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October 5, 2018

Get a Massage! – Quick Tip

Massage Therapy - Quick Practice Tip

 Find more Quick Tips and lessons by Vi Wickam and other teachers at https://www.myTalentForge.com. Hi I’m Vi Wickam and I’m here for your [my] Talent Forge Quick Tip of the Week. This week’s tip is one way we can take care of our body just a little bit better. I don’t make recommendations that […]

Filed Under: Quick Tips Tagged With: comfort with your left hand, david wallace, fiddle, get a massage, left hand hacks, massage therapy, quick practice tip, quick tip, right hand, vi wickam

June 30, 2017

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 […]

Filed Under: Music, Quick Tips Tagged With: attitude, david wallace, focus, peak performance, performing

May 26, 2017

Practice on a Plane

music memorization visualization

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 […]

Filed Under: Fiddling, Music, Quick Tips Tagged With: david wallace, doc wallace, dr. David Wallace, imagination, learning, memorization, mental practice, visualisation

March 16, 2017

Make Your Shifts “Invisible”

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Checkout Dr. David Wallace’s Shifting Lessons on My Talent Forge: Secrets to Shifting Success Shifting Workouts Hi there, I’m Dr. David Wallace with myTalentForge.com’s Quick Tip of the Week! And this week’s Quick Tip is hide your shifts! I don’t know how many times I hear string players play and they’re doing a scale or […]

Filed Under: Fiddling, Quick Tips Tagged With: clean shifting, david wallace, doc wallace, left hand technique, shifting, violin shifting

March 2, 2017

The Magic of Fingertip Vibrato

learn to use fingertip vibrato

Check Out Dr. David Wallace’s Vibrato Lessons on My Talent Forge: Vibrato Fundamentals Vibrato Secrets Hi there, I’m Dr. David Wallace with myTalentForge.’s com Quick Tip of the Week. This week’s Quick Tip is about vibrato. Now, I know there are thousands of videos, and web pages, and tutorials about vibrato. I mean, who doesn’t […]

Filed Under: Fiddling, Quick Tips Tagged With: david wallace, doc wallace, vibrato, vibrato basics, vibrato fundamentals, vibrato secrets

February 16, 2017

Make Your Bow Feel Weightless

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Hey there, I’m Dr. David Wallace with myTalentForge.com‘s Quick Tip of the Week! This tip is all about making your bow feel weightless, so that we’re getting rid of tension. A lot of times when people handle their bow, they grab it or they squeeze it. So they are using these muscles, and they have […]

Filed Under: Fiddling, Quick Tips Tagged With: balance, bowing, bowing technique, david wallace, doc wallace, tension, violin bowing

January 26, 2017

Four Fingers = One Pattern – Left Hand Tip

Left Hand Fingering Patterns

Hi there, I’m Dr. David Wallace, with myTalentForge.com‘s Quick Tip of the Week! Today’s Quick Tip is to think in terms of 4 finger patterns. So, when I’m playing, I don’t think note to note, I don’t think in terms of half-step, whole-step, half-step, whole-step, whole-step, whole-step, or things like that… But I think in […]

Filed Under: Quick Tips Tagged With: 4 note shapes, david wallace, doc wallace, dr. David Wallace, hand shape, left hand, left hand fingering patterns, tetrachords, violin

December 17, 2016

Bow Distribution – Practice Subdividing

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Find more videos 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! This week’s Quick Tip is to divide your bow into fractions. This is going to help you with bow control, tone production, and phrasing. Here’s my whole bow… visually, I can see the […]

Filed Under: Fiddling, Quick Tips Tagged With: bow distribution, bowing, david wallace, doc wallace, practice tips, right hand

November 17, 2016

Conquering Stage Fright – Imagining the Worst

conquering stage fright

Here’s a great tip for conquering stage fright by Dr. David Wallace! Find more lessons from David Wallace at http://www.mytalentforge.com/dw   Hi, I’m Dr. David Wallace with myTalentForge.com‘s Quick Tip of the Week. And this tip has to do with peak performance, and conquering performance anxiety and stage fright. And this is an exercise that’s […]

Filed Under: Music, Quick Tips, Videos Tagged With: david wallace, doc wallace, peak performance, performance anxiety, stage fright

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