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Fiddle Jam 101 Course has been updated!
Hey there Fiddle Jammers! I heard from one of our students that they could not view a bunch of the videos in the Fiddle Jam 101 Course materials. Thanks for the heads-up Artisto! Should be all fixed now. What happens sometimes is, host platforms, in this case YouTube, change their
Bucket List Fiddle Jam tune for members
I wrote this song specifically for the Bucket List Fiddle Jam Adult Beginner Violin course, but I thought you might like to learn it too? I think it turned out great! …especially in that it sounds WAY more complicated than it really is! You should be able to get lots
Descending ii V I chord pattern ala Cherokee bridge
Cherokee by Ray Noble. A BeBop staple and Cowboy love song?… who knew? “Sweet Indian Maiden, since I first met you, I can’t forget you, Cherokee sweetheart…” The bridge is a finger and brain buster for sure, and can trip up even advanced players. It’s no help that most BeBop
Master Sixteenth Note Reading
I have given this exercise to hundreds of my private students over the last 40+ years. Rhythm is king, and reading rhythms is the secret to learning to read music notation effortlessly. The rhythms presented below are ALL the possible sixteenth and eighth note combinations that can exist within one
Groove & Feel How to make Your Playing Come Alive
What does it take to make your playing feel like it comes alive and is not just a bunch of notes strung together in order? Here I talk of the details of some of the elements that I (and my students) came up with to help. Hope they help you.
iFiddle Magazine Special COVID-19 Lesson
Here’s a copy of a video lesson I did for Mike Spears at his online iFiddle Magazine. He asked all past interviewee’s (I was on the cover for issue #8), if they would supply something during the COVID-19 pandemic for fiddle folks to learn from while they were sequestered in