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Steve "Ripton" Nordborg

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@ripton

Active 6 months ago
My first night at the local Spelmanslag. I’m not sure if this got posted. A tune I should know well, albeit with my own arrangement through years of playing by memory. Well the group came out of the gates like a thoroughbred racehorse, I came out like a drunken sailer after last call. https://youtu.be/t8F8bbx_AlM View
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    Steve "Ripton" Nordborg posted a new activity comment 2 years, 5 months ago

    cant see your attachment, 🙁
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      Steve "Ripton" Nordborg replied to the topic How's it going with chord backup? in the forum Share Your Practice 2 years, 5 months ago

      thanks, I hope the “Favorite” button at the bottom will keep this easy to find 🙂

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      Steve "Ripton" Nordborg replied to the topic How's it going with chord backup? in the forum Share Your Practice 2 years, 5 months ago

      I watched your first 4 videos on the series for chords before I subscribed. I really want to jump ahead and get right into the thick of it but worried I may get myself in trouble. Working on double stops pretty good. Can’t wait to be there.

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      Steve "Ripton" Nordborg replied to the topic Swallowtail Blues in the forum Student Videos 2 years, 5 months ago

      I love this adaptation. thanks for sharing

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      Steve "Ripton" Nordborg replied to the topic The Arran Boat Song in the forum Student Videos 2 years, 5 months ago

      I love this tune. I can hear your intonation improvement from the first video unless it was just the drone (which I love now that I learned about doing lessons this way) that was distracting me.

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      Steve "Ripton" Nordborg replied to the topic Wagon Wheel – with feedback in the forum Student Videos 2 years, 5 months ago

      wow, awesome. I’m still struggling with this one, even just the beginning

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      Steve "Ripton" Nordborg commented on the post, The Ultimate Beginner Pitfall 2 years, 6 months ago

      As an intermediate beginner with 15 years of self-taught fiddling, I am working through your beginner’s series and starting to rekindle the fire. New methods of practice. I can play all these tunes if not by ear but find myself struggling with some of the adaptation (Hoe down eek). This is helping. Started a journal (a tip from your office hours…[Read more]

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