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Thanks!! Good to hear from you!

Well, you didn’t make it look as though it was hard!
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Hi Joanne! Thanks. A little bit of stumbling fingers, I’m afraid. Still glad I put it up; it’s good practice.

Hey Nick, Thanks. That one is hard for me, as some are. Que Sera, Sera!

Thanks Patty! Stringing along that’s the way to do it.

That’s really good, Owen! I agree with Jo – a tricky tune that you are really on top of. Great!

Thanks everyone! I’m looking forward to progressing onto the next version of it with embellishments that Jason said he’d post. Still need to work on the bow hand though.

Well done, Kate! I enjoyed that.

Sounding great! Your violin has a lovely tone. Well done

I agree – that’s two of you I have to keep up with now!

Well done, Kate, that’s so good – you’ve got a lovely melodious lilt going there! I wish my bowing was that confident and effortless!

Sounding good, I would say your timing is spot on. Well done!

Cool slides and really liked the sound you made and groove you had. I didn’t recognise it as Will the Circle be Unbroken, but that may be because of the tuning of your violin. Next time record yourself playing along with the track so when you listen back you can identify the parts you need to work on. I’ve been playing 18months now and have imp…[Read more]

Nicely done, Joanne! Yeah, the slides were cool! I like that song as well. Back before the Pandemic it would be played occasionally at one of the Jams here in Richmond, Va.

Well done, Tom! It’s a lovely waltz. I’m finding timing can be tricky, so I’m trying to count myself in and stamp my foot as I play along with the drone. Doesn’t always work though!