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I still have the violin, I just don't practice with it as much these days. Between my music ministry duties, work and family, I just don't have as much time to practice on 8 different instruments. I ...

I am not practicing as much these days. My work in music ministry has me primarily focused on vocals, drums and bass guitar now.

#MusicPractice

One whole hour of practice on the fiddle! w00t!

Open strings

Simple scales (G, D, F, Bb, Ahava Raba)

Arpeggios (G major scale)

String crossingss

Tunes from memory
*Le ...

Tonight's practice included the usual scales and a few tunes. And, to practice my by-ear learning, I attempted to play Hatikvah. I came REALLY close, but ended up looking at some sheet music to fill ...

My cello is a laminate student model. It cost me all of $200 and I am 7th owner. Or close to it.

I got out the cello tonight and spent 15 minutes tuning it. Ya know, it just ain't worth the hassle on this student cello. I did a Google search and found where someone else used bass guitar tuners ...

A short 15-minute session tonight. Between a migraine and my injured ankle, I just wasn't up for much else tonight.

What was supposed to be just a 15-minute nightly ritual turned into 45 minutes. Oops. Smile

Now that I actually know a bunch of music from memory, it makes practice a little more fun once I've complet ...

I tend to practice in my small music/computer room, and sometimes it doesn't sound good. Mostly from bad bowing, but I think I am getting a lot of resonance from the surrounding instruments. It soun ...

You don't have to like it learn it. Every song can teach you something. For example, Ashokan Farewell can teach you patience as you keep a slow pace.

If you want something slow and waltz-like to play, Ashokan Farewell.

I had kinda gotten away from much fiddle practice this last year while I was working getting playing time on bass guitar, but now that the bass practice time and gigging is stabilizing, I am finding I ...

This little tune from Unger & Mason called Ashokan Farewell has recently caught my fascination. Ken Burns discovered it and used it for his Civil Wars PBS series, but I never really noticed it th ...

...but not very often. I fit in my 15 minutes when I can, but I recently have been playing bass guitar in a new band, and at two churches. I am playing guitar in my own acoustic duo.

I traded for ...

Bleah! My love for music instruments, many music instruments, means that sometimes forget to practice on a few of them for a while.

I do love the sound of the fiddle, so I've gotten back to giving ...