As you may know, the Fiddle Jam Institute’s sister company is Outlaw Fiddle, and I’ve been working on my dream electric violin, the EV3 that I now have applied for a patent for, and am beginning to promote and sell (check out www.outlawfiddle.com if that intrigues you). I
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History of Electric Violin Documentary
Hi Fiddling Folks! I know that I haven’t sent many emails to the fiddlejam list lately, but I hope you all survived the holidays and are heading into your best year ever! As most of you should know by now, the Fiddle Jam Institute’s sister company is Outlaw Fiddle,
Jamming Level 1B amendment
If you have followed my FJi materials at any length, you probably have run across my concept of the 3 level jamming/improvisation approaches. This week, while giving a private online lesson, we stumbled onto a level 1B that worked for my student Stephany. See the full lesson! Click here to
Cover of iFiddle Magazine again
I was originally featured in issue #6 of iFiddle magazine, and have the honor of being on the cover again for the current (#52!) summer 2021 issue. Thanks (publisher and fiddle friend) Mike Spears! If you haven’t seen any iFiddle magazine issues before, please check them out: https://www.ifiddlemag.com/ In the
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
Petronella – New England style dance tune
Join us to learn this song! Check out our different membership levels here. I like this tune. Petronella evokes vibes of contra dances… don’t know what a contra dance is?… that’s OK, I didn’t either at one point. It turns out that it’s an older cousin of square
Stroh Violin Mix of bowed horn resonator
I have heard of these instruments for many years and finally ran across a performance of one here and had to share. I thought it would sound much more nasal, like a resonator guitar, but i think it actually sounds pretty good! Check it out! (this video has a couple