Whilst you were talking of feeling not good enough, I was, here on the completely other side of our planet, thinking "Is there anything she can´t do?". You have a key to beauty on so many levels. I could have listened your play for hours and hours! Thank you for sharing your gifts with us.
It's so good to see you, again! I thought your videos weren't showing up on my subscriptions (RUclips is notorious for culling channels) so I would check on your page to see if I missed any. This 70 year old woman was worried about you!
Heck yeah. Found your fountain pen stuff first, then just recently saw you had typewriter videos too, which is my newest obsession haha. I'm actually a full time piano teacher and gigging keyboardist and these other things are my "extracurricular" activities haha. I'm primarily a jazz/gospel/r&b player, but also play and teach a lot of Bach, Chopin, and Ravel. I have a new and very deep love for classical piano. Your piano pieces are great! These pieces of yours are sort of like preludes, short pieces of various styles. Keep it up, it sounds really good. And you sound great on violin too.
Welcome back! It is so lovely to see you and hear you play both piano and violin. I have played the clarinet since I was in elementary school but haven't practiced in the last few years since moving to an apartment complex. It's been a longing in my heart to play again. Your video has my wheels turning - maybe I can find a way to take lessons and ask my neighbors if I could practice during the day. I am wondering, too, how your knitting has been going. Have you enjoyed your Farmer's Daughter subscription? Did your mom enjoy her shawl? What other projects have been on the needles?
I hope you can find a way! It's so wonderful to bring music back into one's life when inspired! My knitting has been soooo slow. It's been really hot, in the 100s this October even. My body and brain have melted and I'm sitting here thinking, "What's the point of all this knitwear if it'll always be too hot to wear??" But, I continue on. I've got three projects that I'm slowly working through. I'll have to make a video about it soon!
5:32 I could listen to this one forever... Peaceful, calm, but also sad, like reaching for a daydream through clouds of thick fog. Not moving backwards, but not moving forward either. Just... stuck in time. I really relate to the emotion of this piece.
I’m so happy to see (and hear!) you again. It led me to an IG follow as well. You are much too hard on yourself regarding violin. i enjoyed listening as much as I enjoyed your piano. Enjoy these pursuits and have fun! Both the piano and the violin are beauties. ❤
Congratulations on the piano. It sounds lovely and looks to have been very well cared for. Playing an instrument is perhaps the most spiritual connection we have to the universe at large. I can't imagine a day where I don't play my guitars. You play very well and I look forward to watching many more of your videos that encompass your music as well as all your other interests. Oh, I almost forgot... :)
Man, I feel you so deeply on having that love-hate relationship! All these expectations for yourself get in the way of pure enjoyment. Talking to myself here - but as hard as it is, I think what counts at the end of the day is just enjoying the process itself and being consistent with it. For what it's worth, your violin performance was lovely❤I believe you'll get there. Hope you keep at it. Thanks for sharing your piano pieces, too. Also, welcome back!!
Good music and welcome back, I tried to play piano/organ early on in life and never got the hang of it so I admire people that can play it well. I just found out there is a really cool violin shop based in Tucson, Wood Violins. I watch a YTer named Dovydas that does a lot of street guitar/improv playing, he had a violin player named Mia Asano playing with him recently and she had this sick Flying V Viper violin that is made by Wood Violins and she is an amazing violin player. Cheers!
Hello and thank you! We had a few things go wrong at the start of our backpacking trip and unfortunately, ended up just base camping for the weekend. It ended up being a bit of an unpleasant experience I'm afraid to say. :/
I very much enjoyed listening to your music with both of your instruments. Well done! I hope you continue to get pleasure from your efforts because I think what you're doing is wonderfully creative. I hope it's okay to add one thing that you might already know...but maybe you had no other choice? A piano should, if at all possible, not be placed in front of a window...or even on an outside wall. There are lots of things that can go wrong with your piano as a result of those placements. I know you said you've moved things around and made space...but maybe you could do that again so that your piano is safely against an inside wall? Just in case you weren't aware. :)
@@beccacarrillo thank you!! Yes, I was really worried about the window. Do you think if I put an insulation behind it that could help? I just don’t know where it could go otherwise. 😂
Ive been taking piano lessons online and really enjoy it. Two years ago I bought a Yamaha P45 digital piano which uses sound sampling from a Yamaha grand. Its lighter than an acoustic piano and I'm not sure my floors could support a piano.
