Here is all the fingerboard charts we used in the whole Blues Violin Course on one page for you. Feel free to print these out for easy reference. Blues Scales A Blues: Box Blues, Low Down Blues, Bug Blues, Back-Tie Blues, Brother Blues, Bop Blues (Alt tuning) B Blues: BB
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How To Make Your Own ITSO Tracks
Asked, suggested, requested by a member… How can you make your own ITSO (In-The-Style-Of) tracks? It’s really not that hard or technical really. There is two ways to go about it for your own uses really… Create them on the fly with a LOOPER and some electronic EFFECTS, or Pre-arrange
Best of Blues Violin Course
Hey there! Here’s the public highlights of my Blues Violin Course that began back in April of 2017. Each lesson of the course has a dozen lesson elements or more of things like: learning the bass line to the song, melody tutorials (by ear, eye and reading), harmony and chord
BVC The Monday Blues
Song #11 in our Blues Violin Course gets much Jazzier with the “west coast” sound of T-Bone Walker! Intro to the lesson: “In-Between” “Passing” Chords, the “Climb,” Arpeggios, Leading Tones… we are going deeper on this one! Performance video: Song Form: melody 2x, solo 2x, melody 1x Play-along
BVC The Un-Ethical Blues
Song #10 in our Blues Violin Course heads into the Countrified Blues side of things with a tune in-the-style-of harmonica icon Little Walter. Have fun! Intro to the lesson: “Train” beat, special ending, no chordal instruments, and more. Performance video: Song Form: melody 2x, solo 2x, melody 1x
Male vs Female energy in music history
I’ve been thinking… I did this recent recording of my current thoughts on how world history and our culture effects the music we create. Let me know what you think! Disclaimer: there is a bit of mature subject matter in this one. Non-members: want to hear this audio Truck Talk
BVC Black Tie Blues
Song #9 in the Fiddle Jam Institute’s Blues Violin Course heads to modern Blues-based Pop Rock ala ZZ Top! Have fun! Intro to the lesson: Performance video: Song Form: Intro, Melody 1x, Intro, Solos (12-bar Blues), Intro melody 1x, Intro 1x + Ending Tag Play-along track (no Vln)