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yurie wrote a new post 1 month, 1 week ago
Devil Went Down to Georgia – Speedup!
Overview If you want to play a song faster, start by speeding up a small chunk. We’ll practice with a key riff from “The Devil Went Down To G […]
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yurie wrote a new post 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Brahm's Fiddle Waltz
Did you know that you can take a classical melody like this Brahms waltz and transform it into a fiddle tune? Further […]
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yurie wrote a new post 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Jamming with the Pogues and the Dubliners
I finally get to jam with these musical heroes on the Irish Rover! I’m also making some lesson videos for this on my Youtube ch […]
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yurie wrote a new post 1 month, 3 weeks ago
How To Play Violin In One Minute
Here’s how to learn a fun song like The Irish Rover. Play the first note, then Chain the first two… Now you have the first mus […]
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yurie wrote a new post 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Irish Rover – Slow Performance
Here’s a slow performance of this song. Listen to new songs for a week before learning them. Sing or hum this melody with me. Having a m […]
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yurie wrote a new post 2 months ago
How To Play Violin In One Minute
Here’s a quick video showing the essential skills for beginner violinist. I’ll show you how to: — Hold the violin and bow — Pluck rhythms on the […]
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yurie wrote a new post 2 months ago
Improvising With Rhythms
One way to make music practice fun is to improvise with Rhythms. Start with a long-short-short pattern known as Hoedown or the Nashville […]
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yurie wrote a new post 2 months ago
What the heck is Mixolydian Scale?!?!
What the heck is Mixolydian Scale?!?! Play an A Major And lower the seventh step. Sounds cool, right? Mixolydian scales are built on the fifth step […]
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yurie wrote a new post 2 months, 1 week ago
Alternate Between Chords & Melody On SwallowTail Jig
Here’s a fun way to practice fiddle tunes like Swallowtail Jig Play the first Chunk of the melody Then Play the chords. Eventually Play the melody with […]
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yurie wrote a new post 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Offbeat Accents On The Fiddle
Overview One way to get that classic fiddle sound is to add offbeat accents. Start with a simple hoedown or Nashville shuffle: […]
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yurie wrote a new post 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Six Secrets To Violin Success
Overview In order to succeed at learning violin or any instrument, you need to establish a good mindset. There are some simple things you can do to […]
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yurie wrote a new post 2 years, 9 months ago
Here’s a simple but extremely powerful practice strategy to develop your ear and improve your technique.
Take a small piece of music, and then alternate between listening and playing that piece. If possible, do […]
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yurie wrote a new post 2 years, 10 months ago
Here’s one of my favorite songs of all time, “Do You Realize??” by the Flaming Lips.
I play chords and sing a version arranged for the fiddle.
At the end of the video I offer some tips on singing and playi […]
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yurie wrote a new post 2 years, 11 months ago
Here’s a fiddle raga version of Lucy Farr’s. I made some brief liner notes about what I did in each section of the performance.
Fiddle raga is my term for an improvisational interpretation of a fiddle tune. It […]
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Wow! What a gorgeous tune and performance! Awesome! ~~Cindy
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Nice job Jason. I really liked your performance and the Martin Hayes version also. I liked the harmonics at the end.
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Farrrrrr our!!!!!!! Great job,,,, I guess I just dated myself😎
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Fun to listen to. Looking forward to learning a bit of improv
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Striking!
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Very nice !!!! , really enjoyed hearing this .
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I love the experimenting! Gives me ideas of my own for future playing.
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yurie wrote a new post 3 years ago
Here’s a bluegrass tune by Bill Monroe called “Jenny Lynn.” I just made a lesson for this along with the Round Peak variation.
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yurie wrote a new post 3 years ago
Here’s a take on this tune as a children’s song, performed by Lisa Loeb and Elizabeth Mitchell.
I just made lessons for this tune on FiddleHed (basic and Round Peak variation).
Take it here: […]
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yurie wrote a new post 3 years, 1 month ago
Always good to hear Doc Watson!
Here’s his version of Groundhog.
I just made a lesson for this tune on FiddleHed (basic and Round Peak variation).
Take it here: https://fiddlehed.co/GroundhogBasic
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yurie wrote a new post 3 years, 1 month ago
Frailin' with Folk Legend Obrah Ramsey
Here’s a cool YouTube documentary on a banjo player named Obray Ramsey. Obray Ramsey was a total boss on the banjo and a major player in the world […]
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yurie wrote a new post 3 years, 1 month ago
Here’s a version of The Wayfaring Stranger by Bill Monroe.
I teach an original version of this tune in this lesson.
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yurie wrote a new post 3 years, 1 month ago
Here’s a version of Cotton Eyed Joe by Nina Simone.
I teach an original version of this tune in this lesson.
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I’m pretty slow in my violin playing and my instructor and I were talking about the best approach to speed up. And your timely email arrived today and now I have more instruction on speeding up. Yay!
Great news, Jody! Glad it lines up with what your focusing on.
Here’s another post on this topic to keep the flow going: