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Still working on this one, but haven't shared anything here in a while so thought I'd share this. Learned this by ear a few weeks back from Katy Adelson's version, and have been working to get it fast and clean sounding.
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Wow Mandy, so much improvement since last time I heard you play. That was truly enjoyable. Congratulations and keep up the great work.
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Thanks, @Fiddlerman 
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I love that one! Well played!
Glad to hear your elbow's improved as well; it's a worry when something like that affects your playing.
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Oh damfino that was awesome...Wish I could play that fast!
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Thanks, @Jim Dunleavy & @Mimi Aysha 
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Thanks, @Fiddlerman
Then something good really can come from something bad.
Obviously not good that your elbow is an issue but perhaps you are being more careful too now.
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Very nicely played.
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Sounds great!
Your advancing quickly
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Great job @damfino Really cute little song, looks like you really enjoyed playing it which makes it enjoyable to watch. Thanks for sharing
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Thank you @Uzi @Mark and @CharlieStrings
@Fiddlerman It did help me in some ways, slows me down in others, but overall I think it made me work harder and with how much I missed playing when I just couldn't, made me know that I still really enjoy playing. I've had to quit my lessons for the summer, since my bad elbow and yard work don't mix well, I knew I couldn't keep up the kind of practice I needed to keep paying for lessons, but I'm hoping to get in a fill in lesson this month so I don't start sliding backwards. I think lately I'm mostly holding steady rather than progressing. But I'm having more fun just playing tunes as I've put aside my etude book during this lesson break.
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damfino said
Thank you @Uzi @Mark and @CharlieStrings@Fiddlerman It did help me in some ways, slows me down in others, but overall I think it made me work harder and with how much I missed playing when I just couldn't, made me know that I still really enjoy playing. I've had to quit my lessons for the summer, since my bad elbow and yard work don't mix well, I knew I couldn't keep up the kind of practice I needed to keep paying for lessons, but I'm hoping to get in a fill in lesson this month so I don't start sliding backwards. I think lately I'm mostly holding steady rather than progressing. But I'm having more fun just playing tunes as I've put aside my etude book during this lesson break.
The common denominator in your posts is "FUN", and that is what it's all about. Keep having fun and proceed with caution so that you can do this your whole life.
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@Fiddlerman I am having fun
I decided to make a better video of The Peacock's Feathers. Doing these kind make me work a little harder at getting the tune down, and then I have to work on playing in "public", even if sometimes my public was just a wild turkey, haha
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Oh that looked and sounded a lot of fun, great scenic stuff near you - wow, you are too clever to make that cute video too - awesome!
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Thanks, @Mimi Aysha
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OH thats funny, short songs I guess!...I never knew Cleveland was so pretty, at least where you are at. It's really hot here, and a bit hard to play outside, I did try in the morning once, such freedom!.... but once that camera starts rolling I freeze and mess up, or maybe I mess up all the time but only see it when recorded....ha!
Maybe I need to put up a blooper vid - my husband watched one, and I thought he was so touched by my playing but they were tears of laughter....not very encouraging! He can't video me either cause he gets all serious then I start laughing.
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Obviously, your skills are getting better in every respect, including editing, but what also impressed me were your magical skills. The way you beam yourself into different locations like that. 
Fun video. Keep up the great work. I personally would probably prefer a bit less effects on the audio but you may not feel as comfortable doing that.
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Haha, yes, over the past couple years I've done a couple live recordings there, and the tunes do have to be very short, haha.
It's been pretty hot here, too. We went straight from winter to middle of August type heat. We're getting a couple days break from it at the moment, which is nice.
There's a lot of pretty areas around Cleveland
I still freeze a bit in front of the camera, I do better if nobody else is watching me play. The part where I'm in front of the General store, some ladies were walking by and stopped to watch me, and I can see that I'm playing a bit more stiff compared to when nobody was within eyesight, haha.
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@Fiddlerman Haha, it's my warping skills, haha.
The audio I'm just no good at editing, lol. I have a hard time getting it to sound natural, so I play around with it trying to fix it, and just mess it up more. I did play along with myself on another fiddle that is strung with octave strings, but I'm not sure I actually like how that turned out, I think it makes it sound a little weird, it just felt too lonely just having one instrument hanging out there, haha.
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