I think I’d only consider learning violin as a “fiddle” for folk music…if I’m not mistaken, that usage of the instrument is more accessible than classical style. It looks so fun to fiddle for a crowd at an old-timey dance social.
I think it's got its own set of challenges, but you may be right in general. I'd think the rhythms and the bowing would be tricky, but easier on the left hand - I don't see fiddler players shift much. Fiddle would be fun!
Please, keep the the little pieces coming, i really enjoy your music; im a fan since the early ukulele videos (= Also the piano look great; even if its a tight fit, it looks right at home in your office. Thanks for the video.
I was just wondering about you since I hadn't seen a video in a while. Glad to see you're spending time with art. I have always wanted to learn violin but I have had some negative influences in my life that dissuaded me from attempting. Now that I'm free from some of that, I've again been thinking about taking some lessons in my mid-40s 😅 I appreciate your honest confession of how much of a struggle the instrument has been for you, but I found you played beautifully. I also enjoyed your mini-minuets on piano as well. 🙂
I have the same love / hate relationship with music, and this is after attaining a DMA ( and working professionally as an orchestrator). I also attained my FIRST piano the EXACT way. Welcome back! ☺️💚
@@adventuredenali You're about the only person I know that shares my experience with music. Most won't admit to it like we do, so it's warming to know I have SOMEONE who can relate. Much love! 🙂💚
When i play my cello and it doesn't sound good i blame it on my rosin. You're doing fine and sound good by the way. Sometimes practicing somewhere different changes the sound. My cello doesnt resonate well in my house but it sounds glorious in my church because of the high ceiling.
Haha! Needs more rosin! Or, a new bow! Or maybe a new instrument? Or strings for that matter! Hahaha! I can relate to that feeling. I bet your cello sounds amazing in your church! (And that's also a great idea, practice in a different space!)
Hi! Been a fan of your channel for years, mostly for the journaling and fountain pen content but am enjoying these music videos as well as a musician myself! I was wondering if you had ever toyed with fiddle music in between the rigorous violin music? Playing around with rhythm and bowing pattern on simple (or complex) repetitious tunes is so so fun and joyous. if you're looking for any inspo i love the 'joy of fiddling' channel. and my favorite online youtube teacher is 'the fiddle channel'
Thanks so much for the suggestion! I've been "fiddling" around a bit for the first time. I've joined a band actually. We've only had one practice session together, but maybe it will go somewhere! I'm excited to play violin from a different perspective.
What's the saying, comparison is the thieve of joy? I think both your piano and your violin pieces were amazing. I think I understand though, what you mean when you say the piano is a more forgiving instrument. Well, as long as it's tuned at least. But maybe that makes the violin a more (emotionally) expressive instrument? Luckily we don't have to choose only one single instrument (or hobby) in our lives. I know I have several hobbies that are in "time-out" at the moment (to protect my own sanity)😉 Hope you had a good summer, and hopefully autumn is already in the air in your neck of the woods 🍂🍄🍁
Thank you so much! Thanks for relating your own experiences, and reminding me that we're allowed to have multiple hobbies and it's okay to cycle through them!
You are living my dream!🎉I have wanted a piano and chello for as long as I can remember. Do make the most of them. It's so nice to see you enjoying yourself just for the pure sake of it❤
I think because they're in my head, it's easy to remember them, although, they do fade away with time - which is partly why I like to record them. Then, I can remind myself if I ever need to.
