In this fiddle meditation, we'll slowly explore "Old Joe Clarke" with meditation, call-and-response, looping, visualization and other practice strategies.
To prepare, take a full tune lesson here: • Old Joe Clark - Fiddle...
- The intention is to relax body, breath and mind so you can perform better. Enjoy the sound of the music and feeling in the body.
- Start by getting a good sound on a single note. Then add complexity: scales, melodic chunks and larger sections of the song.
- Work through a cycle of steps. Each time you start the cycle, you'll return your awareness to the body and breath by playing a single note. This powerful practice will keep you grounded in a good, relaxed sound.
- There are a few points in the lesson where you'll be prompted to practice on your own. The A drone will continue.
- Try this on other tunes you know! Then let me know how it goes...
- I'm glad you're here.
Let's begin...
1:06 Center🧘
3:18 Adding complexity: D1, rhythms, textures
4:50 Breathing & Relaxation
5:45 First 4 notes of the song
6:47 Audiation: hearing music in your head
8:04 Transpose down an octave
9:12 Alternate between high and low octaves
10:05 Add hoedown rhythm
11:22 Gradual speedup
12:35 Center🧘
12:55 A Part, First Quarter
13:41 Bar 3
13:59 Loop Bar 3
15:14 Transpose down an octave
17:30 Add Slur two-separate two bowing
19:11 Alternate between octaves in a Loop
20:45 A Mixolydian Scale
21:29 On your own: Scale practice
23:15 Offbeat accent
24:15 Offbeat accent on A Mixolydian
26:15 Tremolo on open A
29:01 A Part, Second Quarter Loop
30:39 A Part, Third Quarter Loop
31:18 A Part, Fourth Quarter
32:22 A Part, Fourth Quarter Loop
34:51 Whole A Part fast
35:31 Jam session tip
36:06 Whole A Part - Slow
38:45 Center🧘
39:58 Whole A Part - Low octave
41:24 Add Texture Variation: Tremolo
42:10 Droning Double stops variation
45:50 Center with Gratitude 🧘
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A detailed outline with supplementary content is available through FiddleHed.
I offer workshops in this format twice a month. I follow these with guided practice sessions: students practice on their own and I prompt them with practice strategies.
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20 авг 2024
