FiddleHed Network

Hey Barbara,

Yeah, this course is touted more as a journey, than as a book “to get thru.” Probably a good way to look at it. Sometimes everyone needs a journey to keep one “lively.” I took lessons for three months over 30 yrs. ago and dropped it as other things replaced that. Four years ago I saw the need, picked up my daughter’s violin and found…[Read more]

Thank you NettieLynn. I do like Irish music. How long have you played the violin? And what kind of music do you favor?

Bravo Owen that is one of my favorite songs.

Well thanks Wendy. My arthritic fingers don’t always behave well, but I try, and I enjoy it. I hope you have fun playing and look forward to hearing you play too. I’m already in my fourth year of playing with Fiddlehed as my main training.

Love this – I’ve just started learning and you’ve inspired me!

Thanks for your great performance of Rolling Waves. Really encouraging to us “mature” fiddlers. I’m 66 and have been playing for about 18 months.

Thanks for that excellent performance. Really good sound. Hector the Hero was one of the songs I tried to learn first from the Irish Fiddlehed course. Been playing for 18 months an its really helped me to get through this pandemic without going insane! I’m 66. Keep on Fiddling!

Hello there beginner fiddlers. Although nobody has posted in this group for ages and you are all probably a long way into your journey now. How are you all getting on? I have only just started on this course and am finding it very useful. I was having face to face lessons before COVID 19 stopped all of that, I had some ZOOM lessons with a teacher…[Read more]

That was just great! Your pitch is spot on. As it turns out, I was just getting ready to load me doing Hector! I also looked at some online videos, just to get a sense of what tempo is standard.

Very nice! Pretty tune, and well-done.