I'm more comfortable with piano to listen, something to do with the tone matching the human voice, the pieces you played really spoke, and the playing was astonishing, I've never heard such emotional & note-perfect playing. Ever. And you composed the pieces too?? Do you realise how incredible this is, I fear you are in search of an elusive perfection when you're ALREADY at that level and an equal of most professionals?? As for stringed instruments, I'm not a super fan, but your expression of dismay was so funny... Your striving will surely allow you to break through to the top level in whatever instrument you choose. Your love of the process is clear from the short piece, you may call it struggles but it is sweet and tuneful. My ears just don't dig the pitch/timbre of strings as much, and the compositions always seem to me to be some kind of lament or requiem...! Anyhow seeing you on RUclips is a real joy, sure I could join Instagram but I'm not a social network kinda person.
Thank you so much. I think you may be right about my search for perfection! I think my expectations for the violin are so much higher because I know how painful it can be to listen to if it's not just right. XD
Hello! When I saw the violin piece earlier on IG I thought it was very nice, and I even mistook that for being a viola piece that you had practiced all summer. I can relate to having issues with the technique involved to make an instrument sound good. For better or worse, that pushed me towards electronic instruments where that is less of a problem. I am a fan of Glass and Einaudi, so the little looping piano pieces play right into that. It is good to see you enjoying what you are doing.
I played the vialin from 7 to 12. I wish I had continued too. But we couldn't afford lessons and I had no where to practice since we lived in a flat with horrible neighbours. But then it might have been even worse having to stop when I got bedridden and too weak to even hold the violin. I've lost so much already. It would be even more to miss.
Welcome back ! I wish I had your skills as a composer. Just curious, the sound you're seeking for in the violin, does it require a better quality violin ?
Thanks so much! I think a better violin and bow can always help - but ultimately, it comes down to the player and how well they can play at the end of the day.
"Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow." ― Kurt Vonnegut
So do enjoy and share with us once in a while.
@@marcinb2083 That is such a wonderful quote! Thank you so much for sharing!
Please please please don’t ever downplay what you do. You are a composer. A wonderful composer.
Really, such gorgeous & imaginative melodies.
@@SeenACowSki thank you so much. That’s a really good reminder, and appreciate compliment. ❤️
Whilst you were talking of feeling not good enough, I was, here on the completely other side of our planet, thinking "Is there anything she can´t do?". You have a key to beauty on so many levels. I could have listened your play for hours and hours! Thank you for sharing your gifts with us.
Aww thank you so very much! I think we are our own worst critics, aye? xD
Great to see you again!
Thank you!
Great to see you again, you have been missed!!!
Thank you very much!
It's so good to see you, again! I thought your videos weren't showing up on my subscriptions (RUclips is notorious for culling channels) so I would check on your page to see if I missed any. This 70 year old woman was worried about you!
Thank you so much! I appreciate you're checking in over here. :)
Heck yeah. Found your fountain pen stuff first, then just recently saw you had typewriter videos too, which is my newest obsession haha. I'm actually a full time piano teacher and gigging keyboardist and these other things are my "extracurricular" activities haha. I'm primarily a jazz/gospel/r&b player, but also play and teach a lot of Bach, Chopin, and Ravel. I have a new and very deep love for classical piano.
Your piano pieces are great! These pieces of yours are sort of like preludes, short pieces of various styles. Keep it up, it sounds really good. And you sound great on violin too.
Hello! :D
Typewriters are so great! Also, that's so cool that you're a musician and working as a teacher as well!
Thank you so much for watching!
Thank you for sharing your music with us. It’s just lovely. 😊
Thank you! :D
Welcome back! It is so lovely to see you and hear you play both piano and violin. I have played the clarinet since I was in elementary school but haven't practiced in the last few years since moving to an apartment complex. It's been a longing in my heart to play again. Your video has my wheels turning - maybe I can find a way to take lessons and ask my neighbors if I could practice during the day.
I am wondering, too, how your knitting has been going. Have you enjoyed your Farmer's Daughter subscription? Did your mom enjoy her shawl? What other projects have been on the needles?
