any instrument. Have fun 🕺🏾

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      MelissaRice replied 4 years, 11 months ago

      Great tone from that beautiful fiddle.

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      elburns64 replied 4 years, 11 months ago

      Jason, You are awesome, and you make learning fiddle fun, and this video made me smile. Timing is my biggest challenge, so I will try the metronome…. Thank you! 🙂

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      jameseke replied 4 years, 11 months ago

      Awesomeness

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      Gailserene replied 4 years, 11 months ago

      Thanks so much!! Some of these things I’ve done, but not all! I love your lessons!!

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      map_gurl replied 4 years, 11 months ago

      Love all these suggestions! Have done a lot of them, but I need to practice playing things way over there in the minor key more.
      I’m sure you talk about this somewhere else, but I also love to swing the beat when I’m trying to wrap my head around a new tune… sometimes I just like them better that way anyway.

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      Misha replied 4 years, 11 months ago

      the klezmer way is totally cool

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      Rosalie Werback replied 3 months, 3 weeks ago

      Hello! I just bumped into this workshop with 17 ways to practice the Jenny Lynn tune. Thank you and there’s even more stuff to look at. Great!
      Rosalie Werback

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    jason kleinberg wrote a new post 5 years, 1 month ago

    Last weekend I finished a recording session with my old friend Joe Rut. Overall, it went well. We did six tunes in about two and a half days. Three of these are long form “fiddle raga” pieces, while the other […]

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      Joanne Iles replied 5 years, 1 month ago

      Jason, I love the sound of the new tune “To You….” very hypnotic it reminds me a bit of Sigur Ros.

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        jason kleinberg replied 5 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks @joanneiles

        I’m a big fan of Sigur Ros.

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      Kvmceff replied 5 years, 1 month ago

      The clip of your song is quite nice. Thank goodness you moved through or around the roadblocks to its creation and completion.

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      Owen replied 5 years, 1 month ago

      Very, very pretty song ” To You (and everyone else wandering in the world.)”

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        jason kleinberg replied 5 years, 1 month ago

        thanks Owen 🙂

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      Grace replied 5 years, 1 month ago

      Beautiful! Thanks for sharing with us.

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        jason kleinberg replied 5 years, 1 month ago

        You’re welcome Grace 🙂

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      Ear_eim replied 5 years, 1 month ago

      Hi Jason, what a lovely relaxed vibe. It’s unmistakably you; light fiddle and drone/indian music drone box thingy. It’s a hit!

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        jason kleinberg replied 5 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks @ear_eim_ear_eim 🙏

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    jason kleinberg wrote a new post 5 years, 1 month ago

    A FiddleHed named Malik asked “Can you explain for me what a G-Clef is?”

    The fancy scroll with a tail that appears at the beginning of fiddle music is called the treble clef.

    The other name for it is […]

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    jason kleinberg wrote a new post 5 years, 1 month ago

    I’ve been reading The War of Art, which is about overcoming resistance in creative work. Though I’ve been making things my whole life, I still have to do battle with Resistance.

    For example, I’ve been writing […]

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      crowbar47 replied 5 years, 1 month ago

      Just ordered this book. Looking forward to a good read.

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          Debbie Hill replied 5 years, 1 month ago

          Love the raga blend!

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          Michael Moore replied 5 years, 1 month ago

          love this jason! i liked the conversations about it being too weird for fiddlers and too normal for the experimental lovers. I guess a better way to look at it is its the best of both worlds, and hopefully for everyone. it sounds like a shuti box! have you ever heard or used one? I’ve been really wanting one for a long time. i love drone music which is why i first got interested in violin. anyway i wanted to share this video with you if i can. its my favorite shuti box performance I’ve ever seen. beautiful, and maybe an inspiration in there somewhere for fiddlers? i don’t know. https://youtu.be/hEzO947WtZU

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          saral replied 5 years, 1 month ago

          That is beautiful, exotic….love it! I want to learn to play it :).

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        jason kleinberg wrote a new post 5 years, 2 months ago

        A little lesson on Little Lift The practice of Little Lift will help you to place your left-hand fingers on the fiddle with greater ease. It will also help you to play better in tune and […]

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        jason kleinberg replied to the topic Bill Sullivan's Polka in the forum Student Videos 5 years, 2 months ago

        ps: I know this tune but never knew the name of it…

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        jason kleinberg replied to the topic Bill Sullivan's Polka in the forum Student Videos 5 years, 2 months ago

        Niiice!

        Love your version of this tune. 👏

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        jason kleinberg wrote a new post 5 years, 2 months ago

        Super fun to play some back up fiddle with this amazing singer named @jongmadaliday from the Philippines who I found on TikTok 😻. I’m kind of a noob at this, so still totally amazed that with a little bit of effo […]

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          cynhrossi replied 5 years, 2 months ago

          Jason, how do we hear what you did? I don’t have access to anything except your lessons.

          Cindy

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            cynhrossi replied 5 years, 2 months ago

            Wait…. never mind, I found it.

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          crowbar47 replied 5 years, 2 months ago

          That’s way cool!! My biggest goal in fiddling us to play along with a picker/singer enviornment.

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        jason kleinberg wrote a new post 5 years, 2 months ago

        Have you been playing for a while and noticed that the hair on your bow has a case of “bed head” and isn’t quite falling into line anymore? Or maybe a bow was gifted to you, but the hair has more gaps than […]

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          Misha replied 5 years, 2 months ago

          i think i need two bows then! one for back up while replacing? I have never done this!

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        jason kleinberg posted an update 5 years, 2 months ago

        Happy St. Patrick’s day folx!! ☘️

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        jason kleinberg replied to the topic First Video From Raw Beginner in the forum Student Videos 5 years, 2 months ago

        Good bow sound Charles!

        Just curious: the fiddle sounds like it’s tuned low. Is that so? If not intended, you might want to check the tuning with an electronic tuner.

        keep on keeping’ on…

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