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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 5 days, 16 hours ago
How To Transpose Fiddle Tunes (And Why It Makes You A Better Player)
What the heck is transposition? Do I need to know calculus to do that? 🤯 Transposition means playing a tune in a different key. It’s one of the most us […] -
jason kleinberg wrote a new post 1 month ago
Play One Note Until You Feel Like a Master
This is something anyone can do — right now, today. If you’re an absolute beginner, play the open D string (D0). If you’re more advanced, as […] -
jason kleinberg wrote a new post 2 months ago
Take the Reboot Challenge
Two weeks. One skill. See what happens. Do you ever feel stuck with the fiddle? Like you’re putting in the time but not really going anywhere? It […]-
This will be a challenge. I will work on chords hoping to learn to play in jam sessions
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I will do my best get a video of my skills. thanks Jason BowingI need help on the tone. but will work on the tone for now Or any other Suggestions u have to help
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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Violin Practice Isn't a Drill — It's a Conversation
Music is a conversation… Between practice and performance. Between silence and sound Between simple and complex Between who you are now and […]-
Thank you for this. I’ve been getting a bit lost lately. Im sure this will get me back on track.
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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 1 year, 4 months ago
Long Distance Fiddling
New Year’s resolutions often ignite a spark of excitement and motivation. But as the weeks pass, life takes over, and we find ourselves swept up in daily r […]-
I’m having a hard time thinking of my fiddle goals as quantifiable. Other than the number of tunes I have memorized, what can I count? I guess the speed of my vibrato? Or the speed of a tune?
How would I measure the quality of my tone? Or the use of double stops? Or my ability to improvise? Or do I just count the amount of time I spend on these things?
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My fiddle friend told me that I’m supposed to record by vid my progress and send it it to you.
How do I do this or is he wrong
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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 […]-
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?
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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.
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jason kleinberg commented on the post, How To Get An Awesome Sound On The Violin | Proven Techniques and Tips 1 year, 10 months ago
Sure!
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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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jason kleinberg commented on the post, Super Cool Fiddle Sounds 1 year, 11 months ago
Yep! I truly wasn’t trying to annoy her 🤪
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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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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 2 years ago
Games and Routines for Group Practice
Are you struggling to practice every day? Do you feel like emotional challenges of doubt or frustration are getting in the way of a productive […] -
jason kleinberg wrote a new post 2 years ago
Transforming Major Melodies Into Minor Keys
Overview You can reinvent major key songs like “Oh Susanna” by playing them in a minor key. This is a fun way to improve your mental map of scales, mel […]
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I do feel my brain growing! So fun, thanks!
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Yes 🙂 🧠 🎶 💗
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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 2 years ago
Improvising With Melodic ChunksDid you know that you can deconstruct existing melodies to improvise and compose new tunes? Further learning Learning Steps Listen to this […]
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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 2 years ago
Practice Kentucky Waltz With Alternation Games
Did you know that you can have a musical conversation by playing the same thing two different ways? Further learning Learning […]
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jason kleinberg commented on the post, What are you practicing these days? 2 years ago
Very cool. I’m also working on wagon wheel singing + backup.
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jason kleinberg commented on the post, What are you practicing these days? 2 years ago
Nice! You’re making such good progress with playing out.
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jason kleinberg commented on the post, What are you practicing these days? 2 years ago
Hey Lindsey,
I don’t but I recommend Musescore for this. You can transpose things there. I pay for the app…
Let me know if that works.
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