Just to get things rolling with this lesson, here’s a half-crazy rockin’ cajun version of this tune I did for kicks with my good friend Michael Ward Bergman. Enjoy, then check out the lesson materials below! Not to get you too distracted from the topic on hand, if you are
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MM101-Moon Diggin’
By fiddlejamman on April 11, 2015 in Beyond the Book, Blues, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Fiddle Jam, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Rock, Style Studies
MOON DIGGIN’ It’s music to strip mine too! Jam Stuff: Cut 24 from Fiddle Jam Book/CD Example: Cut 25 from Fiddle Jam Book/CD (see video above) No Violin Backing Track:[ca_audio url_mp3=”http://fiddlejaminstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/FJBk25-MoonDiggin-NoVln.mp3″ url_ogg=”” download=”true” skin=”regular” align=”none”] The Blast Off: Fun, pop rock, medium tempo. Scale: G Blues Key: G minor Notes: any,
MM101-Blue Suit in a ROADHOUSE BAR of 12
By fiddlejamman on April 11, 2015 in A minor, Beyond the Book, Blues, Blues Scale, By Key, By Scale, Cornerstone Styles, Fiddle Jam, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jazz, Lesson List, Rock, Style Studies
BLUE SUIT in a ROADHOUSE BAR of 12 Standing out with the rough crowd. Jam Stuff: Cut 28 from the Fiddle Jam Book/CD Jam Example: Cut 29 from the Fiddle Jam Book/CD (see video above) No Violin Backing Track: The Jump Start: Cool, blue, straight forward and easy.
Weeblo’s Wooble jazz tune
By fiddlejamman on September 2, 2013 in A major, Ab major, Artist Level, Bb major, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Knowledge, Cornerstone Styles, G major, Ionian Mode, jamming 103, Jamming 104, Jazz, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Major Scale, MixoBluesian Scale, Mixolydian Mode, Music Mechanics, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Here’s a light Bop jazz tune I wrote a while back that can be a good study. Overall the key of G major, which you will not need to stray far from in the A sections (except maybe the Eb in meas. 4). The B sections start out in G
Stormy Monday Blues by T-Bone Walker
By fiddlejamman on July 31, 2013 in Blues, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Cornerstone Styles, Fiddler’s Tab, G major, G minor, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Rock, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Stormy Monday by T-Bone Walker Here’s a classic slow blues tune, that has become a “standard” for Blues bands around the world, written by T-Bone Walker in 1947 and covered by Eric Clapton, BB King, and countless others, the most famous of which is probably the Allman Brother’s Band on
Wagon Wheel – Old Crow Medicine Show
By fiddlejamman on July 14, 2013 in A major, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Country, Fiddler’s Tab, Folk Fiddle, Gigger Level, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Music Mechanics, Note Name – Finger Number, Old Time Fiddle, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Lesson description: I get a lot of requests from my private students for the fiddle intro to this popular song. Originally written and recorded by the iconic Bob Dylan, the band “Old Crow Medicine Show” has had a hit with the song, and their’s is the version we will be
Make it Dance – practice goal
By fiddlejamman on July 3, 2013 in By Knowledge, Lesson List, Master Class, Music History, Music Philosophy, One-Room-School-House ORSH
Make it Dance Fiddle Jam Institute music philosophy lesson Again, in my head as soon as I got up. Description: Learn about the subtleties of bringing the music you play to a level of performance where it both becomes more alive, and at the same time broadening its appeal to