Check out this 6 string home-made low-budget “Frankenstein” violin! Named by one of the students at a Fiddle Jam Clinic… he thought is would mirror what I was trying to teach… that of breaking the “rules” and breaking the “mold” and traditions in the violin world… Want to learn more about
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Harmonic Squeal Faux Feedback Technique
By fiddlejamman on March 5, 2013 in Artist Level, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Gigger Level, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jamming 104, Lesson List, Rock, Vibrato, VioTek
If you have been alive on this planet, anytime in the last 50 years or so, for sure, somewhere, you have heard an iconic wailing electric guitar hold out a long sustained note that breaks into a high squealing sound as the guitarist masterfully moves closer to the amplifier and
Beethoven Minuet in G
By fiddlejamman on March 1, 2013 in Artist Level, Blues, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Key, By Scale, By Sight, Cajun-Zydeco, Cornerstone Styles, FItz-Hu-Ki, G major, Gigger Level, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Lesson List, Major Scale, Music History, Music Mechanics, Music Philosophy, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Rock, Staff Notation, Style Studies
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
I – IV – V Chord Number System
By fiddlejamman on February 24, 2013 in By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Gigger Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Major Scale, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH
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
Note Number System
By fiddlejamman on February 22, 2013 in By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, Gigger Level, Ionian Mode, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Major Scale, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH
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
Amazing Grace
By fiddlejamman on February 20, 2013 in “Tater”, A major, Beginner Violin, By Ear, By Key, By Knowledge, By Scale, By Sight, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Fiddle Tunes, Folk Fiddle, G major, Gigger Level, Jammer Level, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Major Scale, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies
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
Acadian Two-Step
By fiddlejamman on February 18, 2013 in A major, Artist Level, Bluegrass Fiddle, Blues, By Ear, By Feeling, By Key, By Knowledge, By Scale, By Sight, Cajun-Zydeco, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Fiddle Tunes, Fiddler’s Tab, Folk Fiddle, Gigger Level, Jam-Along Tracks, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Lesson List, Mandolin for the violinist, Mixolydian Mode, Music Mechanics, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies, Wit & Wisdom
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