Hi I’m Vi Wickam and this is another myTalentForge.com Quick Tip of the Week! I call this “Visualizing”. Now, you may think “visualizing” is kind of a weird term to use for playing music. There’s been those studies that show if you visualize shooting baskets that you’ll make more baskets when you try again. When […]
How to Play Harmonies
Hi I’m Vi Wickam and here’s another myTalentForge Quick Tip of the Week! How to play harmonies… People ask me all the time, “How do I play harmonies? How can I figure out which note should be played when I play a harmony?” Well, we’re going to start off this week with the tenor harmony. […]
4th Finger Drones for Fun and Intonation
Hi I’m Vi Wickam and this is another Quick Tip of the Week! This one is specifically for violinists, violists, cellist, and other strings players. When you’re working on your intonation, the next step up from playing along with an open string drone is to play along with a 4th finger drone. So, for instance, […]
Destroy Fear of Failure
Hi I’m Vi Wickam, with another MyTalentForge Quick Tip of the Week! Do not fear failure. Really. I mean, we all screw up. You know we all screw up. What are you afraid of? I screw up all the time. That’s just a part of life. Failure is an opportunity to try again, and to […]
What Are You Focused On?
For more lessons on Overcoming Performance anxiety and being your best on stage, check out Doc Wallace’s Peak Performance Series. Hi I’m Vi Wickam and this is another myTalentForge.com Quick Tip of the Week! Focus on having fun on stage. Now, you may think, “But it’s nerve-racking when I’m on stage!” Or whatever story you’ve […]
Stop Stage Fright NOW!
For more lessons on Overcoming Performance anxiety and being your best on stage, check out Doc Wallace’s Peak Performance Series. Hi I’m Vi Wickam and this is myTalentForge.com‘s Quick Tip of the Week. Excitement and nerves are the same thing. Now, I have fiddle students all the time that say, “Well I get so nervous […]
Don’t Think About it!
Hi, I’m Vi Wickam, and here’s another myTalentForge.com Quick Tip! You don’t have any time to think when you’re playing your instrument. Now, that may seem counterintuitive to you… but when you’re playing, it should be a subconscious process most of the time. When you think you get out of time, when you think in […]
Sound Big with Bathroom Acoustics
Hi, I’m Vi Wickam! And this is a my Talent Forge Quick Practice tip of the Week! I call it- bathroom acoustics. Now, that sounds kind of funny, but if you’ve ever played your instrument in the bathroom… Now, if you’re a piano player, I totally understand why you haven’t. But if you play something […]
Practice on a Plane
Find more lessons and Quick Tips by Dr. David Wallace at http://www.myTalentForge.com/dw. Hi there, I’m Dr. David Wallace with myTalentForge.com’s Quick Tip of the Week! And this week’s tip is- practice away from your instrument. Well what does that mean? How can you practice if you don’t have your instruments in your hand? Well, believe […]
What is Your Priority?
Hi, I’m Vi Wickam and this is another [my] Talent Forge Quick Tip of the Week! You will do what you make time for. I have heard so many times students say, “Well, I just didn’t have any time to practice last week.” And I always cut them slack because they choose what they do […]
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