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    cbFidHed2020 replied to the topic Lover's Waltz-new very old fiddle audition in the forum Student Videos 5 years ago

    Congratulations, Joanne, on your old new forever fiddle! I’ve watched your dedication in the timing challenge as well as your other videos, and it’s heartwarming to see you take this big leap forward with your new instrument. You look so contented playing it, and it does have a really nice resonance. Lovely, smooth playing on the waltz. I’m…[Read more]

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    jason kleinberg replied to the topic Tennessee Waltz in the forum Student Videos 5 years ago

    Just seeing this now @bluegrassgal. Thanks for sharing, and for the kind words…

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    jason kleinberg replied to the topic Angeline Baker, Speed Challenge in the forum Student Videos 5 years ago

    So nice 🙂

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    jason kleinberg wrote a new post 5 years, 1 month ago

    Here’s something fun you can do on the fiddle.  Alternate between a constant note and other changing notes, always alternating back to open D. This is called a “pedal pattern”.

     

    Here’s a basic pedal pat […]

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      crowbar47 replied 5 years, 1 month ago

      Good exercise!!! Good for intonation practice too.

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    Ear_eim replied to the topic Celtic Laments in the forum Student Videos 5 years, 1 month ago

    Hi Tom, wow! Big Applause! Loved your playing and the video. Those are lovely songs you’ve picked and beautiful photos (baby seal so cute). Great production, really atmospheric.

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    jason kleinberg replied to the topic Jenny Lynn (2 days in) in the forum Student Videos 5 years, 1 month ago

    Hey @jameseke, good playing. Tone is full and you really hear the melody. It’ll be good to hear progress as you continue to practice this.

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      cherylann replied 5 years, 1 month ago
      Hi Carolyn, it was nice to meet you today.
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      jason kleinberg wrote a new post 5 years, 1 month ago

      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 […]

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        Plormand replied 5 years, 1 month ago

        That is awesome.

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          jason kleinberg replied 4 years, 12 months ago

          Tanks 🤓

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        Debbie Hill replied 5 years, 1 month ago

        I’ve started using these techniques in my practice. Please consider doing a lesson on transposing to a minor key. I need some help with that one!

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          jason kleinberg replied 4 years, 12 months ago

          Good idea @debhill

          Here’s a quickie lesson on how to do it.
          -Play a major key tune.
          -Play its major scale.
          -Play the minor (Aeolian) scale (lower the third, sixth, seventh steps)
          -Sub out those notes as they fall in the tune.

          Have fun…

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            MaryReid replied 4 years, 12 months ago

            Thanks for the help with the minor key transposition.

            Mary

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            Debbie Hill replied 4 years, 12 months ago

            Thanks for your help!

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        sarahb replied 5 years ago

        FiddleHed Group 1 Intermediate ( 3 members created during the first breakout group session) are practicing this tune, some suggested variants, and / eventually the variations with double stops, etc. It is quite fun and quite challenging! We are going to continue next week.
        Thanks, Jason and team!!!!!

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          jason kleinberg replied 4 years, 12 months ago

          Nice @sarahb,

          I wanna hear what you guys come up with 🎻

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        Heidi Kurz replied 5 years ago

        Just finished watching the video. Excellent suggestions! Even though I’ve been playing flute, piano for decades (teach and perform both), practicing does seem like ‘work’ sometimes, especially now when we can’t play with live people -although we’re starting to see a light at the end… Yay! Now I’m going to try them out.🎶😊

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          jason kleinberg replied 4 years, 12 months ago

          Hey @hmk,

          You can apply this creative practice approach to any instrument. Have fun 🕺🏾

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        MelissaRice replied 4 years, 12 months ago

        Great tone from that beautiful fiddle.

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        elburns64 replied 4 years, 12 months ago

        Jason, You are awesome, and you make learning fiddle fun, and this video made me smile. Timing is my biggest challenge, so I will try the metronome…. Thank you! 🙂

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        jameseke replied 4 years, 12 months ago

        Awesomeness

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        Gailserene replied 4 years, 11 months ago

        Thanks so much!! Some of these things I’ve done, but not all! I love your lessons!!

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        map_gurl replied 4 years, 11 months ago

        Love all these suggestions! Have done a lot of them, but I need to practice playing things way over there in the minor key more.
        I’m sure you talk about this somewhere else, but I also love to swing the beat when I’m trying to wrap my head around a new tune… sometimes I just like them better that way anyway.

