I met “Get the Led Out” guitarist Paul Hammond while he was purchasing an extra bow at Guitar Center in Gainesville, Florida to use in their Led Zeppelin tribute show re-creating Jimmy Page’s famous bowing of the electric guitar. He invited me to their show at University of Florida’s Philips
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Webinar #1 March 12, 2014 Replay
By fiddlejamman on March 19, 2014 in Blues, Bulletin Board, By Key, By Scale, By Topic, D major, E minor, Folk Fiddle, Founder’s Blog, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Lesson List, Major Scale, Minor Pentatonic Scale, Open Office Hours, Webinar
Here is it, for those who missed it, or want to review. We had about 15 minutes of technical chaos at the beginning (edited out here)… I thought I was ready and knew how to run the webinar software!… not quite… will do better in the future, I promise! In
Our First Webinar!
OK, thanks to those who attended, and thanks and sorry for those that tried to attend and gave up after or 15 minutes or so of technical glitches! We did end up doing the webinar and it will be posted for replay (after I edit out the chaos part!). I
All Major Pentatonic Approach
By fiddlejamman on February 24, 2014 in A major, Beyond the Book, By Key, By Scale, By Topic, Country, Fiddle Jam, Folk Fiddle, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Music Mechanics, Style Studies
Just like the one-scale-fits-all approach that you can do with the Blues scale, Major Pentatonic can also be used in the same way… but works better in certain musical situations than others. See the video below for more info on this approach. See more lesson materials by joining us
My Pick-Up Explorations
Here’s a little video report on some of my more recent pick-up searches and experiments. Featured is my use of the Fishman v200 ($120), Audio-Technica AT8531 microphone ($300), and the big surprise: the AXL PG-800 pick-up ($20). See more lesson materials by joining us now! Compare our membership levels
Improv Any Style – Using 3 Unique Approaches! (overview)
By fiddlejamman on February 5, 2014 in Artist Level, Bluegrass Fiddle, Blues, Blues Scale, Bossa Nova, By Scale, By Topic, Cajun-Zydeco, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Country & Western, Folk Fiddle, Gigger Level, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Major Scale, Minor Pentatonic Scale, Old Time Fiddle, Pop & Rock, Rock, Style Studies
Find out about our 3 level overview approach to improvising in nearly any style! Join our free Fiddle Jam Club to see more of this subject and many other fiddle and Jamming subjects! Click here. Check out this video lesson for our free Fiddle Jam Club and AAP members!
Special Fiddle Jam Club bonus lesson! Cool Fingering trick turns major scales into blues!
Here’s a quick video I did after realizing a super simple cool little fingering trick you can do to convert the G, D, or A major scales into their respective blues scales, just by sliding your hand up a 1/2 step! Member Bill Ferguson (lazydog) helped in the inspiration while