Vi Wickam

Champion Fiddler, Inspired Performer

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Invest in Quality Tools – Quick Tip

Find more Quick Tips and lessons by Vi Wickam and other teachers at https://www.myTalentForge.com. [The song played at the beginning of this Tip is called Kansas City Kitty. Listen to it here.] Hi everybody! I’m Vi Wickam, here for a myTalentForge Quick Tip of the Week! This Quick Tip is about your equipment. Now, it’s […]

Play it Faster! – Quick Practice Tip

[The song played at the beginning of the Quick Tip is called Say Old Man. Listen to it here!] Vi Wickam here. How are ya’ll doing? This is your Quick Tip of the Week for https://www.myTalentForge.com. Play it faster than you have to. Now, don’t take this the wrong way- I’m not saying play faster […]

Science-y Stuff – Quick Practice Tip

Find more Quick Tips and lessons by Vi Wickam and other teachers at https://www.myTalentForge.com. [The song played at the beginning of this Quick Tip is called Leather Britches.] Hi, I’m Vi Wickam with myTalentForge.com, and this is your Quick Tip of the Week. This week, I want to talk about memory. And memory as it […]

Binaural Beats – Quick Practice Tip

Find more Quick Tips and lessons by Vi Wickam and other teachers at https://www.myTalentForge.com. Binaural Beats Blog Post by Vi Wickam: https://www.vithefiddler.com/binaural-beats-music-technology-future/ Gnaural App: http://gnaural.sourceforge.net Hi everybody, Vi Wickam here. This is another Quick Tip of the Week for myTalentForge.com. Hopefully some of you heard when I played […], you hear that “whoo, whoo, whoo…”. […]

Practice Those Drones! – Quick Practice Tip

[The tune I play at the beginning of this Quick Tip is called “Angeline the Baker“]. Hi, I’m Vi Wickam with a myTalentForge.com Quick Tip of the Week! What we’re going to talk about today is drones. Drones- not just as something we play in a song, like I did right there in Angeline the […]

Playing in a Band – Quick Practice Tip

[The song I play at the beginning of this Quick Tip is called “Miller’s Reel”.] Hi, Vi Wickam here, with another Quick Tip of the Week. Now, you’re playing the fiddle, and you think, “Hey! I should play in a band!” Because what’s more fun than making music with your friends?! Or maybe you’ve been […]

Interleaving Parts – Quick Practice Tip

Find more Quick Tips and lessons by Vi Wickam and other teachers at http://www.myTalentForge.com. Oh, hi! I’m Vi Wickam. I’m here with your myTalentForge.com Quick Tip of the Week. Today we’re going to talk about putting things back together when we’re practicing. So an important strategy while practicing is breaking things apart. And that’s one […]

Just Say No – Quick Practice Tip

Hi I’m Vi Wickam and this is your myTalentForge.com Quick Tip of the Week. Learn to say no! Now this is the third Quick Tip that I’m sharing some of my weaknesses with you. I’m not very good at saying no. But I’m getting better! There’s so many opportunities and so much fun out there […]