Level 1 is the easiest. I actually get a new student to do this in the very first lesson, mainly just to give them a musical experience right away! Even if they do not hold the bow correctly, or know anything about fingering yet, in the first lesson, we can
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Tater Section
By fiddlejamman on May 27, 2013 in “Tater”, Artist Level, Beginner Violin, Bluegrass Fiddle, Blues, Boogie Woogie, BowTek, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Cajun-Zydeco, Celtic-Irish-Fiddle, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Folk Fiddle, Gigger Level, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jamming 104, Lesson List, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Section/Title Pages, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle, Teacher Training, The Chop
“Tater” as in po-tater po-tater or po-tato, po-tato (long – short short, long – short short bow strokes) in the Suzuki tradition, or more generally as the art of creating improvised double string back-up support parts based on the underlying chord progression of a song. …Don’t worry, it’s not as
Musical Priest – Irish/Celtic tune
By fiddlejamman on May 27, 2013 in “Tater”, Aeolian Mode, B minor, BowTek, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, Celtic-Irish-Fiddle, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Fiddle Tunes, Fiddler’s Tab, Gigger Level, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Master Class, Minor Scale, Music Mechanics, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies, The Chop, VioTek
Being a metaphysically oriented guy, I kind of think of myself as always aspiring to be a musical priest of sorts. A priest of jamming! ;~) This tune caught my eye, just for its title at first, but I’ve grow to love it. My students seem to like it
Musician’s Health – fermented foods
Fermented foods?… isn’t that when milk goes “bad”???… Well, it seems that there more than one kind of fermenting that can happen in foods… some bad for us and some good. Some quite good in fact. Yogurt is a prime and famous example that has live and active
Riff Master Pro software discount for FJI members!
By fiddlejamman on April 29, 2013 in Bulletin Board, By Ear, Founder’s Blog, Lesson List, Music Essentials, Music Mechanics, Newsflash, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Reviews
Want to learn about this most useful piece of software and get the 40% off discount from the creator? Find out about or membership options and Join us now! <<::>> UPDATE: AUGUST 2016. New discount links from Riff Master Pro folks: Click on these links to get the
Geoff’s New Science Inspirations page
By fiddlejamman on April 27, 2013 in Founder’s Blog, Lesson List, Musician’s Health, Newsflash, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Wit & Wisdom
Though the primary goal of the Fiddle Jam Institute is to help anyone have fun while they become a masterful and creative improviser on the violin and its related family of instruments, and I personally believe this to be almost more of a spiritual quest than anything else, it may
iii7 – vi7 – ii7 – V7 – I Progression Studies
By fiddlejamman on April 19, 2013 in Cornerstone Styles, Country, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Music Mechanics, Style Studies
iii7 – vi7 – ii7 – V7 – I The difference between this progression and the III7-VI7-II7-V7-I Exercises is that all the notes in each chord in this one, are completely “diatonic” to the overall key. “Diatonic” means dia- or “within” and tonic means a key (which the tonic is