FiddleHed | MaryReid | Activity https://fiddlehed.com/members/maryreid/activity/ Activity feed for MaryReid. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:49:33 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 c242915d0f8a2b6d4231e41a7c3d78cb MaryReid joined the group Beginner Group https://fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/21428/ Thu, 19 Oct 2023 11:58:29 -0700 0 265d7717951a7d323ff9f5557dc79e20 MaryReid posted a new activity comment https://fiddlehed.com/blog/play-slowly/#comment-5568 Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:29:11 -0700 I needed to hear this today. Yesterday,’s practice was clear evidence that I need to slow down.
Mary

In reply to - jason kleinberg wrote a new post Play Slowly Go Ridicu-Slow 🐢 If you can't play something, chances are you're going too fast. Speeding leads to anxious hands and a cluttered mind. 🤯 Slow down […] ]]> 4e5cafede5747c2822fa86c71d5bd867 MaryReid posted a new activity comment https://fiddlehed.com/blog/whats-helped-you-the-most-on-your-fiddle-journey/#comment-5460 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 11:33:39 -0700 Daily practice is the best thing for my improvement. When I miss practice the fiddle feels foreign in my hands.

Mary Reid

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 […] ]]> edc408a8f92718f6cd5a51285440e79e MaryReid started the topic Sally Goodin in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/sally-goodin/ Sat, 29 Oct 2022 00:45:24 -0700
Is the sound bad because of the instrument or the microphone?

]]> 0 cb9ea456ef26cc2e034bc1bb85c4e407 MaryReid replied to the topic Will the Circle Be Unbroken? FPC22 in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/will-the-circle-be-unbroken-fpc22/#post-60902 Thu, 20 Oct 2022 18:47:52 -0700 Thanks. I am trying to make double stops sound better during the fall challenge.
Mary

]]> 0 6fca95c4b392a2643ff725462ee851ea MaryReid replied to the topic Will the Circle Be Unbroken? FPC22 in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/will-the-circle-be-unbroken-fpc22/#post-60901 Thu, 20 Oct 2022 18:47:12 -0700 Welcome to Fiddlehed. It’s a great place to learn. I live in the deep south and have also heard this tune all my life. Family sing alongs.
Thanks for you kind words.
Mary

]]> 0 7543746d777e405ed63ed2aba35dc8bc MaryReid started the topic Will the Circle Be Unbroken? FPC22 in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/will-the-circle-be-unbroken-fpc22/ Thu, 20 Oct 2022 00:56:35 -0700

]]> 0 f926446dbd264869ea82a58370847167 MaryReid replied to the topic Tennessee Waltz Duet in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/tennessee-waltz-duet/#post-59708 Tue, 13 Sep 2022 18:36:21 -0700 Sue and Grace, congrats on a great duet and fun friendship! Keep it up.
Mary

]]> 0 2e0117a5a3e10970baced089d1dda919 MaryReid started the topic Waltz medley in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/waltz-medley/ Wed, 31 Aug 2022 20:07:36 -0700

]]> 0 e1ec7453e28c3467acab9f2758a19434 MaryReid replied to the topic Medley with strum machine in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/medley-with-strum-machine/#post-58816 Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:41:28 -0700 VEry Nice.

]]> 0 1c32dea0d465f6a009413517f5552dd4 MaryReid replied to the topic Kerry Polka with double stops in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/kerry-polka-with-double-stops/#post-58815 Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:38:45 -0700 Thanks for the encouragement. I feel like it’s still pretty harsh but it’s coming.

]]> 0 69e77af7b8a3339bb40f0309db35a444 MaryReid replied to the topic Kerry Polka with double stops in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/kerry-polka-with-double-stops/#post-58814 Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:37:45 -0700 Thanks. I was trying to not show my sweaty hair. LOL

]]> 0 0b516899ea14812010d673fbf6cc5ea8 MaryReid started the topic Kerry Polka with double stops in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/kerry-polka-with-double-stops/ Tue, 02 Aug 2022 18:25:56 -0700

]]> 0 c414dbe52fad6e28437cab7202203f92 MaryReid changed their profile picture https://fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/16361/ Wed, 11 May 2022 14:36:05 -0700 0 580a79dadd9874ee68d0d49fcf3868c4 MaryReid replied to the topic Foggy Dew in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/foggy-dew/#post-56459 Tue, 19 Apr 2022 00:33:18 -0700 Nice job. It sounds good. Love the mystery in that tune.

]]> 0 d0ca80647fbdd2e12767aa54636d7a91 MaryReid replied to the topic SPC day7 in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/spc-day7/#post-56458 Tue, 19 Apr 2022 00:31:43 -0700 I need to be practice this. Keep it up.

]]> 0 4e681479a67bb64547916f72a2d73f3c MaryReid started the topic Westphalia Waltz new tune on Day 4 in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/westphalia-waltz-new-tune-on-day-4/ Thu, 14 Apr 2022 18:58:23 -0700

]]> 0 b38317b3272957e4d4bec403ff71505f MaryReid replied to the topic Bandura waltz in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/bandura-waltz/#post-56275 Thu, 14 Apr 2022 14:04:10 -0700 Lovely waltz. I don’t know this one. Sounds like a minor key. Very interesting.

