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How To Read Sheet Music – Lesson 2 – Quick Tip

[The song I play at the beginning of this Quick Tip is called Randall’s Hornpipe. You can listen to it here.] Hi, I’m Vi Wickam here, with another myTalentForge.com Quick Tip of the Week! This Quick Tip is about sheet music, as the last one was. And one of the new series we are working […]

How To Read Sheet Music – Quick Practice Tip

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The Pesky Violin Hickey Tip #2 – Quick Tip

Watch Tip #1 of The Violin Hickey here. Hi I’m Vi Wickam and this is your Quick Tip of the Week, from myTalentForge.com. Last week we talked about the dreaded violin hickey. And this week I’m going to give you another tip that is a little less commonly known about how to avoid and deal […]

Faded Love Harmony – Free Fiddle Lesson

Hi I’m Vi Wickam, here with myTalentForge.com, and this is a lesson on a twin fiddle part to Faded Love. Faded Love is a classic old-time fiddle tune. It was made popular by Bob Wills Band, and the melody was taken, at least mostly, from an old civil war tune, My Darling Nelly Gray. Here […]

How to Tune Your Violin

Hi I’m Vi Wickam with myTalentForge.com. Here’s a lesson for you on how to tune your violin or your fiddle- depending on what you call it! Same instrument! Here’s my violin and you can hear that it’s in tune. Learning to tune your instrument is one of those beginning things that is very important. It’s […]

Lady Be Good – Free Fiddle Lesson

Hi I’m Vi Wickam and here’s a swing tine fiddle lesson for myTalentForge.com! This is one my favorite, old, swing tunes. It’s one called Lady Be Good, or Lady Be Good To Me. When I perform it, I generally will sing it, as well as fiddling it. I’ll put the words in there- maybe I’ll […]

Devil Went Down to Georgia – Free Fiddle Lesson

Hi, I’m Vi Wickam, and this is a free lesson, brought to you by myTalentForge.com. I’m going to teach you how to play the different pieces of Devil Went Down to Georgia. Now, Devil Went Down to Georgia is one of those fiddle tunes that is probably the most requested, actually there’s no question! This […]

Transcribe It – Quick Tip

Find more Quick Tips and lessons by Vi Wickam and other teachers at https://www.myTalentForge.com. [The song I play at the beginning of this Quick Tip is called Durang’s Hornpipe. You can listen to it here.] Hi everybody, Vi Wickam here with another Quick Tip of the Week. This Quick Tip is a great way to […]

Faded Love – Free Fiddle Lesson

Find more tune lessons by Vi Wickam and other teachers at https://www.myTalentForge.com. Hi I’m Vi Wickam here with another lesson for myTalentForge.com. This tune is called is Faded Love. It is a classic two-step dance fiddle tune that was made popular by Bob Wills. The melody from this tune was appropriated from the melody from […]

Magnesium – 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 the Quick Tip is called Pass the Grog. Find the myTalentForge fiddle lesson for it here!] Hi I’m Vi Wickam, here with another Quick Tip for your week! Now this tip applies to all […]