FiddleHed | Rjiles45 | Friends Activity https://fiddlehed.com/members/rjiles45/activity/friends/ Activity feed for Rjiles45's friends. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:00:01 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 9ae50bb74a7ce01cb4d54629bf84a812 Mike Reeve replied to the topic Quirky tune in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/quirky-tune-2/#post-51946 Wed, 03 Nov 2021 13:47:59 -0700 Hi Debbie – nope, checked mine and it’s apparently the same length, but yours looks much longer than mine. Cool playing though

]]> 0 faca6e8426a6c5096a784f8f55eeea5f Mike Reeve replied to the topic Oh my gosh I figured out vibrato in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/oh-my-gosh-i-figured-out-vibrato/#post-51917 Tue, 02 Nov 2021 12:16:30 -0700 Yep … practice is key indeed. Some months to go yet it seems 🙂

]]> 0 dd2a728dcad7284a239d9b4f10ad992f Mike Reeve replied to the topic People Are Strange in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/people-are-strange/#post-51900 Mon, 01 Nov 2021 14:13:10 -0700 Very haunting, especially with that echo

]]> 0 6303a8db62da4ef37d1b9411c4684fd9 Mike Reeve replied to the topic Quirky tune in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/quirky-tune-2/#post-51899 Mon, 01 Nov 2021 14:11:14 -0700 Debbie, how long is your bow? It looks massive

]]> 0 bf876a9b81d1b1808ae945c8181f5db2 Mike Reeve replied to the topic Oh my gosh I figured out vibrato in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/oh-my-gosh-i-figured-out-vibrato/#post-51896 Mon, 01 Nov 2021 09:33:52 -0700 Excellent, do you bend your wrist to play vibrato. I shall be trying that very shortly. Oh, and your tone sounds really good.

]]> 0 22e53d1fe720644c2292d0b81e9a3012 Mike Reeve started the topic Day 14 - the Final day in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/day-14-the-final-day/ Mon, 25 Oct 2021 19:13:45 -0700

]]> 0 13366ffd74e3e3994077d881296c0d13 Mike Reeve replied to the topic Fingerprint and review challenge in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/fingerprint-and-review-challenge/#post-51756 Mon, 25 Oct 2021 13:09:49 -0700 Problem is I’m not sure that I want to play form sheet music Kate. It seems like a chore that will just take away from my fun of messing around with the fiddle really. I keep having a little go at it and reading it is ok, but turning what I see on a page into a position of a finger on a string … that’s not something I think I’m going to get. If…[Read more]

]]> 0 54724ec394c118b05022176b88a051ae Mike Reeve replied to the topic Day 14 - Swallowtail Jig in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/day-14-swallowtail-jig/#post-51754 Mon, 25 Oct 2021 13:05:36 -0700 Really good job Leanne – your fingering is very fluent, or fluid … one of those, or perhaps both.

]]> 0 bdfca720cf0f113ea84d12c13ac50404 Mike Reeve replied to the topic Fingerprint and review challenge in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/fingerprint-and-review-challenge/#post-51739 Sat, 23 Oct 2021 17:41:21 -0700 That’s very organised and a good cross over between tune names and music. I’m even more impressed that you can play from sheet music, I think that’s a hurdler I’ll never overcome if I’m honest.

]]> 0 53a37bc49a27d6a81fdeb8cc1ec4fa0a Mike Reeve replied to the topic Day 4 - Last of the Mohicans' Main Theme "The Gael" in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/day-4-last-of-the-mohicans-main-theme-the-gael/#post-51694 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 07:42:24 -0700 Well that seems very complicated but great job with it. Some really nice sounds in there to my ear and I feel your pain with the ‘slowing it down’ thing. I find that slurring notes when I’m playing a tune just automatically speeds everything up. That middle part though, sounded great and some really good ornaments. … Brava Leanna

]]> 0 3f79314c37f82a349e314b3220f0277a Mike Reeve replied to the topic Day 6 cripple creek in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/day-6-cripple-creek/#post-51693 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 07:36:03 -0700 Go blues … I’m trying the same thing but I have some weird depth perception nonsense I think, because when I look at a video of me playing, I’m not even close to where I think I’m bowing.

]]> 0 b3e589a0cdd38445f9223e2af278e884 Mike Reeve replied to the topic Josephin's Waltz in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/josephins-waltz/#post-51692 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 07:34:15 -0700 Thanks Patty – I will look it up, but I’m afraid sheet music to me is like pearls before swine at this point 🙂 …. Thanks for your kind comment too. Keeping on keeping on 😀

]]> 0 b101ea486edf66c45e2249bd75b73836 Mike Reeve replied to the topic Jerusalem Ridge take 2 in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/jerusalem-ridge-take-2/#post-51685 Tue, 19 Oct 2021 19:08:19 -0700 Nice 4th finger work there Kate – something I want to start work on more.

