Calum’s one thousand, eight hundred and fourteen comments

One thing I have learned as a teacher is the importance of implicit learning, and knowing how to deliver explicit instruction while leaving space for implicit learning on the part of a student. more…

> I am a small female more…

For the fiddle, I have three things more…

One thing I’ve come to realise about violins is that what you the player hear is not what others hear. more…

The date is the 20th June. more…

There’s noodling during sets, and noodling between sets. During, I think the only sensible rule is “only if inaudible to others”. Between sets is hazier. more…

I have to be honest, on the rare occasions I’ve had this sort of situation I’ve just gone back with an anodyne “sorry, it doesn’t really suit my playing style”. People, especially makers, can be grumpy and have long memories. more…

My original abc; if it differs from what appears above, the below is what I wrote, right or wrong: more…

> does he not sometimes blow two different octaves at the same time? more…

Purely speculating, but as someone who thinks about hand position and mechanics a lot, I would guess that the reason she plays like that is because she always has. more…