I hope you can find a way! It's so wonderful to bring music back into one's life when inspired!
My knitting has been soooo slow. It's been really hot, in the 100s this October even. My body and brain have melted and I'm sitting here thinking, "What's the point of all this knitwear if it'll always be too hot to wear??" But, I continue on. I've got three projects that I'm slowly working through. I'll have to make a video about it soon!
5:32 I could listen to this one forever... Peaceful, calm, but also sad, like reaching for a daydream through clouds of thick fog. Not moving backwards, but not moving forward either. Just... stuck in time. I really relate to the emotion of this piece.
Thank you so much! I think that describes that piece perfectly.
I’m so happy to see (and hear!) you again. It led me to an IG follow as well. You are much too hard on yourself regarding violin. i enjoyed listening as much as I enjoyed your piano. Enjoy these pursuits and have fun! Both the piano and the violin are beauties. ❤
Thank you so much!
So nice to see you making videos again. Greetings from Handel's birthplace in Germany! I loved listening to the music.
Thank you so much!
It has been a long time. So glad your back.
Sooo long. >.<
Thank you!
Congratulations on the piano. It sounds lovely and looks to have been very well cared for. Playing an instrument is perhaps the most spiritual connection we have to the universe at large. I can't imagine a day where I don't play my guitars. You play very well and I look forward to watching many more of your videos that encompass your music as well as all your other interests. Oh, I almost forgot... :)
Thank you so much.
And :)
You're back, yay!!
:D
Man, I feel you so deeply on having that love-hate relationship! All these expectations for yourself get in the way of pure enjoyment. Talking to myself here - but as hard as it is, I think what counts at the end of the day is just enjoying the process itself and being consistent with it. For what it's worth, your violin performance was lovely❤I believe you'll get there. Hope you keep at it. Thanks for sharing your piano pieces, too. Also, welcome back!!
Thanks so much for sharing with this feelings! Ultimately, you're right - just enjoy the process! I hope I can keep at it too. XD
Hey! Welcome Back! We missed you. Love to the family.
Hello and thank you!
She's back!!!
:D
So happy to see you here again! I enjoyed listening to your music. Thank you for sharing and I hope you keep doing it. 💜
Thanks so much Tessa!
You are such a delight! I love the new music.
Thank you!
You are so talented in so many things! I love your variety in life! Don’t be so hard on yourself! Great performances!
Thanks so much. :)
Good music and welcome back, I tried to play piano/organ early on in life and never got the hang of it so I admire people that can play it well. I just found out there is a really cool violin shop based in Tucson, Wood Violins. I watch a YTer named Dovydas that does a lot of street guitar/improv playing, he had a violin player named Mia Asano playing with him recently and she had this sick Flying V Viper violin that is made by Wood Violins and she is an amazing violin player. Cheers!
Oh, I had never heard of that shop! I'll have to look into it! Thank you!
So happy to see you back! Did you and Bryon get to go on your backpacking trip to tryout your new pack?
Hello and thank you! We had a few things go wrong at the start of our backpacking trip and unfortunately, ended up just base camping for the weekend. It ended up being a bit of an unpleasant experience I'm afraid to say. :/
I very much enjoyed listening to your music with both of your instruments. Well done! I hope you continue to get pleasure from your efforts because I think what you're doing is wonderfully creative.
I hope it's okay to add one thing that you might already know...but maybe you had no other choice? A piano should, if at all possible, not be placed in front of a window...or even on an outside wall. There are lots of things that can go wrong with your piano as a result of those placements. I know you said you've moved things around and made space...but maybe you could do that again so that your piano is safely against an inside wall? Just in case you weren't aware. :)
@@beccacarrillo thank you!! Yes, I was really worried about the window. Do you think if I put an insulation behind it that could help? I just don’t know where it could go otherwise. 😂
Loooove this. I could and do listen and watch in continuous loop.!❤
Thank you!
You are a woman of many talents
Thank you :)
Wow loved that, great to have you back
Thank you so much!
