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Listen – Quick Practice Tip

Teacher: Vi Wickam

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Hi, I’m Vi Wickam. And this is another Quick Tip!

Listen!

No I don’t mean listen to me right now… I mean listening is the most important part of playing music.

If you’re not listening, you’re not playing music. Especially if you’re playing with other people.

If you’re not listening, you’re kind of being a jerk when playing music.

If you want to become a great musician, the only way to do it is by listening. Listening to yourself, being aware of what you’re playing…

Listening is how you get your pitch better and how you improve your intonation.

Listening is how you sync your playing up with the other people you’re playing with. Listening is how you avoid playing over top of the singer when you’re accompanying the singer.

This is the most fundamental, most important thing there is to music.

Listen.

Close your eyes and just listen. Listen with your ears wide open.

Have a great week!

About Vi Wickam

Vi Wickam of Loveland, CO has been performing fiddle and writing music since before he could read. Along with his brothers and dad, The Wickam Family Band performed regularly on Blinky’s Fun Club, a nationally syndicated TV program.

Vi’s fiddling can be heard on numerous CD recordings, including two of his own. He’s played with many different bands throughout the United States, and even briefly in England.

Among his fiddling honors, Vi has won the Colorado State Championship twice, and been a finalist four times at the Grand Masters’ Fiddler Championship. He has judged fiddle contests throughout the US, and directed regional and state level fiddle contests.

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