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    • #28412
      thistle13
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      Sounds SO fun, Aysha!! A bit exhausting, too? …:-)

      Yea that video was so valuable to me and made me feel like I had a place to start. Thank you to Megan!

    • #28406
      thistle13
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      Update: All the tips helped! What works for me now:

      I bring my tuning fork to my chair with me. During some of the pauses between songs, I’ll tap it on my knee and vibrate it on my violin. Its high soft A is actually easy to hear above the chitchat, plucking, etc.

      Once I get the A in my head, I can do a quick tune.
      Works great, and is a relief to not be playing out of tune! (I’m sure it’s relief to the people around me, too 🙂

    • #28244
      thistle13
      Participant

      I just wanted to leave this link here, because this video was really helpful to me…
      It’s Megan Lynch Chowning’s video about transitioning from classical to fiddling:

      Some helpful things I got out of her video:
      – try to not use big full bows
      – tone down vibrato
      – play/practice with strong rhythmic feel

    • #28243
      thistle13
      Participant

      Exciting!
      I was just watching her great video on transitioning from classical to fiddle.

    • #28242
      thistle13
      Participant

      Thank you for the wisdom and tips!

      I do always have a tuning fork in my case, but assumed I couldn’t hear it well at a jam. I’ll try using it!
      I’ll check out that D’Addario tuner too, that looks quite nifty.
      Walking away to listen / tune from a distance, is a good thought too. I actually feel pretty sure I could get it that way (especially if they happen to be playing in the key of D, ha ha)

      I do have fine tuners on all four strings, so that helps.
      Hopefully I can manage to stay more in tune at the next jam!

      Interesting to think that the guitars/banjos could be going sharp…
      that’s OK to me – as long as we can all stay kind of in tune with each other!

    • #28241
      thistle13
      Participant

      Oh, thank you!
      I will play it that way…not sure what I was doing!

    • #27980
      thistle13
      Participant

      And greetings to all from North Carolina, USA!

      Fan of Irish/Scottish/Celtic, but enjoying hearing all the other fiddle styles here.

    • #27978
      thistle13
      Participant

      Sure.
      Enjoy the Festival!!

      And, thanks for the great clear teaching videos, am learning a lot! 🙂

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