Fiddlevideo | zale | Activity https://www.fiddlevideo.com/members/zale/activity/ Activity feed for zale. Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:03:53 -0800 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 c8b5cddd8d1c1b155dbc61e42ed54224 zale replied to the topic Video Intro in the forum Fiddle Lesson Forum https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/video-quality/#post-13858 Fri, 09 Mar 2018 20:07:36 -0800 So great to hear you are listening, Casey.

Keep up the good work. Your site has great teachers and a fantastic collection of fiddle tunes.

While I have your attention, have you considered broadening your genre. I am particularly interested in learning some Gypsy jazz ala Stephane Grappelli but I’m finding it difficult to get started.

I would…[Read more]

]]> 0 55ab610e1323dd08eb6177883c156226 zale replied to the topic Video Intro in the forum Fiddle Lesson Forum https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/video-quality/#post-13855 Thu, 08 Mar 2018 20:28:38 -0800 Yes. Totally sick of it and very happy to hear something different at the beginning of Andre Brunet’s video.

I usually just skip past it and start after it’s over, but that’s a tiny hassle I would love to see gone.

I too love this site, but I can catch a brand in half a second and would appreciate something much shorter beginning the videos.…[Read more]

]]> 0 8a6427c4d88e05935c3c77bee94425d3 zale replied to the topic Learning a new tune in the forum Fiddle Lesson Forum https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/learning-a-new-tune/#post-13630 Wed, 07 Feb 2018 06:55:48 -0800 Hi Oliver:

Sounds to me like you have a great system figured out. I don’t practice for that long each day anymore. But I always try to have a new technique I’m working on, plus a review of the tunes I know. I always try to play a bit each day.

One of my main efforts these days is to learn to improvise licks while other play and sing, so I try…[Read more]

]]> 0 5b047b26a2d4c2bd5f735b1c91b67672 zale replied to the topic Learning a new tune in the forum Fiddle Lesson Forum https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/learning-a-new-tune/#post-13623 Tue, 06 Feb 2018 22:41:03 -0800 I work up one tune at a time. Generally it is easy for me to learn the notes, but it takes lots of practice to get up to speed. This means I usually go over one phrase at a time and work through the piece.

By that point I don’t need further instruction and I tend to overwork my bow hand to the point of causing repetitive strain injury, so I…[Read more]

]]> 0 28d20030791ef4a11ef8dcbe55a7e6aa zale replied to the topic Digital Albums vs. CDs?? in the forum Fiddle Lesson Forum https://www.fiddlevideo.com/forums/topic/digital-albums-vs-cds/#post-13493 Sat, 20 Jan 2018 05:23:55 -0800 I sometimes buy a CD when I attend a live performance or concert, or when I go to a workshop that I have enjoyed. But money is tight and Youtube provides most of my listening these days.

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