FiddleHed | Kvmceff | Activity https://staging.fiddlehed.com/members/kvmceff/activity/ Activity feed for Kvmceff. Wed, 06 May 2026 23:24:19 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 aecac33c3f0ec8927120d3b29a8e4ec1 Kvmceff posted a new activity comment https://staging.fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/21278/#acomment-21279 Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:23:15 -0700 Yes, my mind wanders all over. I had a teacher say that sometimes we practice with other music on or the tv on and that has something to do with the mind wanting multiple inputs. Yet to make fast progress it is best to be totally present and mindful of what we are working on. Like doing homework with the tv on takes 3 times as long to do as…[Read more]

In reply to - jason kleinberg wrote a new post Wandering Mind Last night, I was practicing and hit a rough patch. I kept stumbling over a section of a song called “Climbing and Falling.” Then it hit me: my […] ]]> 12534908206f6518a503a788737a8498 Kvmceff posted an update: Getting ready for orchestra and hoping to add regular […] https://staging.fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/21191/ Mon, 11 Sep 2023 01:16:52 -0700 Getting ready for orchestra and hoping to add regular practice on fiddle to my regimen

]]> 0 e688058c1af1c0e5a13e4c2e805655cc Kvmceff posted a new activity comment https://staging.fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/20351/#acomment-20361 Sun, 21 May 2023 18:54:25 -0700 Excellent. You are very good at playing in tune!!!

    In reply to - lbiehl posted an update https://youtu.be/D7iZ1QGhlV0 ]]>         c796e08f1442d6a8b1251a78c7339bd3 Kvmceff replied to the topic What's challenging you now? in the forum Share Your Practice https://staging.fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/whats-challenging-you-now/#post-63551 Sun, 26 Feb 2023 01:14:03 -0800 It will come when the hand memorizes where it is supposed to be in relation to the fiddle. My palm touches the body of the fiddle and that feeling is how I know where I am.

    Also doing one finger scales helps teach the hand and ear. You can just do open, first finger, move first to where 2nd would fall, move 1st to where 3rd would fall (if were…[Read more]

    ]]>         3649b19e45746c3ee35fd858aa0d2ff2 Kvmceff replied to the topic What's challenging you now? in the forum Share Your Practice https://staging.fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/whats-challenging-you-now/#post-63550 Sun, 26 Feb 2023 01:08:23 -0800 That’s been happening to me too. So I’m learning to check in with my box elbow and see if it is too high for the string I am on. I also heard one teacher say to aim for the back of the left foot. I think that was meaning that perfectly straight bow might mean the arm is different ( has a different aim/angle) on the lower strings vs. the higher…[Read more]

    ]]>         71086ec0823f1c73fb57c3ff5b701f8e Kvmceff posted an update: Now the wedding is over , I can tell my body is tired, so […] https://staging.fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/18130/ Sun, 05 Feb 2023 00:40:24 -0800 Now the wedding is over , I can tell my body is tired, so I’ll be practicing with my ears for a bit and not with the fiddle.

    ]]>     0     96dfcb9bc8c91d3cb88baca4b63727ea Kvmceff posted an update: Been working too hard on some music for a wedding, but it's […] https://staging.fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/18115/ Fri, 03 Feb 2023 17:36:27 -0800 Been working too hard on some music for a wedding, but it’s all over in a few days and I can get back to the fun stuff.

    ]]>     0     6f6141b87077027c49c6ddc831a1be06 Kvmceff posted a new activity comment https://staging.fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/16886/#acomment-16889 Tue, 09 Aug 2022 22:24:08 -0700 My cousin was allowed to photograph the Amati 1649 and the Strad 1716 in person as part of a project to republish the book about Amati, in 1984. That was picked up by the car company that released an ‘Amati’, around 1991. Just some added trivia. Thanks for your work.

    In reply to - jason kleinberg wrote a new post Written by Jim Guinn When first taking on the task of writing about the history of the violin, I ignorantly assumed it would be an easy and straight-forward task which I […] ]]>         556dfb61fa67c801900116c58fb26371 Kvmceff replied to the topic The Magic of the A minor Pentatonic Scale! in the forum Share Your Practice https://staging.fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/the-magic-of-the-a-minor-pentatonic-scale/#post-57584 Wed, 08 Jun 2022 00:42:54 -0700 Wow aren’t you having fun!!!

    ]]>         d43cdddc6f3ebabdcc0e4a2fdf5117b7 Kvmceff replied to the topic The Girl I Left Behind Me (advice??) in the forum Student Videos https://staging.fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/the-girl-i-left-behind-me-advice/#post-55955 Wed, 06 Apr 2022 00:54:32 -0700 Kelly, Gosh it sounds really great to me. What I do notice is your left hand seems tense and your wrist looks like it is a tad kinked. Now that could be the angle of the camera, but I am thinking your elbow is the issue. Try this with your elbow a tad more under the violin and not as close to your body. Let your arm hang loosely with your…[Read more]

    ]]>         3d36e95bcdc5908fe3dcacd323a5294f Kvmceff posted an update: Getting fired up for the Spring Practice Challenge. ARE YOU???? https://staging.fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/15889/ Wed, 06 Apr 2022 00:42:24 -0700 Getting fired up for the Spring Practice Challenge. ARE YOU????

