MaryReid

Lovely Kate!
I want to be able to play the first phrase of each song when someone says the name of the song and know the key it’s played in too.
This is a great idea!

Hi Kaz and Kate
Kaz I love Old Bar! I also remember lying on that beach after a night shift and falling asleep and yes woke up with a bad sunburn! We lived in Taree from 1981-3.
I have been a bit slack lately, cut my index finger and have had a while not playing. I did go to the Fiddlehed Improve your Tone yesterday. It helped me get back into…[Read more]

Thanks very much for sharing, Tom. Nice song, is that a Fiddlehed song? Great video affects too. Very inspiring how you layered it. Thanks explaining how you did it.

Hi Kaz, Great to hear you’re playing everyday. I’m doing the practice challenge and aim to ‘fingerprint’ songs as Jason calls it, so I can play them from memory. I’m still learning how to play basic chords and should practice that more! I’ve also just discovered garage band and am having fun making some accompaniment tracks to play along with.…[Read more]

Nice!
You just have to paste the share link from YouTube in a comment.

Nice! Another student named Marge is also learning this tune…

I recorded three videos using the built-in camera on my HP all-in-one Windows 10 PC, along with an attached USB microphone (Blue Yeti): first, playing the main melody; then a separate video playing chords while listening to the first video on headphones; then the third video, recording vocals while listening to the first video again. This way the…[Read more]

Nice Mike. I’m also going to post this to the FPC home page. Cheers…

That was fun! Light and tuneful. How about you record a chord back up for it then play it over the top?

What a great idea! Might have a crack at it myself – good way to practise chords, timing etc. Good on you!

Nice Kate. I like the swing you add to this. It sounds like a hornpipe 👍
Nice job on the high part too…

Looks like you’re home from your travels…🚐

Just learnt the high bit, and still very rough, but I’m still completely obsessed with the song and only wish I could play it like Kenny Baker!

This is great. Keep the videos coming 🙏

Thanks Kate, I imagine it would take a while to replace a string where you are! I was sitting in the kitchen, thought there was a tree falling close by then I thought it was thunder…it took me a while to realise it was an earthquake. 6.0 magnitude, bigger than the Newcastle one in 1989 and the epicentre was in Mansfield – 63 kms away!I was just…[Read more]