Tag Archives | back-ups

Beethoven Minuet in G

One of the most BLUESY melodies Beethoven ever composed!  It always sounds half drunken to me with all those 1/2 step wobbles… so, I decided it might be cool to give it a bluesy back-up, in this example, a cajun/zydeco effected accordion, played by my friend Michael Ward-Bergman and some

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I – IV – V Chord Number System

The three strongest and most important chords within a key, sometimes called “tonic” sub-dominant” & “dominant” (in Classical Music).  These chords within a key are the basis for 90% of ALL music, from Classical to Heavy metal and beyond! Want to learn more about this? Click here for more info

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Note Number System

Sometimes called the “interval” system, the Note Number System is way of explaining how music notes relate to each other within a key or scale and is quite universal in the “gigging” world.  <<:Want to learn about this? Click here for more info on our free Fiddle Jam Club membership

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Amazing Grace

Description: This very popular Christian spiritual tune* has crossed many style boundaries.  Countless students have requested it from me over the years.  I’ll include it here.  I’ve included it here in two separate but popular and fiddle-friendly keys: G & A.  The G version is lower and sweeter sounding, and

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Acadian Two-Step

Description: This one’s a bit more challenging, but well worth the effort.  I personally love the whole Cajun “thang” (see Side Notes below).  I honestly do NOT hear this tune much at Pickin’ Parties and jams, but it is pretty cool, and the chords are easy enough to teach others

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Sugarfoot Rag

Fiddle Tune Topics: Melody, A Mixolydian, A Blues, A Major Pentatonic, slides, intermediate technical challenges, creating backup parts, improvisation. Description: I like this one.  It is decently simple and fairly repetitive.  It was taught to me by a friend the old fashioned way… by ear, one note at a time

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Angeline the Baker

Hey!  That’s not Bluegrass!… yes, that is true… you tell ME what style it is! …a good tune is a good tune, and can be re-interpreted in any number of ways.  That’s my good friend Michael Ward Bergman on accordion… we are calling this group “Viordion”!?! Description: One of my

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