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January 15, 2019

Faded Love Harmony – Free Fiddle Lesson

Faded Love Harmony

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 […]

Filed Under: Free Fiddle Lessons, Videos Tagged With: bob wills band, faded love, fiddle, free music lesson, harmony, key of D, my darling nelly gray, twin fiddle lesson, vi wickam, vithefiddler

June 20, 2018

Weiser Workshop – Twin Fiddling

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Making music is more fun when you are doing it with a friend. Twin fiddling is a fun and important part of the fiddling tradition. This workshop will teach the participants the basics of twin fiddling – how to harmonize, and how to play  lead when someone is harmonizing with you. It will also cover […]

Tagged With: fiddle contest, harmonizing, harmony, twin fiddling, Weiser

September 8, 2017

Double the Harmonies by Yourself

how to play triple fiddle harmonies with 2 people

 Hi I’m Vi Wickam and this is another myTalentForge Quick Tip of the Week! This one is always fun for me. It’s playing harmonies above and below the melody. Now, this is a trick I learned from Paul Anastasio is a great swing fiddler – he’s also an expert ethnomusicologist. He studied with Joe […]

Filed Under: Quick Tips Tagged With: above and below, harmonies, harmony, how to play harmony, hrmony, paul anastasio, triple fiddle, Weiser

August 4, 2017

How to Play Harmonies

how to play harmonies on violin

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. […]

Filed Under: Music, Quick Tips Tagged With: harmony, how to play harmony, tenor harmony, violin ear training

June 21, 2017

Weiser Workshop – Twin Fiddling

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Making music is more fun when you are doing it with a friend. Twin fiddling is a fun and important part of the fiddling tradition. This workshop will teach the participants the basics of twin fiddling – how to harmonize, and how to play  lead when someone is harmonizing with you. It will also cover […]

Tagged With: fiddle contest, harmonizing, harmony, twin fiddling, Weiser

August 8, 2012

Mother Nature – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 219

When I saw that Sandra Wong was coming to Fort Collins tonight to play at Avogadro’s Number, it was an opportunity not to be missed for Fiddle Tune a Day, especially since she was going to be joined by Ross Martin Guitarist for the Matt Flinner Trio, and Greg Harris who plays Vibes for Pete […]

Filed Under: Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos Tagged With: 30 minutes, fiddle tune, Fort Collins, harmony, matt flinner, real fun

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