Clinch Mountain Back-Step Description: Pure old time blues scale stuff! The melody is nothing but A Blues scale. Hope you enjoy. It’s one of my personal favorites! Note: “PLPP” = “Pot Luck Pickin’ Party” a full band version with jamming. Check the possibilities out! Jam-along: A blues scale
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Cripple Creek
Description: This tune is a “standard” in the pickin’ community. There are many different versions of it. This one is purposefully simple to get you started. Its roots most likely go back to the early 1800’s. Key of D major. Note: some folks like to play this tune
That Fiddle Sound
I get asked all the time about “how do you make that fiddle sound?” Here’s my answer, honed over the years with my students… Non-members: Want to learn more about this? See our free sample lesson page to view the full “That Fiddle Sound” video! Click here for more info
Beginner’s Corner
As I’ve stated a number of places on this site, I really strongly recommend you have a real flesh-and-blood teacher if you are an absolute beginner (mostly so you don’t get into any bad or even harmful habits). But, that said, even though I am a professional jazz violinist and
Teacher Training
I know, it’s really not very realistic to think that I can teach everybody how to jam myself! The problem is: I’ve found that most teachers are pretty clueless when it comes to jamming in the classroom… sorry teachers, it’s not your fault! That old Classical-only education is about all
Gigger Level
Intermediate-level improvisation: Designed for the student who is ready for the next step after they are getting comfortable with our “one scale fits all” approach featured in the “Jammer” level materials and found in the original Fiddle Jam Book. “Gigger” level is where we really start to go “Beyond the
E Minor Piano Funk Jam
E blues scale jam lesson. “…It uses the E Blues scale. The “EZ-Zone” for E Blues is simply 0, 1, 3 fingering on the D & A strings. Start on an E, end on an E, come back to E the most… heck you could even do the whole solo