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	<title>Zack Kline, Violin &#187; Teaching</title>
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		<title>Chicago Fiddle Camp</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chicago Fiddle Camp has come and gone!  Thanks to everyone who attended, and to the Chicago Waldorf School for hosting it.  It felt good and we&#8217;d like to do it again next year&#8230;
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		<title>3rd Grade Music: Chicken on the Fencepost</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is another tune I got at MacPhail.
This is the newest piece that the 3rd Grade violins and violas are doing.  It uses the infamous &#8220;Chicken on the Fencepost&#8221; rhythm, aka &#8220;Mississippi Stop Stop&#8221; or Suzuki&#8217;s Variation A of Twinkle Twinkle.  The reason we do this rhythm so much at the beginning, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boil the Cabbage for Simple Trio</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a simple arrangement we are currently playing in the 4th grade string class at the Chicago Waldorf School.  We will be building on this, making it more complex, hence the &#8220;simple&#8221; designation in the title.

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		<title>Hey, Betty Martin</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 3rd Grade at the Chicago Waldorf School is learning this tune.
I learned this tune when I was teaching classes at MacPhail Center for Music.  I found a swing version on iTunes as well as some kid oriented recordings and a one from an album called &#8220;Ballads of the War of 1812.&#8221;  Interesting. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scale Variation #7: Not an original rhythm, but a useful one with 3 different slur patterns</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Scale Variations]]></category>
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I use other rhythms, like Ivan Galamian&#8217;s, but this one separates the octaves by repeating the &#8220;home note.&#8221;  It helps you be sure to know where each octave starts and ends, which helps you understand the scale better.  Then you can break it up into octaves in your head.  I also like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memorize 5ths first</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you don&#8217;t know the note names, memorizing the 5ths will help you learn the patterns.
All but one are &#8220;even&#8221; pairs (a term I made up) that contain no accidentals or all accidentals:
A-E
Ab-Eb
C-G
C#-G#
D-A
D#-A#
Eb-Bb
E-B
F-C
F#-C#
G-D
G#-D#
The &#8220;uneven&#8221; pair (with one accidental) is B to F.
Bb-F
B-F#
Visualizing where the 5ths are will help you &#8220;place&#8221; the other notes around them. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guitar inspired scale variation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a natural pattern on the guitar that&#8217;s kind of &#8220;twisty.&#8221;  Going down is more of a pattern, going up is a loose pattern.  The accents are important.  I&#8217;ll have to start posting sound clips, too, but for now, here&#8217;s the sheet music.

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		<title>Jaws!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note about Jaws and Violins.
If you push your jaw toward the violin that creates a lot of extra muscle work.  If you let your jaw be in a neutral position, then you can use the weight of your head to support the violin.  Clenching your jaw every time you play is just too much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bows effect the sound</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bows can make a huge difference in the sound (seems like stating the obvious).  The qualities each of us wants in our bow may be totally different, but if you take a violin and play it with a bunch of different bows, especially bows with different weights, the sound you get changes with each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 5 Ideas for Improvising</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following suggestions are made with beginning improvisers in mind, though they are good general principles for everyone.
1. Think ahead.  Learn to hear a melody in your head, visualize how to play it on the instrument and play it&#8211; all within a split second or so.
2. Seek ultimate variety in melodies, phrase length, ammount [...]]]></description>
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