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You can’t imagine what a blessing your teaching videos in such a situation are! I have the computer and a big mirror right next to each other, so I can watch myself and try to match what you teach. It is a challenge, that is true! But I really, really like it, and I just wanted to say a big thank you to you for starting this website. There is so much in it I really appreciate: for one, sure enough, your teaching, breaking movements down to little parts, shaping awareness of those individual elements. Then the fact that I can go back as often as I want to be reminded again of all these details. I don’t know how someone does it who sees a teacher maybe once a week and then needs to remember everything the teacher said. There is just so much detail! And I really like the accompaniment. It helps incredibly in getting good intonation – although it makes progress a lot slower, when you have to try over and over again, until the finger gets it just right. After all, you said not to SLIDE along the string until the tone is right but to make sure to HIT it at the right point :). It is such fun when all of a sudden during some practice for a few beats I have the feeling: Now it is MUSIC, not just scratchy practice! Sure enough, that does not happen too often yet, but the few times it happened, it just gave me a wonderful perspective what to expect in the future :).

So again: a very big thank you to you!
I wish you a wonderful and blessed week.
Greetings from Germany,
Elke

Elke Meier