]]> 0 b3eb0b38d05fdf776a290e3117c19109 MaryReid replied to the topic Two fiddleheds are better than one in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/two-fiddleheds-are-better-than-one/#post-56273 Thu, 14 Apr 2022 13:05:30 -0700 How very cool was that!

]]> 0 8bdfd110497a0acc2f57aab917e50834 MaryReid replied to the topic Liza Jane 1 in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/liza-jane-1/#post-56166 Wed, 13 Apr 2022 01:18:36 -0700 Sounding really good.

]]> 0 0dc8ef61fa5d8a9e6e04747d9eaaaa4a MaryReid replied to the topic SPC 22 day 2 in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/spc-22-day-2/#post-56165 Wed, 13 Apr 2022 01:16:53 -0700 Great bowing on this tune. So good with the beat.

]]> 0 25638c6f34f57150ee5aa79665c47689 MaryReid replied to the topic Tobin’s Jig in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/tobins-jig/#post-56164 Wed, 13 Apr 2022 01:14:54 -0700 Love Tobin’s Jig. Sounds good with the drone.

]]> 0 ef4218858fb81d264ae3ce7b8a68b7d1 MaryReid replied to the topic Britches full of stitches in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/britches-full-of-stitches-2/#post-56163 Wed, 13 Apr 2022 01:13:27 -0700 LOve the double stops. I’ll have to try that, too.

]]> 0 ce0d1fd6801598beeb5526180df6ed0c MaryReid replied to the topic Day 1 Fiddle Practice Challenge in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/day-1-fiddle-practice-challenge/#post-56162 Wed, 13 Apr 2022 01:11:10 -0700 Thanks. I’ve been working on that fourth finger lately. It probably helps that I have played piano for years.
I’m enjoying using a slow jam backing tract for some bluegrass and old time tunes.
Enjoy the challenge.

]]> 0 efbc303156ac734d4e150855e6786078 MaryReid replied to the topic Day 1 Fiddle Practice Challenge in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/day-1-fiddle-practice-challenge/#post-56161 Wed, 13 Apr 2022 01:09:55 -0700 Thanks. I hope you post a video soon.
Mary

]]> 0 66d202b4e5eaca91f5fd76da233427ea MaryReid started the topic Day 1 Fiddle Practice Challenge in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/day-1-fiddle-practice-challenge/ Mon, 11 Apr 2022 20:55:03 -0700 Off to California

]]> 0 6810b77046930cef83108c37ba96283c MaryReid started the topic Whiskey before breakfast in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/whiskey-before-breakfast-2/ Thu, 17 Mar 2022 21:13:08 -0700

]]> 0 b7dd85392057d02bc993ae19ee6f84ce MaryReid replied to the topic Oregon Fiddler's Waltz in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/oregon-fiddlers-waltz/#post-55513 Thu, 17 Mar 2022 17:23:08 -0700 Thanks for you comment. I’m trying to learn to make the fiddle “sing” and not sound so practiced. When playing the fiddle, there’s so much to think about it.

Mary

]]> 0 50668d5ab2e59f373be024fef49207a6 MaryReid replied to the topic Oregon Fiddler's Waltz in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/oregon-fiddlers-waltz/#post-55512 Thu, 17 Mar 2022 17:22:04 -0700 Thanks. I found it wandering around the web one day. A Scottish composer wrote to honor a group of Oregon fiddlers. Isn’t that cool?

Mary

]]> 0 ac5cf26f0acd2e484e54d0cd5e8c0ce9 MaryReid started the topic Oregon Fiddler's Waltz in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/oregon-fiddlers-waltz/ Sat, 12 Mar 2022 18:13:16 -0800

]]> 0 8c23a96a17729a618e55ed120742573c MaryReid replied to the topic Liberty with Strum Machine help in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/liberty-with-strum-machine-help/#post-53350 Sat, 08 Jan 2022 20:24:26 -0800 Strum Machine has a subscription cost but it’s not much I don’t think. Plays background to lots and lots of tune.

]]> 0 6a8c31cf22925c91a2a37da4a741eff2 MaryReid replied to the topic Kerfunken jig first try in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/kerfunken-jig-first-try/#post-53324 Fri, 07 Jan 2022 21:40:13 -0800 Great job. Love your determination.

]]> 0 d094e5bb5cf6508bc90b32573ff9e476 MaryReid replied to the topic My shaky attempt at Swallowtail Jig in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/my-shaky-attempt-at-swallowtail-jig-2/#post-53323 Fri, 07 Jan 2022 21:38:45 -0800 Keep up the good work. This tune can be an earworn.

]]> 0 16c43b76556120000f549004e0ef6af0 MaryReid started the topic Liberty with Strum Machine help in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/liberty-with-strum-machine-help/ Fri, 07 Jan 2022 21:36:39 -0800 Working on Liberty as one in my Heritage Set (tunes my great-grandfather played in the hills of Kentucky). Got to memorize it next.