    ]]>     0     40cc580458f107723589b0de88b6bf01 Kvmceff posted an update: Time to settle in for the winter and practice, practice, PLAY! https://staging.fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/15264/ Wed, 29 Dec 2021 21:44:18 -0800 Time to settle in for the winter and practice, practice, PLAY!

    ]]>     0     e56bc67a6f319784e5892f400fdba73e Kvmceff posted an update: Concerts coming up so fiddling is on hold til December 5. Bummer. https://staging.fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/14973/ Thu, 04 Nov 2021 15:21:08 -0700 Concerts coming up so fiddling is on hold til December 5. Bummer.

    ]]>     0     55be3ac28179c38084be2dc13b7c059c Kvmceff replied to the topic Oh my gosh I figured out vibrato in the forum Student Videos https://staging.fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/oh-my-gosh-i-figured-out-vibrato/#post-52000 Thu, 04 Nov 2021 15:06:43 -0700 Sounds good and the finger motion is spot on. Working to keep the wrist in the ‘normal’ playing space/plane is the next step. Right now you have an extra motion to tense the wrist and bend it. It’s all part of the learning process. Keep the wrist relaxed and you are there!!

    ]]>         ac3854fc11d5a0c348a4f554535d52e9 Kvmceff replied to the topic Day 5 - Fiddler's Green in the forum Student Videos https://staging.fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/day-5-fiddlers-green/#post-51689 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 00:16:48 -0700 Holy cats this is amazing!!!

    ]]>         78b2972981177ed8419900face3731a4 Kvmceff replied to the topic Day 1 FPC video in the forum Student Videos https://staging.fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/day-1-fpc-video/#post-51514 Wed, 13 Oct 2021 20:45:53 -0700 Weird. It’s there when I look no matter which of my devices I use. Any ideas on how to fix?

    ]]>         e2865a302e27f4ce741ac6b853a3f910 Kvmceff replied to the topic Day 1 FPC video in the forum Student Videos https://staging.fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/day-1-fpc-video/#post-51428 Tue, 12 Oct 2021 22:13:43 -0700

    Here’s my first video. Haven’t figured out all the particulars yet. Hope it’s ok to jump on what you started as mine is 14 day challenge too.

    Karen

    ]]>         440fd6e719743d918b96dbaa44c2b3fd Kvmceff replied to the topic Day 1 FPC video in the forum Student Videos https://staging.fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/day-1-fpc-video/#post-51355 Mon, 11 Oct 2021 23:12:55 -0700 Look at you. Very organized and documenting your goals. Bowing looks pretty good to me. Do some very slow long strokes from frog to tip and see what happens. As you get all the way to the frog it will force your wrist to bend in order for the bow to stay perpendicular to the strings. Doing it slowly will train the wrist to make this bend.…[Read more]

    ]]>         a79d357edeb437f6a67755b93bf6d985 Kvmceff replied to the topic Day 1 FPC kerfunken Jig in the forum Student Videos https://staging.fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/day-1-fpc-kerfunken-jig/#post-51354 Mon, 11 Oct 2021 22:57:10 -0700 Beautiful tone!

    ]]>         795f6ae723e5c586000c66059ebbbc55 Kvmceff replied to the topic 14 day challenge in the forum Student Videos https://staging.fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/14-day-challenge-2/#post-51353 Mon, 11 Oct 2021 22:49:53 -0700 Way to go! Thanks for motivating me to get this done. . . but it probably won’t be until tomorrow.

    ]]>         8e101656ef8a59e0623b2009e4bdc2f1 Kvmceff posted an update: working on creating variations to our set tunes for the hootenanny https://staging.fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/14472/ Tue, 07 Sep 2021 23:45:38 -0700 working on creating variations to our set tunes for the hootenanny

    ]]>     0     0f798380eed778a94ed200d34a9a320e Kvmceff replied to the topic Devil Went down to Georgia in the forum Student Videos https://staging.fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/devil-went-down-to-georgia/#post-50195 Mon, 23 Aug 2021 22:54:03 -0700 Cute and fun. Great start . . .

    ]]>         1ca27bf109d259eeae2e217b266ebb48 Kvmceff replied to the topic New to. fiddlehed in the forum Student Videos https://staging.fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/new-to-fiddlehed/#post-50194 Mon, 23 Aug 2021 22:49:55 -0700 Welcome. Can’t wait to see a video from you!

    ]]>         95e57b9212b50401a9a383b0a082c415 Kvmceff replied to the topic my first time uploading a video in the forum Student Videos https://staging.fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/my-first-time-uploading-a-video/#post-50192 Mon, 23 Aug 2021 22:48:09 -0700 Cool! Now smile so we know you love to play!!!! BTW – I always forget to smile.

