Helps you to memorize the notes, that's okay. (This of course does not apply to improvised playing.) Playing tunes, if you are reading notes, you are not fiddling. 'noodling around' or careless repetition. Style, but in the earlier stages of learning to fiddle, ten minutes ofĬoncentrated thoughtful practice accomplishes more than an hour of Instrument is essential to the creative process and developing a personal Several things to work on at home so that they don't feel like they are getting On one thing at any given moment, and they gradually improve over time. Together in a complex interaction, so you have to work on many things, focusing

That they have to achieve perfection at one thing before they tackle One small thing at a time, make progress on it and move on. Get broken up into easily digestible chunks. Learn and retain something at every lesson. To work on, even when focusing on technique. Make sure they understand what you are saying. Make sure you understand what your students are saying and Have to be repeated before they are understood. They express their needs and concerns, and encourage them to listen carefully Instruction works best for them sometimes they already know. If one method isn't successful, try another one. Your head by repeated listening is a necessary precursor to learning to Tradition, so students should listen to good fiddle music as much as Help students along in their path to musical expertise. A few guiding principles and techniques have emerged, and I use them to Trying to find the best ways to connect to students and to help them develop Teaching fiddling in private and class settings for over 40 years, always Observation develop an understanding of patterns and principles relating to Thoughtfully over a very long time, you naturally by experimentation and It describes teaching methods I have developed over the years which I presented in four workshops on American fiddling for German classroom string teachers at a conference in Trossingen, Germany in April 2010. The spring 2011 issue of AMERICAN STRING TEACHER contains my article entitled 'THE POWER OF UNISON: A Method For Including Fiddle Tunes in Classroom String Programs'.

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