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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 […]

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      Henry replied 1 year, 9 months ago

      I dig it! Thank you

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    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 […]

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    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 […]

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      Owen replied 1 year, 10 months ago

      Really good lesson, Jason! Good coaching; while practicing, drop back to bowing basics! Will do! Thanks!

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      jason kleinberg replied 1 year, 10 months ago

      Sure!
      Spend a little time each day focused on sound.

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      Mary Carignan replied 1 year, 10 months ago

      Great lesson to return to, I’m going to try to revisit this once a month!

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      crowbar47 replied 1 year, 10 months ago

      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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      Lavonjohn replied 1 year, 10 months ago

      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 […]

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    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 […]

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      Vera Algoet replied 1 year, 11 months ago

      I can just hear your mother: Jaaaa-sonnn, is it supposed to sound like that? 😂😂😂

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        jason kleinberg replied 1 year, 11 months ago

        Yep! I truly wasn’t trying to annoy her 🤪

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      Lavonjohn replied 1 year, 11 months ago

      EXCELLANT !

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        Jocelyn Martens replied 1 year, 11 months ago

        YES 🎵 Thanks for sharing the love, John!

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      Gabi replied 1 year, 10 months ago

      Thanks for the overview, very helpfull.

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      Gabi replied 1 year, 10 months ago

      The link for double stops is wrong, page Not found

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        Jocelyn Martens replied 1 year, 10 months ago

        Hi Gabi, thank you kindly for mentioning this. Here is the link I think Jason is referring to:

        Double Stops 1.1

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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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      Ellen replied 1 year, 11 months ago

      That was so fun! Great way to practice cords!

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        Ellen replied 1 year, 11 months ago

        That was so fun! Great way to practice chords!

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        Jocelyn Martens replied 1 year, 11 months ago

        🙂 🎶 Awesome you feel great about this! Thanks for sharing, Ellen.

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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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      Jody Hamilton replied 2 years, 2 months ago

      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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        Jocelyn Martens replied 2 years, 2 months ago

        Great news, Jody! Glad it lines up with what your focusing on.
        Here’s another post on this topic to keep the flow going:

        Slow Down To Speed Up

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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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      Deborah Davis replied 2 years, 1 month ago

      I love it! I look forward to being able to do that in the future. 😉

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        Jocelyn Martens replied 2 years ago

        Glad you dig it, Deborah 🙂

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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: […]

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    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 […]

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    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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      jason kleinberg replied 4 years, 8 months ago

      Thanks Jeff!

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