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Wow – really excellent. Great bow control and rhythm.

That’s awesome, Joanne. I especially like that you played it on an instrument that would have been perfectly at home in the movie….

I love the Breton Gavotte, and you are playing it really well. I haven’t worked on the octave lower version – or the embellishments you’ve added. You’ve inspired me. And your Swallowtail Jig is really excellent. Great job!

Thank you, Marg!

Thanks for your encouraging words, Kate and Rita!

That’s really quite excellent, Marg!

Thanks for the encouraging feedback!

Bravo!

Thank you, Marg! I try to focus on the positives, but my inner critic is extremely noisy. Jason does such a good job hammering home the message of celebrating small wins. I know my intonation has improved markedly since I began this journey. Some days are better than others….

Thanks, Debbie. All I hear when I listen to myself is my lousy intonation lol.

Really, really nice – great rhythmic feel throughout, and the cuts sound nice and musical. Awesome stuff. I gotta go practice now – you’re inspiring me.

That sounds so great, Debbie. Intonation, double stops, and the lilting feel of your swinging 8th notes. Great job!

Great job on the double stops. I have so much difficulty with them. I’m impressed!

Nice – well done!

Great job! That tune looks like it has a lot of tricky string crossings – I’m impressed with how well you navigate them. The double stop at the end was great too.

Hi Marg – Yes, guitar, mandolin and bass guitar (and ukulele, which was my first instrument at 11 years old – just realizing that’s 50 years ago!). I gave the Irish concertina a… er, um, concerted effort a few years ago but I realized I am a dyed in the wool stringed instrument aficionado. I think fiddle is likely to be my last attempt at add…[Read more]

That was excellent, Marg! I thought your intonation was quite good – that’s one of my biggest struggles. I also think that we tend to think our own intonation is worse than it really is. Although I’m pretty sure mine’s pretty bad…

That looks like a nice mandolin too – do you play mandolin as well?