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 […]
Make Your Shifts “Invisible”
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 […]
The Magic of 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 […]
Make Your Bow Feel Weightless
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 […]
Four Fingers = One Pattern – Left Hand Tip
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 […]
Bow Distribution – Practice Subdividing
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 […]
Conquering Stage Fright – Imagining the Worst
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 […]
[my] Talent Forge, a Year in Review
Hey Everybody, Many of you know that a little over a year ago, Matthew Hartz and I set out to create an online music school. We started talking about it in October 2012 (as I was wrapping up my fiddle tune a day project), and by the second week of January this year, we were […]
Dr. David Wallace Joins [my] Talent Forge!
Please welcome our newest my Talent Forge Teacher, The amazing Dr. David Wallace! Doc Wallace has some Hard-Core Classical Cred. Seriously, if I told you how awesome his credentials are, you wouldn’t believe me. We have posted 24 lesson videos from Doc Wallace, including lots of great technique tips and tricks. His new series’ include, […]