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yurie wrote a new post 1 year, 9 months ago
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 […] -
yurie wrote a new post 1 year, 9 months ago
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 […] -
yurie wrote a new post 1 year, 10 months ago
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 […]-
Really good lesson, Jason! Good coaching; while practicing, drop back to bowing basics! Will do! Thanks!
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Great lesson to return to, I’m going to try to revisit this once a month!
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Always good to come back to basics. It helps to clear some of the fog accumulated along the fiddle journey and get a fresh start.
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Jason,
You are the BEST.
My sound is really starting to improve.
Thank You,
John
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yurie wrote a new post 1 year, 10 months ago
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 […] -
yurie wrote a new post 1 year, 11 months ago
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 […]-
I can just hear your mother: Jaaaa-sonnn, is it supposed to sound like that? 😂😂😂
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Yep! I truly wasn’t trying to annoy her 🤪
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EXCELLANT !
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YES 🎵 Thanks for sharing the love, John!
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Thanks for the overview, very helpfull.
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The link for double stops is wrong, page Not found
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Hi Gabi, thank you kindly for mentioning this. Here is the link I think Jason is referring to:
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yurie wrote a new post 1 year, 11 months ago
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 […]
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yurie wrote a new post 1 year, 11 months ago
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 […]
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yurie wrote a new post 2 years, 2 months 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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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!
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Great news, Jody! Glad it lines up with what your focusing on.
Here’s another post on this topic to keep the flow going:
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yurie wrote a new post 2 years, 2 months 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 2 years, 2 months 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 2 years, 2 months 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 2 years, 2 months 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 years, 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 years, 3 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 years, 3 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 years, 3 months 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 years, 3 months 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: […] -
yurie wrote a new post 2 years, 10 months 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 […] -
yurie wrote a new post 4 years, 10 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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I dig it! Thank you