]]> 0 605ec0012f42f5f4d491a569bceddefc Mike Reeve replied to the topic Day 3 Fire on the Mountain in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/day-3-fire-on-the-mountain/#post-51684 Tue, 19 Oct 2021 19:05:01 -0700 wow .. .your fingers are far more nimble than mine Mary … nice job

]]> 0 b6ca2f8ad1f070baea7605d981689b3f Mike Reeve replied to the topic Chicken Reel in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/chicken-reel/#post-51683 Tue, 19 Oct 2021 19:02:35 -0700 Great job Debbie … this is one I want to have a go at when I get my circular bowing something like consistent. Love the slides

]]> 0 822fbaab5b07c2d89cf7f5c577f4da8d Mike Reeve replied to the topic Day 4 - Last of the Mohicans' Main Theme "The Gael" in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/day-4-last-of-the-mohicans-main-theme-the-gael/#post-51682 Tue, 19 Oct 2021 18:59:28 -0700 Hi Leanna – did you upload the video to your own YouTube channel first?

]]> 0 6577720a53e3d8b4e2bdd1d9acdeb462 Mike Reeve replied to the topic Josephin's Waltz in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/josephins-waltz/#post-51681 Tue, 19 Oct 2021 18:57:32 -0700 Hmmm – seems my comment didn’t take. This isn’t a tune I’ve ever heard before – you have a nice tone Patty. Do you read from sheet music or tabs? I honestly don’t see a time when I’ll ever be able to call my playing anything else but ‘practice’ 🙂

]]> 0 e85e522d9bd75f3d7aa60990d632975a Mike Reeve replied to the topic Day 6 cripple creek in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/day-6-cripple-creek/#post-51679 Tue, 19 Oct 2021 18:55:14 -0700 Yep, getting better. Seems you have a similar ‘problem’ to me, in that you play quite fr down the strings. I also catch my bow on the knuckle of the body when I play the ‘E’ string and get that squeal too. I can’t seem to get myself playing nearer the bridge consistently. Getting better though – did the blues win?

]]> 0 7453b37387bf0b589af6c8450db6a77a Mike Reeve started the topic Day 8 - Progress report in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/day-8-progress-report/ Mon, 18 Oct 2021 19:26:15 -0700

]]> 0 69305c53579856a01268207d384171ce Mike Reeve replied to the topic Day 6 - some bowing practice in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/day-6-some-bowing-practice/#post-51655 Mon, 18 Oct 2021 09:08:59 -0700 Thanks 🙂

]]> 0 62703bb9e09217eebba1cade811286a5 Mike Reeve started the topic Day 6 - some bowing practice in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/day-6-some-bowing-practice/ Sat, 16 Oct 2021 19:32:53 -0700

]]> 0 066e4f3a53c95c702d9764a56cbfe904 Mike Reeve replied to the topic Day 3 in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/day-3/#post-51624 Fri, 15 Oct 2021 13:37:01 -0700 New fiddle looks pretty cool – good job

]]> 0 b986b5ce092cf153f748eec5a00d53a9 Mike Reeve replied to the topic Day 2 of the challenge in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/day-2-of-the-challenge/#post-51622 Fri, 15 Oct 2021 07:59:59 -0700 That’s a very good way to show progress. I look forward to seeing where you get to with it.

]]> 0 1d0d9ee8319de324f844536681d94421 Mike Reeve replied to the topic Tam Lin at sunset FPC21 day 3 in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/tam-lin-at-sunset-fpc21-day-3/#post-51621 Fri, 15 Oct 2021 07:58:03 -0700 Not my favourite piece of music, but wow, you really added some atmosphere to it. You have my sympathy for playing in the open air on an October night in Devon for sure, but that really was enjoyable and if you hadn’t mentioned errors, I’m not sure I would have noticed any. Great job Joanne

]]> 0 ff52a5c1e0db166456cf03130d3db9d3 Mike Reeve replied to the topic Day 1 FPC video in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/day-1-fpc-video/#post-51557 Thu, 14 Oct 2021 07:31:33 -0700 it IS weird, because now it IS there. 🙂

]]> 0 d889c6079dabf077ad17b07f43b12d86 Mike Reeve and Evelhin Sweden are now friends https://fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/14755/ Wed, 13 Oct 2021 20:11:33 -0700 0 e07b9e458d5dd15e99f0cb89435e6665 Mike Reeve replied to the topic Beginner: O Susanna. My first tune! in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/beginner-o-susanna-my-first-tune/#post-51513 Wed, 13 Oct 2021 19:21:25 -0700 you have a lovely tone and thank you for translating .. My Swedish is rubbish 🙂

]]> 0 30101f7faf760a5fc0a0aace353ad27f Mike Reeve replied to the topic Day 1 FPC video in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/day-1-fpc-video/#post-51511 Wed, 13 Oct 2021 18:51:50 -0700 Hi Karen,

