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jason kleinberg replied to the topic Kitchen Girl Challenge in the forum Student Videos 2 years, 3 months ago
Alright!!!
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jason kleinberg replied to the topic Irish Rover in the forum Student Videos 2 years, 3 months ago
Nice! Now you can teach it to someone else…
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Caren replied to the topic Practice journal Jan. 30 in the forum Share Your Practice 2 years, 3 months ago
The Dashboard, under Practice Toolkit. The Practice Journal tab opens alright, but when I click the ‘+’ icon nothing happens (actually the scrollbar at the side of the page disappears, so there might be some issue with that page?)
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jason kleinberg started the topic Practice Journal Feb. 6 in the forum Share Your Practice 2 years, 3 months ago
Don’t Cry to Me
– Blues-Grass version
– work on arranging it
– record
Pink Moon
– challenging to sing and play because the rhythm is hard
– Looping on chunks
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jason kleinberg replied to the topic Practice journal Jan. 30 in the forum Share Your Practice 2 years, 3 months ago
What page are you on where it’s not working?
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Caren replied to the topic Kitchen Girl backup on dulcimer in the forum Student Videos 2 years, 3 months ago
Thank you Debbie, this is brilliant! So much fun to play along with your video — makes my fiddling sound like music. Thanks for sharing.
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jason kleinberg started the topic Practice journal Feb. 5 in the forum Share Your Practice 2 years, 4 months ago
Time: about 90m
What I did:
-New melody in G Major pentatonic
-“Blues-Grass”. version of Don’t Cry To Me
-Do you realize song
What went well:
Good arranging ideas for 2 tunes. Lots of wandering but I recorded it so I can reference it later.
Could use improvement:
Singing technique…getting hoarse…maybe because I’m practicing late. -
Caren replied to the topic Song Challenge in the forum Student Videos 2 years, 4 months ago
Could only get the audio, not the video, but sounds really good John. Well done and thanks for sharing.
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jason kleinberg started the topic Practice journal Jan. 30 in the forum Share Your Practice 2 years, 4 months ago
👁️ Look over what you practiced last time
– Across The Universe
– Wild World
– Pink Moon
📝 What did you practice today?
– Across The Universe – learning third verse, alternating between instrumental section and singing
– Devil Went Down to Georgia – re-imagining solos.
🥳 What went well?
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jason kleinberg commented on jason kleinberg's Music 2 years, 4 months ago
Here's a call-and-response track I just found…
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jason kleinberg posted an update 2 years, 4 months ago
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Here’s a call-and-response track I just found…
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Nice one! May be good added to this page, under variations? https://staging.fiddlehed.com/courses/beginner-fiddle-lessons/1-3-the-d-major-scale/d-major-scale/
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Caren replied to the topic The physical aspect of fiddling in the forum
Beginner Group 2 years, 4 months agoThanks for that Jocelyn!
I will work through your suggestions over the next while. For the moment I have started experimenting with holding the fiddle in different positions and I’m surprised to notice how even minor changes can affect both the muscle strain and the playing itself positively or negatively. I also got a different shoulder rest…[Read more]
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Caren started the topic The physical aspect of fiddling in the forum
Beginner Group 2 years, 4 months agoHi everyone,
I’m relatively new to the fiddle and really delighted to finally get the chance to learn it. So I like to practise a good bit — trying to make up for the decades I missed out on, I suppose — but I’m really feeling it in the auld bones. I was wondering if any of you would like to share your tips on how you’re dealing with that?
The…[Read more]
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Caren replied to the topic Get Feedback On Your Playing in the forum Student Videos 2 years, 4 months ago
Sounds great Steve!
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jason kleinberg replied to the topic Country Waltz in the forum Student Videos 2 years, 4 months ago
Thanks Owen!
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jason kleinberg started the topic Get Feedback On Your Playing in the forum Student Videos 2 years, 5 months ago
Go to the Video Feedback page: https://staging.fiddlehed.com/support/video-feedback-lessons/
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jason kleinberg posted an update 2 years, 5 months ago
Happy New Year!
