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Judd Peterson
Tim, this effort by you and your cohorts is absolutely terrific. It’s what I’ve been searching for all these years of practicing with my violin, hoping to achieve a true swing sound and yet not quite putting it together. I’ve always recognized you have the keys, and now you’ve laid them out in a wonderfully organized, simple form that will get me there. Thank you so much for everything you do. If I could give you any input about this, it would be:
1) Consider providing a breakdown of a swing tune into smaller pieces and segments of the tune, playing each segment three times in a row so that I can catch them by ear and meld to your bowing and emphasis as I learn the tune. Finally play the full tune in a YouTube or video format that allows me to adjust the playback speed. Katie Glassman is doing that very successfully on her “Fiddle School” with us aspiring Texas swing violinists, as it allows us to learn the tune phrasing and then gradually bring the tune up to speed according to our current ability.
2) Talk to Pablo about how you might be able to increase the response time when you pick options on the Studio site as you’re navigating it. Minimizing the response and upload time greatly eases any frustration with wait times.
Just absolutely terrific though. This is fantastic, Tim.
Tim
Great tips, Judd – will give this a good think, thanks! T
Pablo RodrÃguez
Hi Judd! Thanks for your comment. Indeed, loading times have become annoying. I will keep you posted.