The Blues! …the granddaddy of all modern non-Classical styles! Even though today’s electric Blues styles can sound quite modern, the Blues style actually has its roots in Africa at least 200-300 years before other styles like Bluegrass! …This was a surprise to me when I, a musician who’s jamming roots,
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Rock Music Lessons
By fiddlejamman on August 30, 2014 in By Topic, Cornerstone Styles, List, Music History, Rock, Section/Title Pages, Style Studies
Rock Music! Yet another “wide” style category. We will attempt to address its many isms and schisms here too. You may notice that a number of Blues lessons will spill over into this list too, as Rock came from the Blues, and uses the blues scale most often! “The Blues
Country Music Lessons
By fiddlejamman on August 28, 2014 in Bluegrass Fiddle, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Country & Western, Country Rock, Folk Fiddle, Memphis Country Blues, Old Time Fiddle, Section/Title Pages, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle
Country Music. Yes, this is another one of those very wide style categories that encompasses many sub-genres, isms and schisms! You may see some of the same lessons in more than one category because of these styles overlapping so much. It is my opinion that today’s modern Country Music
Lesson Lists By Style
By fiddlejamman on August 28, 2014 in Beginner Violin, Bluegrass Fiddle, Blues, Bossa Nova, Cajun-Zydeco, Celtic-Irish-Fiddle, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Country & Western, Country Rock, Folk Fiddle, Fusion, Grunge, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Heavy Metal, HipHop, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jam Band, Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Kid’s Songs, Latin, List, Memphis Country Blues, Old Time Fiddle, Pop, Pop & Rock, Punk Rock, Reggae violin, Rock, Roots Rock, Section/Title Pages, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle
Cornerstone Styles: Jazz: Straight Ahead, American Standards, BeBop, Gypsy Jazz, Latin Jazz, Jazz Fusion Blues: Chicago, Memphis, Peidmont, Delta Rock: Classic, Pop, Punk, Grunge, Metal, Roots, Rock n Roll, Country Rock, Progressive Rock Country: Modern Country, Country & Western, Western Swing, Bluegrass, Fiddle Tunes, Old Time Fiddle Other style isms,
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Kookaburra: The Cool Version – Violin and Cello Trio
By fiddlejamman on August 4, 2014 in Beginner Violin, BowTek, Bulletin Board, By Key, By Scale, By Topic, D major, Folk Fiddle, Major Scale, The Chop, VioTek
Here’s a cool version of the Australian children’s song Kookaburra that happened on the spot in a private lesson with Simone (violin age 7) and Sandore (cello age 5) …with a little added background piano courtesy of their little brother (age 1)! They were playing the song in the key
EZ-Zones – What are they?
By fiddlejamman on August 2, 2014 in A major, A minor, B minor, Beyond the Book, Blues Scale, By Key, By Scale, By Topic, D major, D minor, E minor, Fiddle Jam, G major, G minor, Jamming 101, Major Scale, Minor Pentatonic Scale
Short answer: “EZ-Zones” are super easy two-string finger patterns that help you to jam right away with more authority and joy, even if you are a near-beginner! More… The term “EZ-Zone” first appeared in my book/CD “Fiddle Jam, a way-cool EZ way to learn how to improvise!” (Hal Leonard