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February 14, 2019

How To Read Sheet Music – Lesson 2 – Quick Tip

How to Read Sheet Music - Lesson 2 - Quick Practice 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 […]

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February 7, 2019

How To Read Sheet Music – Quick Practice Tip

How To Read Sheet Music - Quick Practice Tip

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Filed Under: Quick Tips Tagged With: fiddle, free music lesson, how to read sheet music, nymrod hornpipe, quick practice tip, quick tip, string instruments, vi wickam, violin

January 24, 2019

Play at a Nursing Home – Quick Tip

Play at Nursing Home - Quick Practice 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 Darktown Strutter’s Ball, which was one my grandma’s favorite tunes]. Hey everybody, Vi Wickam here with another Quick Tip of the Week. This week I want to encourage […]

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January 17, 2019

The Pesky Violin Hickey Tip #2 – Quick Tip

The Pesky Violin Hickey Tip #2 - Quick Practice 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 […]

Filed Under: Quick Tips Tagged With: cleaning your instrument, fiddle, free music lesson, myTalentForge, quick practice tip, quick tip, vi wickam, viola, violin, violin hickey

January 15, 2019

The Low Hanging Fruit – Quick Tip

Low-Hanging-Fruit-Quick-Practice-Tip

This Quick Tip is by teacher Steve Eulberg. This tip comes from his Habits for Your Healthy Music Habitat series on his website dulcimercrossing.com. To check out Steve’s music, click this link: https://www.patreon.com/steveeulberg. Hi, Steve Eulberg here with another Habit for Your Healthy Music Habitat. Low hanging fruit!… When I’m working on a new tune, […]

Filed Under: Quick Tips Tagged With: difficult passages, Free, free music lesson, learning new music, quick practice tip, quick tip, steve eulberg, the low hanging fruit

January 15, 2019

Encourage – Quick Tip

Encourage-Quick-Practice-Tip

This Quick Tip is by teacher Steve Eulberg. This tip comes from his Habits for Your Healthy Music Habitat series on his website dulcimercrossing.com. To check out Steve’s music, click this link: https://www.patreon.com/steveeulberg. Hi, this is Steve Eulberg, here with another Habit for your Healthy Music Habitat. I’m thinking about courage… Courage is that thing […]

Filed Under: Quick Tips Tagged With: dulcimer, encourage, free music lesson, quick practice tip, quick tip, steve eulberg

January 10, 2019

Transcribe It – Quick Tip

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 […]

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January 3, 2019

Rotate Your Repertoire – Quick Tip

Rotate Your Repertoire - Quick Practice Tip

[The tune I play at the beginning of this Quick Tip is called Road to Lisdoonvarna. Listen to it here.] Hi everybody, Vi Wickam here with another Quick Tip of the Week. This week I want to give a shoutout to YayLife.com, who gave me this awesome Yay Fiddle t-shirt. I am totally stoked about […]

Filed Under: Quick Tips Tagged With: all levels, any instrument, comfort zone, free music lesson, quick practice tip, quick tip, road to lisdoonvarna, rotate your repertoire, try something new, vi wickam, yay life

December 27, 2018

Magnesium – Quick Tip

Magnesium - 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 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 […]

Filed Under: Quick Tips Tagged With: all instruments, any level, calcium, fiddle, magnesium, quick practice tip, quick tip, take care of your body, vi wickam

December 20, 2018

The Pesky… Violin Hickey! – Quick Tip

Violin Hickey - Quick Practice Tip

Find more Quick Tips and lessons by Vi Wickam and other teachers at https://www.myTalentForge.com. Hi, I’m Vi Wickam- here with another Quick Tip of the Week. This one is specific to violinists and violists… and it’s how you deal with, or how you avoid the dreaded… violin hickey! This is the first tip- there will […]

Filed Under: Quick Tips Tagged With: all levels, cleaning your violin, fiddle, quick practice tip, quick tip, vi wickam, viola, violin care, violin hickey

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