    ]]>         a0430af13550d7da74a967e8393a170e Kvmceff replied to the topic Kerry Polka in the forum Student Videos https://staging.fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/kerry-polka-2/#post-49710 Fri, 06 Aug 2021 21:27:50 -0700 Awesome video. You play in tune very well. You have excellent form. You are holding the bow correctly. You are well on your way. I see a little vibrato in there too. You have the foundation to be a very good fiddler.

    ]]>         9fa1fad509160a7ed44857b306a63001 Kvmceff posted a new activity comment https://staging.fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/13784/#acomment-13788 Wed, 23 Jun 2021 02:20:18 -0700 You are absolutely glowing! Love the tune.

    In reply to - jason kleinberg wrote a new post Here’s an old-time tune called “Big-eyed Rabbit.” It’s in the Round Peak tradition of Tommy Jarrell. It was filmed by a pond in Kenneth Hahn Park in Los Angeles. The only thing […] ]]>         c77e27855a77aff6e1ad21c9f489a1f1 Kvmceff replied to the topic Angeline the Baker in the forum Student Videos https://staging.fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/angeline-the-baker/#post-47950 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 23:41:28 -0700 If you can keep it going and concentrate with all that going on, you can play anywhere!! On stage, during a huge party, at a bar… very well done.

    ]]>         0a69f9635b584c4450f7dbdd6cb43d4b Kvmceff replied to the topic Learning Chords on Cluck Old Hen in the forum Student Videos https://staging.fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/learning-chords-on-cluck-old-hen/#post-47949 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 23:33:15 -0700 Super excellent. I am very impressed. That is not easy to do and you are doing super. Congrats!!!

    ]]>         3a3657ec0d244a57afb1a89bf589b3f3 Kvmceff replied to the topic Fisherman’s Blues in the forum Student Videos https://staging.fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/fishermans-blues/#post-47620 Mon, 17 May 2021 16:00:29 -0700 That was quite nice and well done. I am very impressed. Only thing I can think to say to change it any at all would be to punch up the triplets with a bit of an accent . . . gosh it’s just good as it is.

    Squeaky? I didn’t hear it but they make an E string that doesn’t whistle. I have no idea if it is ok to use on an electric violin. And…[Read more]

    ]]>         81e99d9d32736a68ef65d5bb89b7deba Kvmceff replied to the topic Lover's Waltz-new very old fiddle audition in the forum Student Videos https://staging.fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/lovers-waltz-new-very-old-fiddle-audition/#post-47619 Mon, 17 May 2021 15:48:29 -0700 Yes I agree this is a wonderful fiddle! What a beautiful tone it has. The tune sounds lovely on it. You played well. Thanks for sharing your fiddle finding journey with us. The fiddle does sound like you want to just dig into it and pull out those beautiful sonorous notes.

    My fiddle is French and it sounds a bit nasal and pinched…[Read more]

    ]]>         b2e59a2bae801d76e29fc7fcc9e32a2a Kvmceff posted a new activity comment https://staging.fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/13184/#acomment-13186 Fri, 23 Apr 2021 16:49:57 -0700 The clip of your song is quite nice. Thank goodness you moved through or around the roadblocks to its creation and completion.

    In reply to - jason kleinberg wrote a new post Last weekend I finished a recording session with my old friend Joe Rut. Overall, it went well. We did six tunes in about two and a half days. Three of these are long form “fiddle […] ]]>         6b079c487e3a384e56bccf021be11378 Kvmceff replied to the topic Connect with other beginning fiddlers in the forum Beginner Group https://staging.fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/connect-with-other-beginning-fiddlers-2/#post-45884 Sun, 14 Feb 2021 03:29:00 -0800 Excellent points. I had a piano teacher in college who had the same idea. First you memorize the piece and then you learn to play it and make it your own.

    ]]>         629387319f60763e484e4df1334d9fe4 Kvmceff replied to the topic Owen playing The Banshee variation in the forum Student Videos https://staging.fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/owen-playing-the-banshee-variation/#post-45482 Fri, 15 Jan 2021 23:38:14 -0800 Nice tone and that is more than half the battle!!! On a violin that is.

    ]]>         8f2f1b6fefa6d30bf0a3bb95496b01da Kvmceff replied to the topic One-year anniversary in the forum Student Videos https://staging.fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/one-year-anniversary/#post-44825 Thu, 10 Dec 2020 21:59:48 -0800 Nice playing. Very sad. Wonder what the lament for the first wife sounded like?

    ]]>         5a9e43b6f4b8a1a7fba3905db73cdbca Kvmceff posted an update: I'm in for the fall 2020 challenge! https://staging.fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/11260/ Fri, 02 Oct 2020 21:32:03 -0700 I’m in for the fall 2020 challenge!

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