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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 2 years, 5 months ago
Fiddle Goals For 2024
Are you someone who benefits from having a goal? Or do goals make you anxious? I suggest three goals that I think you and all my students can […]-
Good goals & incentives. Makes me feel like I can do this
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Thanks for this feedback Christie, helps to hear your perspective! 🙂
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Thank-you for reminding me, time to reflect and look towards next year! Since I started Feb. 7, ’22, I’ve only missed 2 days of practice, so I will also _aim to Play Every Day in 2024_ 🙂 My _2nd goal is to Practice Wisely_. In 2023, I tried to incorporate some Brainjo Principles into my practice, mainly that of “work” for ~ 30 min and then allow your brain to catch-up for ~4 hrs (so 3 mini sessions per day). I like to practice 1 – 2 hrs per day total, but for me, this seems to work better in 2 sessions of an hour-ish, so I’m going to work along those lines. For me, practice is some combo of Scales, Scales, Scales, Bowing, Bowing, Bowing (right hand rhythm development), finger independence exercises, playing 2 notes at the same time exercise, learning new techniques, reviewing songs that I know (this is fun time to me, especially with waltzes). I’m continuing to work towards playing at faster tempos (using an Atomic Habits approach). In 2024, I really need to work at learning by ear (I’m able to do this in your workshops because your pace suits me, but I need to do it quicker during jams). I will improve this area by committing to learning 1 song per week by ear. Happy New Year to you and your family Jason (thank-you for all that you do for us), and Happy New Year to all of you FiddleHeds 🙂🎻
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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 2 years, 5 months ago
Chaining And Chunking
Here are two practice strategies that feel like games. I use them every time I play. You can Chain together single notes to form musical chunks. Then loop […]-
Hi Jason, hope you had a great Christmas, I have had two cataracts removed from my eyes and as a result haven’t played any Fiddle for last few months, I have been depressed but I wil get back into it,as I always enjoy it once I start
I never had trouble reading Music,but my bloody mood got in my way, sorry for boring you with this but any tips for getting back to playing,
Thanks Hannah
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Hi Hannah, this is great you reached out for support in returning to playing. And sharing your personal experience helps us related and connect, so thank you for this.
One place that can be great to peruse is the well rounded Fiddle Guide https://staging.fiddlehed.com/blog/how-to-play-violin-an-illustrated-beginners-guide-fiddlehed/
There’s a table of contents on the left side to help you pinpoint areas of interest.Also, I put the keyword ‘mind’ in the search engine at top of page and came across some great posts to support one’s motivation: https://staging.fiddlehed.com/?s=mind
Also encourage you to check out the ‘community’ tab and the various pages within, as we grow and learn best together.
Looking forward to hearing how you’re doing along the journey 🙂 🎵
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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 2 years, 6 months ago
Practice Blocks
Pick a song and a skill, and then practice in 25-minute blocks with intention. Strategy Pick a strategy to guide your session. Use this card for a […]-
I like this a lot – a LOT! My fiddle’s with a local luthier getting a new bridge, but I should get it back tomorrow (knock on wood), and I can’t wait to start using this approach!
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That’s awesome your practising and engaging in the program, even while not having the fiddle on hand. It’s sure nice to make enhancements on our instruments. Your feedback on these sessions is greatly appreciated, Pete.
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Thank you!!!!!
Excited to get my new violin delivered from Fiddleshop.
Gonna. Be. Epic.
Sue
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Awesome Sue!! Your excitement is contagious 🥳 Thanks for fiddling with us
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Now this makes since to me gonna try it out I am working on silent night and other holiday songs this year then find a small audience to play for and see what they think maybe lol Jeff
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Hahah, great to hear, Jeff! Thanks for your interest and feedback on how you’re going to apply this. Nice goal- be lovely to hear/see you play sometime 🎶
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