This year the day is just the beginning! Welcome to a season of LOTM, where we can level up your version however you like. Today I'm sharing the five-note roll workshop from inside JDL (Jenny's Daily Lessons) as a tasty little sample of how detailed you can get with practicing this tune inside my program. I realized this morning - this is an entire Five-note-roll Dojo packed into one 7 minute video. That's because I teach this in four steps to get the same signature sound that I learned from Liz Carol. Imagine the four steps as: White belt, Blue belt, Purple belt, Brown!!!! I put four exclamation points there because that is how many I needed to express: This is the _whole key_ to getting whatever level of skill your heart desires on the violin. Master each step and practice with ease in your own personal sweet spot. Easier said than done- to keep it easy and level up gradually. When you are practicing in the most effective way, it will feel a bit slow at times. Trust this! It may seem like learning all of LOTM in this level of detail would take until the sun burns out. But actually it's just about 4-6 weeks if you follow along with the videos in my program one per day. Which is why, whether your in the program or hanging out with us here on the free group, I'm giving us from now to Thanksgiving to SAVOR this tune. It's the one that brought me together with many of you, so it really inspires a festive feeling in my heart. Thank you for being here so we can share a folky violin community online. CHEERS! Jenny PS If you'd like to work directly with me on this, and aren't already in JDL, here's where you can take a peek at the seasonal promo: https://www.jennyoconnor.com/lotm_day_2026/

Last night was open mic night at my local bar. Every Tuesday. My buddy that I play fiddle for the Celtic Rock band used my fifth song to olay together. We plazed Zombie. (One of my absolute favorites to play.) The bar was pretty packed for a typical Tuesday. But we were a hit. Sadly, I didn't get it on video, but the ENTIRE BAR was singing the song with us. And during the chorus, they got reallllly loud. The bar was hoppin and everyone was jammin out. It's such a rush to be on stage playing and have the entire crowd join in and sing what you're playing. This is what I was born to do. ~~Fiddle on~~ 🎻

After teaching today figured I’d give this one a try since there were a couple requests. Still need to memorize the main notes a bit more but this was fun. :)

Just made this today and thought I’d pass it along in case you want to try. The scale is also tabbed out below. It’s the Dorian Mode. This is the scale that makes anything you do sound like medieval music. Therefore it is the best. Enjoy! Jenny

Out of interest, how long do people actually practice for and the frequency of their practice. I aim for at least 15 mins a day ( some days do slip past but I work shifts and it’s easily done especially when I do days and come home knackered) , but I’ve noticed of late that my left hand starts to cramp up now, reducing practice time ( might have something to do with new hand position for attempting vibrato). This is for my own curiosity to know if I need to make more practice/playing time. Thank you for reading