Owen

Thanks Marg! You were the inspiration with your medley. I think strum machine is a good way to build up speed on songs. I really liked how the songs in your medley interwove so beautifully. That may be a good thing for Jason to teach or discuss – how to compile a complimentary set.

Thanks for your feedback! I’ve been really working on my bow hold and having a flexible and not rigid hand to work towards smooth changes – a work in progress but finally seeing some improvement. The selection of songs is pretty random, just songs I liked and wanted to improve, or try variation on. The main challenge was doing a set of something a…[Read more]

Nice! Smooth transitions. Love the background choice. Your intonation is so good!

Wow, you picked that one up fast Owen! Nice embellishments too!

That sounded great! Your violin sounded beautiful, why bother with an electric when you can get such good sound with what you’ve got? Loved your improve. What did you use as a backing track?

Loved it!

Nice! I think people notice what they themselves struggle with. Your bow angle is perfect throughout!

The first link didn’t work, but the Dropbox did. Well done, Diane, it’s a beautiful song and you paced it really well. It looks like you’ve learnt it by memory – very good, as I find it a tricky one to remember. Thanks for posting.

Hi Sally, I couldn’t see your video as it was no longer available on YouTube. You may have deleted it. If you’re having difficulty with posting, this is what I do:

1. Record yourself on video on your phone or ipad.
2. Go to YouTube (if you haven’t already got an account, just create a basic one – you don’t need a premium). When I open the YouTu…[Read more]

Hi Kayla, Hope your practise with Swallowtail has gone well. I can’t see the video to comment, but in case you’re having difficulty posting, I’ll add these instructions:

1. Record yourself on video on your phone or ipad.
2. Go to YouTube (if you haven’t already got an account, just create a basic one – you don’t need a premium). When I open the…[Read more]

That was exquisite, Jocelyn! Really beautiful playing – I didn’t notice any dodgy notes – I don’t know the song but it sounded very good to me. Thanks for sharing. I’d like to learn that one myself. It might be fun for our marimba group (who can only play in C)

Your timing is right on! Sounds very good to me.

That was fun!

You did a great job with that, Michael – good flow, groove and tone. The work you’ve been doing is paying off. Completely agree about the whack-a-mole nature of learning violin. I’ve been trying to learn vibrato and tone has gone out the window. But I think you will always see overall improvement if you compare yourself to a couple of months ago…[Read more]

Also was that strum machine that you used as a back up or another app? Also, if it is strum machine, how did you get the different strumming?

Well done. I think the most important thing I’ve learnt at Fiddlehed is to learn the songs by memory. It’s a gift that keeps giving, makes it easier to transpose songs into other keys and much better at recovering from missed notes. I never thought it would be possible, but so glad that I have a songbook in my head that I’ve been able to pull…[Read more]

So clever! I’ll have to check out your band (love the name!) . Great that your composing music too – thanks for sharing!