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July 30, 2019

Get Weekly Quick Practice Tips from the Start

Ashokan Farewell Harmony

Hi Everybody! Many of you know that I published a quick tip of the week for the last couple of years. And now that I have come to the end of publishing these quick practice and performing tips, some of you have asked to watch them from the beginning. (There will be new tips periodically […]

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June 2, 2017

Sound Big with Bathroom Acoustics

Bathroom Acoustics

Hi, I’m Vi Wickam! And this is a my Talent Forge Quick Practice tip of the Week! I call it- bathroom acoustics. Now, that sounds kind of funny, but if you’ve ever played your instrument in the bathroom… Now, if you’re a piano player, I totally understand why you haven’t. But if you play something […]

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December 17, 2016

Bow Distribution – Practice Subdividing

bow distribution david wallace

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 […]

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September 30, 2016

Posture When You’re Tired – Quick Practice Tip

Hi Everybody, I’m going to be posting a series of free instructional videos that are a bit of an introduction to my Talent Forge and the content we have there. These won’t be in-depth tune lessons, or specific technique lessons, like much of what we have there. They are quick tips that will help you […]

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