<<:See lesson listings below:>> The Blues. Truly, where it all comes from! With its earliest roots in Africa, the Blues has influenced nearly every style world-wide in the past 100+ years! Even Bluegrass which, to the uninitiated, sounds rather ancient, is really just a more modern invention from the 1930-40’s
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By Style – FJI learning
By fiddlejamman on November 2, 2013 in Blues, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Jazz, Lesson List, List, Rock, Section/Title Pages, Style Studies
I think #36 category sort is “tater” below? “wp_cpl_sc cat_id=36” in brackets… maybe category is not what I’m looking for?… but tags?? no… the “Style Studies” category might be fine and do the
New entry-level Jazz tune lesson – Autumn Leaves!
A great tune for you if you are just trying Jazz for the first time! Easy “one-scale-fits-all” approaches get you started before moving on to more advanced details and ear training for this Jazz “Standard.” Check it out here! Enjoy! <<::>>
Autumn Leaves – Jazz Standard
By fiddlejamman on November 1, 2013 in Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Key, By Knowledge, By Scale, By Sight, E minor, Fiddler’s Tab, Gigger Level, Harmonic Minor Scale, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, Jazz, Lesson List, Music Mechanics, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Autumn Leaves has been recorded thousands of times by different artists (including Frank Sinatra & Nat King Cole) and is played by nearly every jazz and lounge band in the world. It is considered one of the great Jazz “Standards” for sure, and is a great entry-level song for those
Indian Double Necked Electric Violin
From a post on the “Electric Violin Shop’s”* blog… “Indian Classical violinist Neyveli S. Radhakrishna, who goes by ‘Radha’, paid a visit to our shop in advance of a performance in nearby Raleigh, NC, bringing with him his own favored instrument, one of the most unusual electric violins ever made.”
Fiddle Jam Book Tune Section
By fiddlejamman on October 11, 2013 in Blues, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Fiddle Jam, Fiddle Tunes, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Lesson List, List, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Section/Title Pages, Staff Notation
At the end of the book I attempted to put all that we’d learned together in a couple glorious real-life messes! Melody, jamming, and back-ups. Have Fun! <<::>> The Fiddle Jam Blues The Bouncy Blues
Fiddle Jam Book Materials
By fiddlejamman on October 11, 2013 in Beyond the Book, Boogie Woogie, Fiddle Jam, Jamming 101, Lesson List, List, Section/Title Pages
Here is a category listing of the original “Fiddle Jam, a way-cool easy way to learn how to improvise” book/CD. I am attempting to take these materials “beyond the book” here. Fiddle Jam – preparation – what you’ll need to know. EZ-Zones – What are they? Fiddle Jam Beyond the