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BOOGIE WOOGIE PATTERNS

By on February 4, 2013 in “Tater”, Beyond the Book, Blues, Boogie Woogie, Cajun-Zydeco, Cornerstone Styles, Country, D major, Fiddle Jam, Folk Fiddle, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jazz, Lesson List, Memphis Country Blues, Old Time Fiddle, Rock, Roots Rock, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle

THE BOOGIE WOOGIE PATTERNS Here’s the basics for the open string based D, G, and A, Boogie Woogie patterns. boo – gie – woo – gie boo – gie – woo – gie boo – gie – woo – gie Want to learn more about things like this? Click here

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BOOGIE WOOGIE SECTION

By on February 4, 2013 in “Tater”, Beginner Violin, Beyond the Book, Blues, Blues Scale, Boogie Woogie, By Key, By Scale, By Topic, Cajun-Zydeco, Cornerstone Styles, Country, D major, D minor, Fiddle Jam, Folk Fiddle, Gigger Level, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jazz, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Memphis Country Blues, Music Philosophy, Old Time Fiddle, Rock, Roots Rock, Section/Title Pages, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle, Wit & Wisdom

About BOOGIE WOOGIE (see links to individual Boogie Woogie lessons below) Unfortunately, we really can’t just go “nuts” all the time! (see “Gig Etiquette” for more info on this)  It may be fun for a while (especially when we are just starting out) and important to get things

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Ashokian Farewell Lessons

By on January 16, 2013 in By Key, By Scale, Cornerstone Styles, D major, Fiddle Tunes, Folk Fiddle, Gigger Level, Jammer Level, Lesson List, Major Scale, Style Studies

A beautiful song written by Jay Ungar.  It was used as the main theme music for Ken Burns Civil War series.  It sounds very mid-1800’s for sure, but was actually written in 1985!  It is a great tune.  I have often played it at funerals (even my own grandmother’s recently).

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A Major A-toodz Level 2

By on December 30, 2012 in A major, A-toodz, A-toodz – Level 2, By Key, By Scale, Gigger Level, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Major Scale, Staff Notation

“Gigger” Level 2 studies in A Major introducing b3, b7, and b5s… the beginnings of the cool stuff!  Video play-along cool riff training… Non-members: Want to learn more about this?  Registered members get to see more of lessons like this depending on their membership level. Click here for more info

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Ode to Joy – Beethoven

By on December 30, 2012 in A major, Artist Level, Beginner Violin, Bluegrass Fiddle, By Ear, By Key, By Scale, By Sight, Cornerstone Styles, Country, D major, Fiddle Tunes, FItz-Hu-Ki, Folk Fiddle, Gigger Level, Jammer Level, Lesson List, Major Scale, Music History, Staff Notation, Style Studies

Perennial favorite of all ages, the triumphant theme from Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.  The Fiddle Jam approach doesn’t usually focus on classical tunes so much, as there are plenty of sources out there for that kind of learning, but we’ll make an exception for this one (scroll down to check out

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