]]> 0 e5b9c5bc8a636aecca27d5c60ca9b263 MaryReid started the topic Back at it in the forum Share Your Practice https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/back-at-it/ Wed, 05 Jan 2022 20:18:13 -0800 After being away recouping from surgery and physical restriction –

Reviewed tunes I had learned earlier – Rd to Lisdonverna, Sweet Beulah Land, Swallowtail Jig, Southwind, Soldier’s Joy – Level 2.
Enjoyed flipping through Jason’s Fiddlehed Tune Book and just playing again.

Want to establish a practice routine (which will be fun) to include new…[Read more]

]]> 0 a29e34270bb24763fca6e073f9431596 MaryReid started the topic Away in a Manger in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/away-in-a-manger/ Sun, 02 Jan 2022 20:09:06 -0800 Christmas carol played for our church worship service on Jan. 2, 2022. My first public offering of my fiddle music.

]]> 0 1fa8ab0a3fb0e1a941959f64bdc7a1be MaryReid replied to the topic Today's Practice with the FiddleHed Group! in the forum Share Your Practice https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/todays-practice-with-the-fiddlehed-group/#post-52579 Wed, 08 Dec 2021 02:40:55 -0800 Practiced G scale two octaves. added variations of 123, 1,3,2,4,3,5,4,6,5,7,8.

Worked out bowing on Away in Manger in harmony section – slurs on eighth notes and down bow for effect.

Tried playing softly on harmony section.

Ran through entire piece twice with recorded accompaniment.

Need to cut my nails.

]]> 0 323bebe74239e87797d2dd5bcab94168 MaryReid started the topic Day 3 Fire on the Mountain in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/day-3-fire-on-the-mountain/ Fri, 15 Oct 2021 18:42:57 -0700

]]> 0 bb1a8ca35e0e7b9137cadbe88d0bcd8d MaryReid started the topic Blackberry Blossom in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/blackberry-blossom/ Sat, 07 Aug 2021 19:26:32 -0700 Learning this for participation in our local jam session. Still needs more work. Got to get the Es in tune – a big stretch from the lower E to the upper E.

]]> 0 f858a0a914f912fa6418e7e1b9be535d MaryReid replied to the topic I’ll fly away in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/ill-fly-away/#post-49353 Sat, 31 Jul 2021 19:56:12 -0700 Love this on the fiddle. I’m going to give you the same advice a fiddler recently gave me. “You got to play louder.” I am very timid with the fiddle but I’m trying to make big sound these days.

Keep up the good work.

Mary

]]> 0 1376aeeedee4e4fc49920dbd3685c263 MaryReid replied to the topic Basic Midnight on the Water... in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/basic-midnight-on-the-water/#post-49352 Sat, 31 Jul 2021 19:52:17 -0700 Nicely done. I like the tune and the slides you added.

Mary

]]> 0 0d50cede392e289843199da55dc9a57d MaryReid posted an update: https://youtu.be/TjytaRhU1n4 https://fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/13727/ Sat, 19 Jun 2021 20:51:13 -0700

]]> 0 e83735c892f097119008fc9cb255d8a0 MaryReid posted an update: Soldier's Joy https://youtu.be/xkYuyTDDMkk https://fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/13664/ Tue, 15 Jun 2021 00:29:52 -0700 Soldier’s Joy

]]> 0 a61c181e0886047cf775858a627dcef8 MaryReid posted a new activity comment https://fiddlehed.com/17-ways-to-practice-jenny-lynn/#comment-3794 Fri, 11 Jun 2021 21:13:07 -0700 Thanks for the help with the minor key transposition.

Mary

In reply to - jason kleinberg wrote a new post 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 […] ]]> e1b030901e0827eb4958b7e24463911d MaryReid started the topic Irish Washerwoman - my first learned by ear only in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/irish-washerwoman-my-first-learned-by-ear-only/ Fri, 11 Jun 2021 20:47:42 -0700

]]> 0 52ce7dddb547dbb3caf8451794dc7f96 MaryReid posted an update: River John Sunset Waltz https://youtu.be/Ni6zqE_O_pI https://fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/13093/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 17:39:06 -0700 River John Sunset Waltz

]]> 0 64571cd6f2de7552a53181c7908c030a MaryReid posted an update in the group Intermediate Group: Just checking this out. I'm meeting with two other fiddlers […] https://fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/12896/ Fri, 26 Mar 2021 19:18:53 -0700 Just checking this out. I’m meeting with two other fiddlers from the group lessons we’ve been doing on Saturday. IT’s been fun and instructive. I, too, am in eastern daylight savings. Mary

]]> 1 fa0de3f78ff94e145e23cebc21e5dafc MaryReid joined the group Intermediate Group https://fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/12895/ Fri, 26 Mar 2021 19:17:12 -0700 0 8d65f839e0874c33d34c60a20f7efdd2 MaryReid replied to the topic Bill Sullivan's Polka in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/bill-sullivans-polka/#post-46707 Fri, 26 Mar 2021 19:15:25 -0700 Very nice. Good sound, steady beat. Well done.

]]> 0 32d7d525d6f771efa58967e00d5f8c92 MaryReid and Laura Leach Devlin are now friends https://fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/12338/ Wed, 03 Feb 2021 19:27:13 -0800 0