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Getting ready for orchestra and hoping to add regular practice on fiddle to my regimen View
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    Kvmceff commented on the post, Wandering Mind 1 year, 9 months ago

    Yes, my mind wanders all over. I had a teacher say that sometimes we practice with other music on or the tv on and that has something to do with the mind wanting multiple inputs. Yet to make fast progress it is best to be totally present and mindful of what we are working on. Like doing homework with the tv on takes 3 times as long to do as…[Read more]

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    Kvmceff posted an update 1 year, 9 months ago

    Getting ready for orchestra and hoping to add regular practice on fiddle to my regimen

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    Kvmceff replied to the topic What's challenging you now? in the forum Share Your Practice 2 years, 3 months ago

    It will come when the hand memorizes where it is supposed to be in relation to the fiddle. My palm touches the body of the fiddle and that feeling is how I know where I am.

    Also doing one finger scales helps teach the hand and ear. You can just do open, first finger, move first to where 2nd would fall, move 1st to where 3rd would fall (if were…[Read more]

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    Kvmceff replied to the topic What's challenging you now? in the forum Share Your Practice 2 years, 3 months ago

    That’s been happening to me too. So I’m learning to check in with my box elbow and see if it is too high for the string I am on. I also heard one teacher say to aim for the back of the left foot. I think that was meaning that perfectly straight bow might mean the arm is different ( has a different aim/angle) on the lower strings vs. the higher…[Read more]

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    Kvmceff posted an update 2 years, 4 months ago

    Now the wedding is over , I can tell my body is tired, so I’ll be practicing with my ears for a bit and not with the fiddle.

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    Kvmceff posted an update 2 years, 4 months ago

    Been working too hard on some music for a wedding, but it’s all over in a few days and I can get back to the fun stuff.

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    Kvmceff commented on the post, A People's History Of The Violin 2 years, 10 months ago

    My cousin was allowed to photograph the Amati 1649 and the Strad 1716 in person as part of a project to republish the book about Amati, in 1984. That was picked up by the car company that released an ‘Amati’, around 1991. Just some added trivia. Thanks for your work.

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    Kvmceff replied to the topic The Magic of the A minor Pentatonic Scale! in the forum Share Your Practice 3 years ago

    Wow aren’t you having fun!!!

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    Kvmceff replied to the topic The Girl I Left Behind Me (advice??) in the forum Student Videos 3 years, 2 months ago

    Kelly, Gosh it sounds really great to me. What I do notice is your left hand seems tense and your wrist looks like it is a tad kinked. Now that could be the angle of the camera, but I am thinking your elbow is the issue. Try this with your elbow a tad more under the violin and not as close to your body. Let your arm hang loosely with your…[Read more]

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    Kvmceff posted an update 3 years, 2 months ago

    Getting fired up for the Spring Practice Challenge. ARE YOU????

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    Kvmceff posted an update 3 years, 5 months ago

    Time to settle in for the winter and practice, practice, PLAY!

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    Kvmceff posted an update 3 years, 7 months ago

    Concerts coming up so fiddling is on hold til December 5. Bummer.

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    Kvmceff replied to the topic Oh my gosh I figured out vibrato in the forum Student Videos 3 years, 7 months ago

    Sounds good and the finger motion is spot on. Working to keep the wrist in the ‘normal’ playing space/plane is the next step. Right now you have an extra motion to tense the wrist and bend it. It’s all part of the learning process. Keep the wrist relaxed and you are there!!

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    Kvmceff replied to the topic Day 5 – Fiddler's Green in the forum Student Videos 3 years, 8 months ago

    Holy cats this is amazing!!!

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    Kvmceff replied to the topic Day 1 FPC video in the forum Student Videos 3 years, 8 months ago

    Weird. It’s there when I look no matter which of my devices I use. Any ideas on how to fix?

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    Kvmceff replied to the topic Day 1 FPC video in the forum Student Videos 3 years, 8 months ago

    Here’s my first video. Haven’t figured out all the particulars yet. Hope it’s ok to jump on what you started as mine is 14 day challenge too.

    Karen

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    Kvmceff replied to the topic Day 1 FPC video in the forum Student Videos 3 years, 8 months ago

    Look at you. Very organized and documenting your goals. Bowing looks pretty good to me. Do some very slow long strokes from frog to tip and see what happens. As you get all the way to the frog it will force your wrist to bend in order for the bow to stay perpendicular to the strings. Doing it slowly will train the wrist to make this bend.…[Read more]

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    Kvmceff replied to the topic Day 1 FPC kerfunken Jig in the forum Student Videos 3 years, 8 months ago

    Beautiful tone!

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    Kvmceff replied to the topic 14 day challenge in the forum Student Videos 3 years, 8 months ago

    Way to go! Thanks for motivating me to get this done. . . but it probably won’t be until tomorrow.

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    Kvmceff posted an update 3 years, 9 months ago

    working on creating variations to our set tunes for the hootenanny

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