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a group who encourage and motivate one another to stick to, and get the most out of, our practice time

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From Zischkale on 5/19/2014 7:34:03 AM

Sounds like Jill's had a good week, how about the rest of y'all?

How are the fiddle-tunes by ear going, Cyndy? I'm practicing the same thing, may be getting a little better at it sitting in front of the Old Time Jam Machine (replaying and replaying the thing) but it's still a big challenge in a jam setting.

You still getting up at 5am to practice, G?

Not sure if bornold's new to the group or just made an avatar change, but welcome either way! Got any specific practice goals?

My week was pretty solid in spite of not reaching my hour-long daily practice goal once. Breaking that hour into segments (30 min fiddle, 30 min old-time jam, 30 min solo practice) has meant I can take a stab at smaller goals if needed, though. Fiddle was great this week. I think once you start playing Cluck Old Hen you're lost to fiddle--that tune's just too enjoyable. Would like to work on a little vibrato and my double-stops--G, you might have some good advice for me there.

Got to the Dallas old-time jam and had a great time. They played in an old church house this weekend. Fiddlers were on fire, and a double bass player was anchoring the whole thing down. Great sound in that place. It's been a few months since I last went, and a bigger repertoire helped. Still struggling to keep up with tunes that are new to me, but sat many tunes out and just listened and watched.

Posted a new video in celebration of Godzilla being back on the big screen. Love that guy. Paid tribute with a cover of the Blue Oyster Cult song.

All in all a great week--how's everybody holding up?

5 Comments
	laertes22 says: 5/19/2014 7:47:06 AM Glad you got some good practices and a good jam in, my friend! I am still getting up at 5 AM. I didn't get to practice as much as I'd like this weekend, because I was out of town. However, I did take my banjo and fiddle with me to my woman's house, so that I could practice at least a little everyday. Funny that you mention double stops, as I was working on those this weekend, too. I'm not great or consistent with them, but I worked on these "drills": 1( open string on the right harmonizes with open string to the left (ex. E and A strings both open) 2) 5th on the right string and open left string (play an "A" on the E string and open A string). 3)Open right strings and 7th/pinky note on the left string (open E string , "E" on the A string). I kept doing long bows, then shorter notes repeating these patterns. Also, Wayne Erbsen has a great song in the Old Time Fiddle for the Complete Ignoramus book called the Black Crow. It is arranged specifically to help you practice double stops in a song context. At certain intervals in the song, he has certain notes marked, and you play that noted plus the open note on the string to its left. Helped me a lot.
	Zischkale says: 5/19/2014 8:24:44 AM Knew you'd have some good ideas! I like the sound of the drill, I'm going to add that one to my practice. Definitely need to work on accuracy, but also need to work on when to use 'em. So that Ignoramus arrangement will be a big help--haven't gotten to that page in the book yet. I'll skip ahead for practice tonight.
	laertes22 says: 5/19/2014 8:26:34 AM *That should have been "the Blackest Crow"
	skiptomylou says: 5/19/2014 11:56:42 AM jam sounds great - you are so lucky having an old-time one near you (love the Godzilla vid) best Jill
	Zischkale says: 5/19/2014 12:31:27 PM Thanks for the good word on my video, Jill! I won't take this jam for granted--going to try and make it as regularly as I can.
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