Hi I’m Vi Wickam, and this is your myTalentForge.com Quick Tip of the Week. If you face it in music, it’s something you’re facing in your regular life. What do I mean when I say that? What I mean is that music is a microcosm of life. Everything that I face when I play my […]
Stand Strong – Quick Practice Tip
Find more Quick Tips and lessons by Vi Wickam and others at https://www.myTalentForge.com. Hi I’m Vi Wickam and this is your myTalentForge.com Quick Tip of the Week! Stand strong! Stand like you mean it! Plant your feet shoulder-width apart. How do you expect to play strong if you don’t stand strong? If I’m leaning to […]
It’s Not a Race – Quick Practice Tip
Find more Quick Tips and lessons by Vi Wickam and other teachers at http://www.myTalentForge.com. Hi I’m Vi Wickam and this is your Quick Tip of the Week brought to you by myTalentForge.com. It’s not a race! Now what do I mean when I say it’s not a race… We’re not playing fiddle to see who […]
Let Your Mind Wander – Quick Practice Tip
Hi I’m Vi Wickam, and this is today’s [my] Talent Forge Quick Tip of the Week. I have extolled the virtues of focus to you, but have I told you the value of letting your mind wander?! It’s the truth! There is a time for letting your mind wander. There’s a time for daydreaming. There’s […]
Achieve Old Time Nirvana – Quick Practice Tip
Hi I’m Vi Wickam, and this is another myTalentForge.com Quick Tip of the Week! How many of you really, really own a tune? I don’t mean, can you play a tune?… Do you own that tune? Have you marinated in that tune to such a degree that you don’t even have to think about it […]
Spice Up Your Diet – Quick Practice Tip
Hi I’m Vi Wickam and this is your myTalentForge.com Quick Tip of the Week! Add some variety to your diet! You can only eat so many hamburgers before you’re like, “I don’t want another one of those… not for a very, very long time!” And the same thing is true for music. I could play […]
Host a Jam Session – Quick Practice Tip
Hi I’m Vi Wickam and this is your myTalentForge.com Quick Tip of the Week! Some of you would like to know how to have more music friends, to spend more time playing music, have encouragement, and relationships around music. One of the best ways I can think of to do that is to host a […]
Turn Your Fiddle Into a Train – Quick Practice Tip
Hi I’m Vi Wickam and this is a myTalentForge Quick Tip of the Week. Some of you have wanted to know, “How do I make my fiddle sound like a train? How do I make my violin sound like a train?” There’s not just one kind of train trick on the violin. There are a […]
The Fingerboard is Your Friend – Quick Practice Tip
Find more Quick Tips and lessons by Vi Wickam and other teachers at http://www.myTalentForge.com. Hi, I’m Vi Wickam, and this is your myTalentForge.com Quick Tip of the Week! Keep your fingers close to the fingerboard. This is for all you violinists, violists, cellos, fiddlers, etc. String players out there- bassists, guitarists, mandolinists, and banjoists too! […]
How Do You Make a Chord? – 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, and this is your myTalentForge Quick Tip of the Week! I’m going to tell you what a chord is! Now, some of you may be like, “I know that already!” Well, for those of you who already […]
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