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Fiddle Friday Outline, October 9, 2020: TACET (skip day)
You can watch previous videos, practice, and post challenges from those.
Fiddle Friday Outline, October 2, 2020:
Post challenge videos here: https://flipgrid.com/644b1302
- Recap: How to practice when you only have 10 minutes
- Recap: Practicing with GOALS
- How to work on SOUND QUALITY
- Start with EASY review pieces to focus on sound quality
- Most likely, sound quality will depend of BOW TECHNIQUE
- OPEN YOUR EARS while you are playing
- ASK YOURSELF how you can play better and make changes
- Again, most likely, you will have to WORK ON BOW TECHNIQUE
- Fiddle/Jazz techniques:
- Recap of “wild” vibrato and slides
- Recap of Improvising with sequences of 3 – 5 repeating notes
- PASSING NOTES: Improvise with easy pieces, add notes in melody
- CHALLENGES: Pick one of these four, practice, make a video of the performance and posted on FlipGrid (you can make the video on FlipGrid):
- Play your favorite (polished) piece SUPER FAST BUT WITHOUT LOSING THE SOUND QUALITY
- Play your favorite (polished) piece WHILE DANCING BUT WITHOUT LOSING THE SOUND QUALITY
- Play a polished piece BUT CHANGE THE ARTICULATION of some of the notes
- Play a polished piece BUT IMPROVISE adding notes, changing the rhythm, articulation, or even the key
- Prizes will be announced and awarded next week to the two best performances of any level
Fiddle Friday Outline, September 25, 2020:
Post challenge videos here: https://flipgrid.com/644b1302
- Recap: How to practice when you only have 10 minutes
- Practicing with GOALS
- Daily goals: what you want to accomplished TODAY
- Weekly goals: All that YOUR TEACHER ASKED YOU to do for next lesson
- Long-term goals: Recital, book test, performance, etc.
- Fiddle/Jazz techniques:
- Recap of “wild” vibrato and slides
- New: Improvising with sequences of 3 – 5 repeating notes
- CHALLENGES: The same from last week! Pick one of these, practice, make a video of the performance and posted on FlipGrid (you can make the video on FlipGrid):
- Play your favorite (polished) piece SUPER FAST BUT WITHOUT LOSING THE SOUND QUALITY
- Play your favorite (polished) piece WHILE DANCING BUT WITHOUT LOSING THE SOUND QUALITY
- Prizes will be announced and awarded next week to the two best performances of any level
Fiddle Friday Outline, September 18, 2020:
- Welcome! I’m so exciting to start our new Fiddle Friday Live Stream!
- How to practice WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE 10 MINUTES
- How to know you’re practicing VIBRATO correctly
- Fiddle/Jazz techniques: SLIDES and “WILD” VIBRATO
- Challenges: Pick one of these, practice, make a video of the performance and posted on FlipGrid (you can make the video on FlipGrid)
- Play your favorite (polished) piece SUPER FAST BUT WITHOUT LOSING THE SOUND QUALITY
- Play your favorite (polished) piece WHILE DANCING BUT WITHOUT LOSING THE SOUND QUALITY
- Prizes will be announced and awarded next week to the two best performances of any level
09/18/2020 – Recorded video: https://flipgrid.com/s/4472119a8f41