I have given this exercise to hundreds of my private students over the last 40+ years. Rhythm is king, and reading rhythms is the secret to learning to read music notation effortlessly. The rhythms presented below are ALL the possible sixteenth and eighth note combinations that can exist within one
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Groove & Feel How to make Your Playing Come Alive
What does it take to make your playing feel like it comes alive and is not just a bunch of notes strung together in order? Here I talk of the details of some of the elements that I (and my students) came up with to help. Hope they help you.
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iFiddle Magazine Special COVID-19 Lesson
Here’s a copy of a video lesson I did for Mike Spears at his online iFiddle Magazine. He asked all past interviewee’s (I was on the cover for issue #8), if they would supply something during the COVID-19 pandemic for fiddle folks to learn from while they were sequestered in
The Maker violin video
Interesting video work. The violin music brings his creation to life!
One Month One Dollar All Access Pass Coupon
The COVID-19 inspired $79 Super Sequestered Sale still more than you are financially comfortable with? That’s OK. I get it and have been there. I want YOU to get some fiddling benefit during this historic time. Learn some new tunes, learn a new way to jam to old songs, up
Beginner dream exercises with Steven Tyler
Yes, it’s true. I had a dream that I was sharing beginner’s fiddle exercises with my fav rock singer Steven Tyler of the famous rock band Aerosmith because he was incorporating violin into his shows and giving his violin each night to an audience member. Weird, I know. He seemed