Here’s a cool violin part from the big country music hit Seminole Wind by John Anderson. Not only does this tune have a cool vibe, I take a personal shine to it since the lyric mentions the historic North Central Florida town that is very near where I currently
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Ragtime Annie
By fiddlejamman on November 18, 2016 in Artist Level, Bluegrass Fiddle, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Scale, By Sight, D major, Fiddle Tunes, Gigger Level, Jamming 102, Learning Methods, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Major Scale, Master Class, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation
Ragtime Annie has come our way thanks to a member’s request of her favorite tune! I have quite a few audio lesson and play-along tracks below, starting with a talk-thru and super-slow version (1 & 2). Always an excellent reference, the Fiddler’s FakeBook (Oak Publications) has a version that I’ve
Beethoven’s Oven
By fiddlejamman on March 18, 2016 in A minor, Aeolian Mode, Artist Level, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, C major, Fiddler’s Tab, FItz-Hu-Ki, Gigger Level, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Harmonic Minor Scale, Ionian Mode, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Mixolydian Mode, Music History, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Viola
Here’s a tune that I’ve become a bit enamored with lately. It is the first section of Beethoven’s 7th Symphony, the 2nd Movement. I of course, had heard it many times before, but it didn’t really get on my radar for our uses here until hearing a Bashar (the spirit
Dust in the Wind – Kansas
By fiddlejamman on February 22, 2016 in A minor, Aeolian Mode, By Key, By Scale, By Sight, Fiddler’s Tab, Gigger Level, Learning Methods, Lesson List, Music History, Note Name – Finger Number, progressive rock, Rock, Staff Notation, Viola
Here’s the perennial favorite progressive rock classic from 1978 that features a famous violin solo in the middle (~ 1:30 in the original recording) by the band Kansas… who are not surprisingly, from Kansas, USA. I believe Lawrence, Kansas claims them as their own, or so people said when I
Rhythm Futur
By fiddlejamman on September 12, 2015 in Artist Level, C major, G major, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Harmonic Minor Scale, Jamming 104, Jazz, Lesson List, Music History, Rock, Staff Notation, V7b9 scale
This is definitely one of the strangest tunes Django wrote. I’m told it was the “B-side” of the “Nuage” vinyl record and is supposed to represent the horrors of war as opposed to Nuages cloud-like beauty. My old Gyspy Jazz group “Babik” had both songs arranged for symphony orchestras to
Back Door – Cajun Zydeco
By fiddlejamman on May 6, 2015 in Blues, Blues Scale, By Feeling, By Key, By Knowledge, By Scale, By Sight, Cajun-Zydeco, Cornerstone Styles, Fiddle Tunes, Fiddler’s Tab, G major, Gigger Level, Jamming 102, Learning Methods, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Master Class, MixoBluesian Scale, Note Name – Finger Number, Staff Notation, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle
Uptempo Cajun/Zydeco staple! Basic 12 bar Blues form in the key of G. EZ pentatonic-based melody leaves room for adding your own touches. Check out the chart and Master Class video below for more info on that! Have FUN! <<::>> Want to see all of this lesson? Join us
Three EZ Folk Tunes
By fiddlejamman on May 5, 2015 in Beginner Violin, Fiddler’s Tab, FItz-Hu-Ki, Folk Fiddle, Kid’s Songs, Lesson List, Note Name – Finger Number, Path Page, Staff Notation
Folk Music… it’s for all of us folks! Folk music may or may not be Hip, but you can’t knock a good tune! These are three easy ones that I often get my beginners to play fairly early on. Enjoy! You Are My Sunshine – Old and young alike