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        Misha replied 4 years, 11 months ago

        the klezmer way is totally cool

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        Rosalie Werback replied 3 months, 3 weeks ago

        Hello! I just bumped into this workshop with 17 ways to practice the Jenny Lynn tune. Thank you and there’s even more stuff to look at. Great!
        Rosalie Werback

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      cbFidHed2020 replied to the topic Celtic Laments in the forum Student Videos 5 years, 1 month ago

      Hey Tom, nice job. I like that mournful “droning lonesome sound” you evoke with your laments and the Raagini. It’s like a trip to the Isles. Love the photos! I’m sure it took some effort to put that together. Thanks for sharing.

      Carolyn B.

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      jason kleinberg wrote a new post 5 years, 1 month ago

      Last weekend I finished a recording session with my old friend Joe Rut. Overall, it went well. We did six tunes in about two and a half days. Three of these are long form “fiddle raga” pieces, while the other […]

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        Joanne Iles replied 5 years, 1 month ago

        Jason, I love the sound of the new tune “To You….” very hypnotic it reminds me a bit of Sigur Ros.

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          jason kleinberg replied 5 years, 1 month ago

          Thanks @joanneiles

          I’m a big fan of Sigur Ros.

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        Kvmceff replied 5 years, 1 month ago

        The clip of your song is quite nice. Thank goodness you moved through or around the roadblocks to its creation and completion.

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        Owen replied 5 years, 1 month ago

        Very, very pretty song ” To You (and everyone else wandering in the world.)”

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          jason kleinberg replied 5 years, 1 month ago

          thanks Owen 🙂

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        Grace replied 5 years, 1 month ago

        Beautiful! Thanks for sharing with us.

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          jason kleinberg replied 5 years, 1 month ago

          You’re welcome Grace 🙂

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        Ear_eim replied 5 years, 1 month ago

        Hi Jason, what a lovely relaxed vibe. It’s unmistakably you; light fiddle and drone/indian music drone box thingy. It’s a hit!

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          jason kleinberg replied 5 years, 1 month ago

          Thanks @ear_eim_ear_eim 🙏

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      jason kleinberg wrote a new post 5 years, 1 month ago

      A FiddleHed named Malik asked “Can you explain for me what a G-Clef is?”

      The fancy scroll with a tail that appears at the beginning of fiddle music is called the treble clef.

      The other name for it is […]

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      MaryReid posted an update 5 years, 1 month ago

      River John Sunset Waltz

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      jason kleinberg wrote a new post 5 years, 1 month ago

      I’ve been reading The War of Art, which is about overcoming resistance in creative work. Though I’ve been making things my whole life, I still have to do battle with Resistance.

      For example, I’ve been writing […]

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        crowbar47 replied 5 years, 1 month ago

        Just ordered this book. Looking forward to a good read.

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            Debbie Hill replied 5 years, 1 month ago

            Love the raga blend!

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            Michael Moore replied 5 years, 1 month ago

            love this jason! i liked the conversations about it being too weird for fiddlers and too normal for the experimental lovers. I guess a better way to look at it is its the best of both worlds, and hopefully for everyone. it sounds like a shuti box! have you ever heard or used one? I’ve been really wanting one for a long time. i love drone music which is why i first got interested in violin. anyway i wanted to share this video with you if i can. its my favorite shuti box performance I’ve ever seen. beautiful, and maybe an inspiration in there somewhere for fiddlers? i don’t know. https://youtu.be/hEzO947WtZU

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            saral replied 5 years, 1 month ago

            That is beautiful, exotic….love it! I want to learn to play it :).

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          cbFidHed2020 replied to the topic O'Keefe's slide from a newbie…trying again! in the forum Student Videos 5 years, 2 months ago

          Really nice Jenny. Nice smooth bowing with good tone!

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          jason kleinberg wrote a new post 5 years, 2 months ago

          A little lesson on Little Lift The practice of Little Lift will help you to place your left-hand fingers on the fiddle with greater ease. It will also help you to play better in tune and […]

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          jason kleinberg replied to the topic Bill Sullivan's Polka in the forum Student Videos 5 years, 2 months ago

          ps: I know this tune but never knew the name of it…

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