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July 30, 2019

Get Weekly Quick Practice Tips from the Start

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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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November 24, 2016

Practice More – Leave Your Instrument Out

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This quick tip will help you overcome inertia and play your instrument more often! Get more lessons like this one at http://www.mytalentforge.com Hi I’m Vi Wickam, and this is another Quick Tip! Leave your instrument out! Leave it where it’s easy to get to. Whatever instrument you want to play, you’re going to play more if […]

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October 20, 2016

Play Every Day – Quick Practice Tip

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Find more music lessons at: http://www.myTalentForge.com. Hi, I’m Vi Wickam, and this is a quick tip of the week! Make it a habit. Now this is something I fail at all the time, but it’s important and when I do it I become a much better player. It’s making a daily habit of practicing. It […]

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October 13, 2016

Breathe – Quick Practice Tip

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Find more music lessons at: http://www.myTalentForge.com. Hi! I’m Vi Wickam, and this is another Quick Tip for your practicing! Tip is to breathe. I know we all breathe all the time, but when you’re doing something really hard- something that’s challenging, something that’s stretching you to the end of your comfort zone, I’m willing to […]

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October 6, 2016

The Penny Trick – Quick Practice Tip

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Find more music lessons at: http://www.myTalentForge.com. Hi! I’m Vi Wickam, and this is quick tip! I’ve been working with a number of my students in my private practice on their bowing, and one of the things that I came across again that I’ve forgotten about was a trick one of my teachers taught me when […]

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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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