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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 8 years, 9 months ago
Easy And Hard
Some things are easy to understand but hard to practice. Perhaps you are learning to play double stops on the fiddle. You understand that you have to play two strings at […] -
jason kleinberg wrote a new post 8 years, 9 months ago
An online student recently wrote in asking, “How did you start with fiddling?”
One day while driving to the beach with my family, I was staring out the car window and said, “I want to play the violin”. I was […]

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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 8 years, 10 months ago
You may ask:
How can I become better at the fiddle?
Could I get good enough to play in band?
Could I learn to pick up tunes and songs more quickly?
How can I do this??!!First, find a way to play […]

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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 8 years, 10 months ago
In Aesop’s most well-known fable, a grasshopper plays the fiddle in the summer while the ant works to store up food for the future. When winter comes, the grasshopper begs for food and the ant refuses. The […]

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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 9 years ago
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Jerry Seinfeld is credited with a great productivity tip (though he claims to not remember talking about it). He felt that to be a great comedian, you had to write every day. His technique will be useful […]

This is so good, I feel like I should read a small version of it every time I practice. Thank you, Jason, for reminding me it’s a process.
Starting small is best.