I really enjoyed you playing. It calmed me a lot, thanks!❤
Thank you and you're welcome!
Ive been taking piano lessons online and really enjoy it. Two years ago I bought a Yamaha P45 digital piano which uses sound sampling from a Yamaha grand. Its lighter than an acoustic piano and I'm not sure my floors could support a piano.
That's so amazing! Good for you and enjoy your practice!
I think I’d only consider learning violin as a “fiddle” for folk music…if I’m not mistaken, that usage of the instrument is more accessible than classical style. It looks so fun to fiddle for a crowd at an old-timey dance social.
I think it's got its own set of challenges, but you may be right in general. I'd think the rhythms and the bowing would be tricky, but easier on the left hand - I don't see fiddler players shift much. Fiddle would be fun!
Please, keep the the little pieces coming, i really enjoy your music; im a fan since the early ukulele videos (=
Also the piano look great; even if its a tight fit, it looks right at home in your office.
Thanks for the video.
Thanks so much!
I was just wondering about you since I hadn't seen a video in a while. Glad to see you're spending time with art.
I have always wanted to learn violin but I have had some negative influences in my life that dissuaded me from attempting. Now that I'm free from some of that, I've again been thinking about taking some lessons in my mid-40s 😅
I appreciate your honest confession of how much of a struggle the instrument has been for you, but I found you played beautifully. I also enjoyed your mini-minuets on piano as well. 🙂
You should pursue your desire to learn the violin! I think learning as an adult can be so rewarding.
I have the same love /
hate relationship with
music, and this is after
attaining a DMA ( and
working professionally
as an orchestrator). I
also attained my FIRST
piano the EXACT way.
Welcome back! ☺️💚
Thank you for relating and sharing your own experience!
@@adventuredenali
You're about the only person I
know that shares my experience
with music. Most won't admit
to it like we do, so it's warming
to know I have SOMEONE who
can relate. Much love! 🙂💚
When i play my cello and it doesn't sound good i blame it on my rosin. You're doing fine and sound good by the way. Sometimes practicing somewhere different changes the sound. My cello doesnt resonate well in my house but it sounds glorious in my church because of the high ceiling.
Haha! Needs more rosin! Or, a new bow! Or maybe a new instrument? Or strings for that matter! Hahaha! I can relate to that feeling. I bet your cello sounds amazing in your church! (And that's also a great idea, practice in a different space!)
@@adventuredenali sometimes less rosin works for me as well.
Love the 'Ode to a New Piano' and the last piano tune. But they're all great 👍🙂
@@meryuk thank you!
Wow surprise. Sounds like you had a great summer. Sounds beautiful. We're always our own toughest critic.
Yeah, you're right about that! We certainly are our own worst critics. XD
Nice to see you again :)
Thank you!
Hi!
Been a fan of your channel for years, mostly for the journaling and fountain pen content but am enjoying these music videos as well as a musician myself!
I was wondering if you had ever toyed with fiddle music in between the rigorous violin music? Playing around with rhythm and bowing pattern on simple (or complex) repetitious tunes is so so fun and joyous.
if you're looking for any inspo i love the 'joy of fiddling' channel.
and my favorite online youtube teacher is 'the fiddle channel'
Thanks so much for the suggestion! I've been "fiddling" around a bit for the first time. I've joined a band actually. We've only had one practice session together, but maybe it will go somewhere! I'm excited to play violin from a different perspective.
What's the saying, comparison is the thieve of joy?
I think both your piano and your violin pieces were amazing.
I think I understand though, what you mean when you say the piano is a more forgiving instrument. Well, as long as it's tuned at least.
But maybe that makes the violin a more (emotionally) expressive instrument?
Luckily we don't have to choose only one single instrument (or hobby) in our lives.
I know I have several hobbies that are in "time-out" at the moment (to protect my own sanity)😉
Hope you had a good summer, and hopefully autumn is already in the air in your neck of the woods 🍂🍄🍁
Thank you so much! Thanks for relating your own experiences, and reminding me that we're allowed to have multiple hobbies and it's okay to cycle through them!
