FiddleHed | yurie | Activity https://fiddlehed.com/members/yurie/activity/ Activity feed for yurie. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 03:33:59 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 21cab491b280608865ff8158738552c2 yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=74236 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 16:00:50 -0700 Balance Practice and Play | Fiddlosophy #5 During your sessions, find a balance between practice and play. I suggest spending roughly three quarters of your time engaged in focused deliberate […]

]]> 1 a2c9121ccbd4537427d887ac929e6719 yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=74216 Fri, 09 Aug 2024 16:00:47 -0700 How To Meditate With Music In this lesson, you’ll learn to play with ease using the FiddleHed Music Meditation process. Opening Questions: Do you feel tension in your […]

]]> 0 c3ab9f8af6340c7d50d652cb6735e42b yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=74122 Tue, 23 Jul 2024 16:00:40 -0700 How To Get An Awesome Sound On The Violin | Proven Techniques and Tips Introduction One of the biggest problems that I hear about from students is that they don’t like the way they sound. I hear a lot of comments like “Oh the […]

]]> 5 b4c0f9e23bc9d1b7f137bd342749e1a6 yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=74049 Tue, 16 Jul 2024 16:00:57 -0700 Ashokan Farewell | Call-and-response Fiddle Lesson Let’s learn and practice Ashokan Farewell with call-and-response. This is a great way to develop your ear which will help you learn tunes more easily as […]

]]> 0 28e5f9fb1e96bfe5321008c5588b316e yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=73843 Tue, 18 Jun 2024 16:00:19 -0700 Super Cool Fiddle Sounds Overview When I was a kid practicing violin, I’d sit in my room and make weird sounds like this…My Mom would yell at me from the other room, “Is that […]

]]> 7 ef9fc39cd8d792cb2e830f04dcb4e96f yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=73809 Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:00:10 -0700 Mini-Scale Fiddle Warmups {Short} Overview In this lesson I’ll show you four “mini-scale” warmups to help you coordinate the hands, mind and ears. As you’ll see in the lesson, these c […]

]]> 0 2f9432910a43abed9376a9f56d6a0f58 yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=73790 Wed, 12 Jun 2024 16:00:51 -0700 Waltz Rhythm Overview Here’s a cool rhythm for playing backups on waltzes. Learning Steps  Start by playing a double stop chord with a simple 1-2-3 […]

]]> 3 efd1ac9cecf8217cec62aa3d6ceddc52 yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=72752 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 16:00:02 -0700 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 […]

]]> 2 ea53d5ae0ebac2e38486095ed734ccde yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=72512 Tue, 19 Mar 2024 16:00:45 -0700 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 […]

]]> 2 4dda7b4072082c5d80a7297c3a3ffce1 yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=72503 Fri, 15 Mar 2024 16:00:40 -0700 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 […]

]]> 0 741bbc3bc61e24bc60076c226a27feab yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=72436 Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:00:17 -0700 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 […]

]]> 0 909fe563696e9ed9ce4c745d124ceec4 yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=72378 Fri, 08 Mar 2024 17:00:29 -0800 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 […]

]]> 0 6e0265d0cf3c11b34f5452e79a6d8030 yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=72432 Wed, 06 Mar 2024 23:42:04 -0800 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 […]

]]> 0 e63b8808a8e9070c95033eacb22a9eb5 yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=72369 Tue, 05 Mar 2024 17:00:11 -0800 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 […]

]]> 0 ea9710a04f1534f7972ffae4b907e274 yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=72204 Fri, 01 Mar 2024 17:00:01 -0800 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 […]

]]> 0 aaf8c90605e8543bfb19c2d8c0747f72 yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=72197 Tue, 27 Feb 2024 17:00:57 -0800 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 […]

]]> 0 16da6348a66de4e99e871ef1c3664dbc yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=72038 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 17:00:48 -0800 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: […]

]]> 0 8a69e21b7dd82658b2b155df3723a540 yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=66379 Thu, 13 Jul 2023 16:00:27 -0700 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 […]

]]> 0 52ba19db29b36621fc9249f7dfc1b43e yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=49532 Fri, 06 Aug 2021 12:00:05 -0700 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 […]

]]> 1 beb767b3def3ddaed01d8a6c5a274a80 yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=47972 Thu, 17 Jun 2021 19:21:53 -0700 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 […]

]]> 0 1c2d024904edfdbebb5d8ac6b7bde506 yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=47665 Thu, 27 May 2021 16:00:20 -0700 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 […]

]]> 8 cf80f74ee63b3f1acca270ba313242eb yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=47174 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 20:28:57 -0700 Here’s a bluegrass tune by Bill Monroe called “Jenny Lynn.” I just made a lesson for this along with the Round Peak variation.

 

]]> 1 c89aa6311cced1293e47adf7df9b2fdd yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=46911 Wed, 07 Apr 2021 16:00:42 -0700 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: […]

]]> 0 fce4bc567b7bd74765c31a74bb1bbc36 yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=46882 Tue, 06 Apr 2021 16:00:28 -0700 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

 

]]> 1 a7c14f7547e7d7e790e06818bb662d55 yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=46857 Fri, 02 Apr 2021 16:00:43 -0700 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 […]

]]> 0 23fe7cecef15c26434f57ed44de4e1b1 yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=44632 Tue, 22 Dec 2020 17:00:21 -0800 Here’s a short performance of Rolling Waves – basic and variation performance.

 

Thanks for reading, and thanks for making music…

]]> 0 4715fde4bcc9896a41aa4f0e9c8b3cae yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=44621 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 17:00:51 -0800 Here’s a short performance of Mary Had A Little Lamb – Fiddle Raga.

 

Thanks for reading, and thanks for making music…

]]> 0 ddc7f44a8807a014f9bb210a487baed1 yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=23583 Mon, 05 Nov 2018 21:30:01 -0800 Mary Had A Little Lamb – Fiddle Raga Here’s a fiddle raga performance of Mary Had A Little Lamb. What the heck is a fiddle raga? The short answer: it’s an improvisation based around a fiddle melody accompanied by […]

]]> 1 3d5a0d9b7bba6dec1d69c5056b21407c yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=23506 Fri, 02 Nov 2018 20:30:42 -0700 Mary Had A Little Lamb – Five Fiddle Variation Performance Hey folks, Here’s a performance of Mary Had A Little Lamb in which I add five different types of fiddle variation on each pass of the tune: -Hoedown -Melodic […]

]]> 1 ae08b4c22fe79f768e0d0481f59eed54 yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=23425 Fri, 26 Oct 2018 20:34:12 -0700 Hey folks,

Here’s a short performance of an Irish tune called Kerry Polka. I play a very simple version and then play a version with some variation added. In particular, I added mordents and […]

]]> 1 c8566ed6dfc4caf75b44850f170ce941 yurie wrote a new post https://fiddlehed.com/?p=23412 Thu, 25 Oct 2018 20:30:58 -0700 Kerry Polka – Fiddle Raga Here’s a fiddle raga performance of Kerry Polka. What the heck is a fiddle raga? It’s an improvisation based around a fiddle melody accompanied by a drone.  Here’s an mp […]

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