MaryReid

good choice of jigs to follow the gavotte

Niiiice.So great to hear you playing this cool tune.

Your tone and tuning is really good!

I would work on playing at a steady tempo. Play each quarter with a metronome. Loop at different speeds. Nothing too fast. Just go for steadiness. Eventually play the whole tune with a metronome.

Let me know how it goes: [email protected]

Would you like feedback on your playing?

Niiiiice. You didn’t seem nervous…

Great work, Sally. Very tuneful and well paced. Lovely to listen to.

I agree with all the above comments Marg! Beautifully done. As I listened, I thought I recognized the melody. After a bit, I realized it seemed so like Shady Grove, a song I know. Could they be one and the same, I wonder. Great job Marg.

https://www.bluegrassnet.com/lyrics/whiskey-before-breakfast

Sorry they didn’t go first time, Sally

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Here’s the lyrics. Try singing it to the melody. I can’t sing well, but it’s fun and helps you know where the song’s going.

Very well done, Sally. Good tone on this very popular tune. Have you ever seen the lyrics…pretty hilarious!? Congrats!

That was fun, thanks Owen. Wish I could get my vibrato like yours. It’s my next challenge!

That sounded lovely! You made those strings sing. Are you going to post a follow up comparison video?

So beautiful Marg! Lovely interweaving of harmonies between the two violin parts. You’re are so inspiring to all of us! I truly don’t think that there’s anything to change or cut out – it was such a pleasure to listen to.

Thanks Marg! You were the inspiration with your medley. I think strum machine is a good way to build up speed on songs. I really liked how the songs in your medley interwove so beautifully. That may be a good thing for Jason to teach or discuss – how to compile a complimentary set.

Thanks for your feedback! I’ve been really working on my bow hold and having a flexible and not rigid hand to work towards smooth changes – a work in progress but finally seeing some improvement. The selection of songs is pretty random, just songs I liked and wanted to improve, or try variation on. The main challenge was doing a set of something a…[Read more]

I added a couple of links in the Youtube description. If you click the “Watch on YouTube” link, you can see them in the description under the video.

nope… can’t post links 🙁

Thanks. A agree totally with the need for momore repirition, but at 7:30, I was already well over the 5:000 suggested in Jason’s email.

And sory about no comments. I find this forum site is often a bit flakey. I tryied to put links in my original post, but it wouldnt post them. Then I posted the video with just a single line of comment above and…[Read more]