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Don’t know why but watching this guy play added to the epiphany I had  the other day with Barrage. It finally hit me with the angle his fingers touch the strings. I tried it and felt a more natural and relaxed position for my hand. Pretty sure my teacher has been trying to get me to do this but it never clicked. Between this little video and Barrage I just cut loose and got my mind out of the way and just played. Got a little teary eyed with the achievement. I try too hard sometimes and think I’m never going to be any good at this then all of the sudden I take a leap forward.

I like the simple shuffle bowing example too. It didn’t hurt that I’ve been trying to play Old Joe Clark. A tune way out of my league but I didn’t know any better when I started out. My teacher tries to keep me focused on the easier stuff and he’s right those can be fun too but I like the challenge. I’ll post my version of Old Joe Clark soon.

Thanks Joe Ebel for posting that video on youtube.

Never tell your teacher you didn’t have time to practice. He hammered me with drills and exercises and then said… “I know”. He could tell.

This brings me to the story of my 40th high school reunion, the reason I didn’t practice. One of my dearest old friends said with a finger pointing to my head  ”you have to practice everyday”. Okay Norm, I’ll practice I promise. So I am… almost every day and for an hour or two. I find that even if I struggle to get to it once I’m there I don’t want to stop.