Fiddle Express Concert 2025
The girls put in a lot of practice time into their upcoming recital with Fiddle Express. We had a long session Tuesday night with the Beck family and another student, Gracie, working on the studio songs. It is one thing to practice with mom at home and quite another to practice in a group. One of my assignments was to accompany Josie for two of her songs. We practiced at home with strum machine (an accompaniment app) and me on piano. On Tuesday it was just Josie and I, we struggled because I practiced the chords completely differently than needed for her recital. I don’t know all my chords, it was embarrassing to have Emma pull out the circle of 5ths and try to explain what chords were which and how to play them on the piano. My musical education is riddled with holes, from afar it looks okay but please do not inspect up close. The same can be said for my role as choir director. I just move with the music, making up my own rhythms and harmony. Good thing I’m not paid. I may have shed a...
