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Fairly early in the learning cycle of this song using a guitar track from my evil "twin" . Tried to follow @Ferret 's earlier advice (From Farewell to Tarwathie) on bowing away from the fingerboard, but was only partly successful. Any suggestions for improvement are welcome. gwscheer ( at about 9 months into violin)
"Make every note beautiful", Ivan Galamian
“To play a wrong note is INSIGNIFICANT; To play without PASSION is INEXCUSABLE!” , Ludvig Van Beethovan
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Hi Gary.. that is not an easy song to play. I would like to hear it solo. For me I can hear it better that way.. (I am the anti-accompanist) Only due to my attention issues... I think.. In the middle of the song I heard some really clear good sounds. I like your tone. I think you are on to something here! As usual I dig that violin and it sound. Great choice in song. If this is fairly early in the learning cycle. YOU will rock it out soon. Good Job. Thanks so much.
Do you sing? This would be a great song to have a vocal also. 
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What she said...
"If you practice with your hands you must practice all day. Practice with your mind and you can accomplish the same amount in minutes." Nathan Milstein
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Very nice
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@gwscheer Your playing sounded very nice.
I am at month 8, lesson 4. The first couple of lessons I was using too much shoulder - so Teach had me using short bows using the middle of the bow.
Similar to the way this gentleman is bowing this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....verview-vl
I have conquered the raising my shoulder issue and now Teach is saying use more of the length of the bow.
More like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....0DF8A11AAE
My goal - to bow like this, using the whole bow!!:
http://www.taylordavisviolin.com/videos/
Violinist start date - May 2013
Fiddler start date - May 2014
FIDDLE- Gift from a dear friend. A 1930-40 german copy, of a french copy of a Stradivarius. BOW - $50 carbon fiber. Strings - Dominants with E Pirastro Gold string.
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Thanks, @Schaick I'll follow your advice. g
"Make every note beautiful", Ivan Galamian
“To play a wrong note is INSIGNIFICANT; To play without PASSION is INEXCUSABLE!” , Ludvig Van Beethovan
"It ain't rocket surgery"
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