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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 6 years, 2 months ago
In a practice loop, you alternate between to areas of practice to improve a specific musical technique.
Here are some examples:
Alternate between a tune and its scale
Alternate between listening […]
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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 6 years, 2 months ago
How to establish a regular fiddle practice
Do you have trouble practicing on a daily basis? If so, the Two-Minute Rule may help you to establish this healthy habit.
The term was coined by author […]
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Just starting, very happy to have found your lessons. I love bagpipes with fiddle. There is a bagpipe app and I thought it was so cool. What’s even more exciting is that you offer DRONES!! I am giddy that the drones play as I tune up and practice. Such an incentive and the Two Minute Rule goes along with so many tasks adults have to drudge thru daily. Two Minute Dishwasher unload, lol.
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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 6 years, 3 months ago
The Ultimate Beginner Pitfall
🎯 What You’ll Learn In this lesson, you’ll explore one of the most important mindset shifts for learning fiddle: going slower to go farther. Many beginners hit a wall when […]
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Hey Kayla,
Thanks for saying that! Messages like this keep me going…
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Omg — this is ME! I love music so much that I always want to play tunes that are way beyond my ability!!! Thank you for the reminder and the encouragement. PS – It was a challenge for me play Oh Susanna that fast… but I finally got it 🙂
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Jason — Thanks so much! This is what I’ve been looking for, and it’s working!! I WANT to enjoy each practice and I also WANT to sound better NOW. These workable ideas are already helping me improve. A gazillion bazillion thanks!
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I bought my first violin about 6 0r 7years ago and watched a few of your lessons on my phone. I was still working full time then and didn’t continue. I”m now semi-retired. I only work 4 1/2 days per week so I now have time for my fiddle!. This letter has really encouraged me. “Assume you will get better” was the best thing I’ve read. But I am still struggling to organize my practice. I have become addicted to my fiddle and can get very grumpy if I don’t get me fiddle time. Thanks for all you work making learning this beautiful instrument fun; difficult but fun!
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As an intermediate beginner with 15 years of self-taught fiddling, I am working through your beginner’s series and starting to rekindle the fire. New methods of practice. I can play all these tunes if not by ear but find myself struggling with some of the adaptation (Hoe down eek). This is helping. Started a journal (a tip from your office hours yesterday). hope to keep this up. Thanks, Jason
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Thank you for sharing, Steve. It’s great to hear one another’s methods 🙂 Glad the program is working well for you.
Putting goals out there helps solidify them, way to be!
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This is great advice! I have a friend who always want me to play songs way to difficult. When I do I sound terrible and then get discouraged. This course has been wonderful for me. Thanks Jason & Jocelyn
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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 6 years, 5 months ago
Did you know that everyone who has ever played the fiddle has felt doubt at one point or another? Every person who has tried to play an instrument (or to complete a challenging project) has thought, “I have so far […]
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What a great article. Just what I needed to not sell all my violins! I will just enjoy playing fiddle tunes to my best ability, probably much slower that how others play, but at 71 (and playing for only 6 years) I am going to just enjoy the music I can make. I so enjoy fiddlehed, Jason. You make the songs fun to play.
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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 6 years, 6 months ago
How do you know the correct note in sawmill tuning?
A FiddleHed named Lizzy wrote in asking, “How do you know when you have the correct sound/note for sawmill tuning? I usually use a guitar tuner for […]
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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 6 years, 6 months ago
A FiddleHed named John wrote to me asking, “Can you do too many double stops?”
I would answer with another question. Do you like the way it sounds with lots of double stops? If you love it, then keep […]
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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 6 years, 6 months ago
How To Overcome Stage Fright?
A FiddleHed named Sue wrote me asking about how to overcome stage fright. Like anything else, this is something you can practice. Even if you think you’ll never perform, I […] -
jason kleinberg wrote a new post 6 years, 7 months ago
When you’re a beginning music student, it’s hard enough to learn the instrument, let alone play with other people.
I remember when my first violin teacher would play piano accompaniment to whatever beginner […]
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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 6 years, 7 months ago
In this post, I’ll show you how to alternate between tone-building with looping. This to make your practice fun and productive.
Say you’re working on the first quarter of any tune. I’ll use Blackest Crow in […]
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I was here. Thanks, ro.
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jason kleinberg wrote a new post 6 years, 8 months ago
Somebody recently wrote to me asking, “Are scales necessary to learn if all you play is old-time music?”
The short answer is no
…but scales will help you tremendously. And you might be surprised by […]
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Excellent lesson because small loops (or micro-practices) let me focus on better intonation and more efficient fingerings. Btw, I was going to bookmark and start using Tuning Exercises, but the link above just took me to what seems to be an unmaintained page.
Usually, I am not a fan of looping, but I have enjoyed using your different practice sessions. Indeed once I get into a groove, I feel like I am just making music and fiddling away. Thank you for this breakdown @Jason!
Having a great time with this. I made a list of the tunes from module 1.1 to here and I don’t remember even learning “I’ll Fly Away” in a previous lesson. Egads! There’re 40 tunes counting this module. All the best, ro.