FiddleHed | Vera Algoet | Activity https://staging.fiddlehed.com/members/valgoet/activity/ Activity feed for Vera Algoet. Wed, 06 May 2026 23:24:19 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 52dd9a58477dcf7d2b0f7804ab687b7c Vera Algoet posted a new activity comment https://staging.fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/23092/#acomment-23093 Fri, 24 Jan 2025 17:32:05 -0800 I’m having a hard time thinking of my fiddle goals as quantifiable. Other than the number of tunes I have memorized, what can I count? I guess the speed of my vibrato? Or the speed of a tune?

How would I measure the quality of my tone? Or the use of double stops? Or my ability to improvise? Or do I just count the amount of time I spend on these things?

In reply to - jason kleinberg wrote a new post Long Distance Fiddling New Year’s resolutions often ignite a spark of excitement and motivation. But as the weeks pass, life takes over, and we find ourselves swept up in daily r […] ]]> 25a2b92620ed600eb6754fca6720fc1b Vera Algoet posted a new activity comment https://staging.fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/22587/#acomment-22588 Tue, 18 Jun 2024 18:36:30 -0700 I can just hear your mother: Jaaaa-sonnn, is it supposed to sound like that? 😂😂😂

In reply to - yurie wrote a new post Super Cool Fiddle Sounds Overview When I was a kid practicing violin, I’d sit in my room and make weird sounds like this…My Mom would yell at me from the other room, “Is that […] […] ]]> c3f6755698c80ec809b78874ad4864b1 Vera Algoet replied to the topic The sweetness of Mary in the forum Student Videos https://staging.fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/the-sweetness-of-mary/#post-72734 Fri, 22 Mar 2024 17:12:07 -0700 Beautiful! Excellent sound and intonation.

]]> e9fc34b78c4b27e17a191e6f742b2360 Vera Algoet posted a new activity comment https://staging.fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/22028/#acomment-22040 Sat, 17 Feb 2024 17:31:58 -0800 This is absolutely gorgeous, Jason. Good on you for persevering!

In reply to - jason kleinberg wrote a new post Fiddling With Pink Moon Here’s a fiddle version of “Pink Moon” by Nick Drake. Liner notes On the surface it sounds like a simple folk song. But both the guitar strum pattern […] […] ]]> a00af308ceaf6bb21e87a238bbe9001d Vera Algoet replied to the topic Lindesfarne by Matt Seattle in the forum Student Videos https://staging.fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/lindesfarne-by-matt-seattle/#post-68577 Mon, 09 Oct 2023 20:42:28 -0700 I’ll have to try Garage Band, Jocelyn. The sound is probably better.

]]> 6c7ba3d699dd4e905fed73a690b328a5 Vera Algoet posted a new activity comment https://staging.fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/15540/#acomment-21358 Mon, 02 Oct 2023 20:43:16 -0700 I also did the 50 year hiatus thing! Played violin from age six to twelve, and then not again until age 62. Just a short break. LOL.

In reply to - jason kleinberg wrote a new post The FiddleHed lessons are taught in a style I call “Incremental Learning”. We learn small pieces of things and then put them together into bigger pieces. It’s like putting […] ]]> 841a432494810a4793fffb5757b9ea27 Vera Algoet replied to the topic Lindesfarne by Matt Seattle in the forum Student Videos https://staging.fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/lindesfarne-by-matt-seattle/#post-65314 Mon, 01 May 2023 03:38:31 -0700 I actually recorded both parts with Zoom, admittedly not the best for audio production, but it’s what I had.

]]> 5cfd018563a1a1fbc1d1e184cee8f683 Vera Algoet started the topic Lindesfarne by Matt Seattle in the forum Student Videos https://staging.fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/lindesfarne-by-matt-seattle/ Tue, 04 Apr 2023 05:52:03 -0700 Playing a duet with myself.

]]> 12ac85c4a355edf282afd3adef1dd71e Vera Algoet's profile was updated https://staging.fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/16935/ Fri, 19 Aug 2022 16:23:58 -0700 0 8cae3c4c485d570d6f6fa704984c2578 Vera Algoet replied to the topic Rickett's hornpipe with chords in the forum Student Videos https://staging.fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/ricketts-hornpipe-with-chords/#post-56559 Thu, 21 Apr 2022 16:45:21 -0700 Love the harmonies!

]]> 86e628d0d41be39c120eb52b3c6d9ecc Vera Algoet replied to the topic Breton Gavotte with Strum Machine in the forum Student Videos https://staging.fiddlehed.com/forums/topic/breton-gavotte-with-strum-machine/#post-56558 Thu, 21 Apr 2022 16:42:51 -0700 I was impressed by how smoothly you carried on after mistakes.

]]> 5d79b6d0713febf3fec94e2c0e25cbcb Vera Algoet posted a new activity comment https://staging.fiddlehed.com/activity-streams/p/13657/#acomment-13658 Mon, 14 Jun 2021 17:32:09 -0700 Beautiful. Love the speed variation and the ornaments. I’ve been working on this tune. It’s kicking my a**, but getting better incrementally.

In reply to - jason kleinberg wrote a new post A FiddleHed subscriber named Michael made this violin. We’re giving it away in a contest. Click here to enter. I’m taking requests for tunes. Other requests coming over the next […] ]]>