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
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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.
FREE Jazz Violin 100 Video series Playlist on YouTube!
Fiddle Jam Institute FREE 100 Jazz Violin Lesson playlist
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
The Maker violin video
Interesting video work. The violin music brings his creation to life!