I don’t mind at all, but for some reason it says your video isn’t available, so I can’t see it 🙁

]]> 0 2791deb769877b492e2cc9402d20bfc5 Mike Reeve replied to the topic Swallowtail Jig x4 of me in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/swallowtail-jig-x4-of-me/#post-51425 Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:48:33 -0700 Excellent … you recorded the backing to play to yourself? That’s some skill right there. Good job

]]> 0 cbe18d64aa72730087cbfbe89793beb3 Mike Reeve replied to the topic Day 1 FPC video in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/day-1-fpc-video/#post-51424 Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:39:12 -0700 hahaha – brilliant. Thank you Joanne, I’m glad you enjoyed it and thanks for your positive comment.

]]> 0 e82986d25852ffc7a4b01ee486bdccb4 Mike Reeve replied to the topic 14 day challenge in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/14-day-challenge-2/#post-51421 Tue, 12 Oct 2021 09:47:45 -0700 Good start – wish I’d done mine on my electric fiddle now 🙂

]]> 0 b313a9396ab78b85fc81baa876979e4f Mike Reeve replied to the topic Day 1 FPC video in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/day-1-fpc-video/#post-51420 Tue, 12 Oct 2021 07:33:45 -0700 Hi @kvmceff and thanks for your comment. I do struggle to bend the wrist for some reason and end up with a sort of liquid hand rather than a wrist movement. I’m not too concerned about it if I’m honest, but the FPC gives me an opportunity to focus on some things so I thought I would try that. I also have an issue with bow weight and not using the…[Read more]

]]> 0 3d7e6d505d7412ff63c179520f2065eb Mike Reeve replied to the topic Day 1 FPC video in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/day-1-fpc-video/#post-51419 Tue, 12 Oct 2021 07:30:00 -0700 Oh dear … I thought this WAS the FPC home page … Thanks Jason. How do I get to the FPC page then? 🙂

]]> 0 f9eecf83aaf2119d92d54e2a96eeb52b Mike Reeve started the topic Day 1 FPC video in the forum Student Videos https://fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/day-1-fpc-video/ Mon, 11 Oct 2021 19:08:08 -0700

]]> 0 466247b420e682903df4c1dd7c6c1ba2 Mike Reeve posted a new activity comment https://fiddlehed.com/lonesome-fiddle-blues-performance/#comment-3847 Sat, 26 Jun 2021 11:29:56 -0700 That’s a bouncy little tune … fun to learn I think. Fantastic thing to do, giving away that very pretty fiddle. Good job Michael 👏👏

In reply to - jason kleinberg wrote a new post Here's a simple version of a classic bluegrass tune called "Lonesome Fiddle Blues". This tune was created by one of my favorite fiddlers, Vassar Clements. I played it on "The Fiddle That Michael Gave Away" […] ]]> e9537bb8e2da3bdaaac2aac809f7aed2 Mike Reeve posted a new activity comment https://fiddlehed.com/big-eyed-rabbit/#comment-3846 Sat, 26 Jun 2021 11:25:06 -0700 Loving me some Wabbit … definitely one for the list. Great setting too 😁🎻

In reply to - jason kleinberg wrote a new post Here's an old-time tune called "Big-eyed Rabbit." It's in the Round Peak tradition of Tommy Jarrell. It was filmed by a pond in Kenneth Hahn Park in Los Angeles. The only thing missing was the smell of duck poop 🦆 💩 ]]> 82f42267b1d4b3fea1876ee409e72f64 Mike Reeve posted a new activity comment https://fiddlehed.com/big-eyed-rabbit/#comment-3834 Tue, 22 Jun 2021 19:19:37 -0700 Pretty cool to just take the ole fiddle to the park and make some music … hopefully be me one day. Bravo

In reply to - jason kleinberg wrote a new post Here's an old-time tune called "Big-eyed Rabbit." It's in the Round Peak tradition of Tommy Jarrell. It was filmed by a pond in Kenneth Hahn Park in Los Angeles. The only thing missing was the smell of duck poop 🦆 💩 ]]> cf1bc63f5f34378ed9c5dd4dd7521ebf Mike Reeve and jason kleinberg are now friends https://fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/12188/ Wed, 27 Jan 2021 00:18:21 -0800 0 788ec2906dc40301441652e7cff54e46 Mike Reeve's profile was updated https://fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/11753/ Wed, 16 Dec 2020 20:20:09 -0800 0 0ec0e80f39b03131195a8c36ed2b84ac Mike Reeve posted an update: Just hanging out, trying to make music. Happy to make […] https://fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/11749/ Wed, 16 Dec 2020 20:08:29 -0800 Just hanging out, trying to make music. Happy to make friends. I also have a YouTube channel called Frank’s Fiddle, in case you want to stop by 🙂

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