You are living my dream!🎉I have wanted a piano and chello for as long as I can remember. Do make the most of them. It's so nice to see you enjoying yourself just for the pure sake of it❤
We share SO many interests and hobbies. It's almost uncanny. I guess we just share a natural wonder and fascination for the world ❤
Thank you so much! May you pursue those dreams!!!
@@fionasimagination Yes, definitely a wonder and fascination with the world!
That's so cool that you're able to memorize everything! I would definitely need sheet music even if I did know how to play the piano 😂
I think because they're in my head, it's easy to remember them, although, they do fade away with time - which is partly why I like to record them. Then, I can remind myself if I ever need to.
I'm more comfortable with piano to listen, something to do with the tone matching the human voice, the pieces you played really spoke, and the playing was astonishing, I've never heard such emotional & note-perfect playing. Ever.
And you composed the pieces too?? Do you realise how incredible this is, I fear you are in search of an elusive perfection when you're ALREADY at that level and an equal of most professionals??
As for stringed instruments, I'm not a super fan, but your expression of dismay was so funny... Your striving will surely allow you to break through to the top level in whatever instrument you choose.
Your love of the process is clear from the short piece, you may call it struggles but it is sweet and tuneful.
My ears just don't dig the pitch/timbre of strings as much, and the compositions always seem to me to be some kind of lament or requiem...!
Anyhow seeing you on RUclips is a real joy, sure I could join Instagram but I'm not a social network kinda person.
Thank you so much. I think you may be right about my search for perfection! I think my expectations for the violin are so much higher because I know how painful it can be to listen to if it's not just right. XD
I think you underestimate yourself. I thought the violin piece was just lovely ❤
Thanks so much :)
Mini-uet ha ha ha! So glad you are making music!
Thank you!
Hello! When I saw the violin piece earlier on IG I thought it was very nice, and I even mistook that for being a viola piece that you had practiced all summer. I can relate to having issues with the technique involved to make an instrument sound good. For better or worse, that pushed me towards electronic instruments where that is less of a problem. I am a fan of Glass and Einaudi, so the little looping piano pieces play right into that. It is good to see you enjoying what you are doing.
Thanks so much! May you continue to enjoy your own musical journey.
Wonderful 💙
:)
Happy to see you!
Hello and thank you!
I love your music
Thank you :)
I played the vialin from 7 to 12. I wish I had continued too. But we couldn't afford lessons and I had no where to practice since we lived in a flat with horrible neighbours. But then it might have been even worse having to stop when I got bedridden and too weak to even hold the violin. I've lost so much already. It would be even more to miss.
I'm sorry you've had that experience. :/
Very nice.
Thank you!
Watching your videos always cheers me up. Looking forward to your music videos. Are you still into journaling? 😊
I sure am! I'll be posting a journal update this weekend. :D
Welcome back ! I wish I had your skills as a composer. Just curious, the sound you're seeking for in the violin, does it require a better quality violin ?
Thanks so much! I think a better violin and bow can always help - but ultimately, it comes down to the player and how well they can play at the end of the day.
Encore 😊
Thank you!
Nice Handel. Now it’s time to tackle Bach’s Dm Chaccone. 😂😢😮
It would be great if @TheKiffness could build on these Mini-uettes!
:D
You compose this music all yourself? It’s all your own original composition?
@@The_Yarn_Collective yes, it is! Except for the violin piece, the piano music is all mine.
Oof Alto clef keeps me away from the viola. Ha ha
@@FountainPenNews hahah! Initially I kept reading it as treble clef and had to really focus, but then I got the hang of it. 😂
_ Lovely! In this dream of life sometimes we manifest wonders beyond the capacity of mind.
:D
buying piano is cheap, tuning is the problem...
Hahah yeah! Luckily, I've got a friend who can do it. ;D
✌️✌️
:D
Ok. Progresion not perfection … or not