Boozoo – traditional cajun/zydeco tune. Key of G. Presented in three separate parts here. Melody, Back-up tater-ing, and bass line. The bass line would normally be played by an actual bass instrument, but I include it for your study here. Find two other friends to play the other parts for
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12 Bar Blues Phrasing Lessons
By fiddlejamman on August 5, 2013 in Blues, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, E minor, Fiddle Jam, Gigger Level, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Minor Pentatonic Scale, New Jam lessons, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Style Studies
Description: a “Gigger” level 102 lesson… I’ve found this one especially helpful for students who have jammed for a bit and are in need of deepening their listening skills, or developing “Big Ears” as it is sometimes called in the biz. Awareness of the overall flow and movement of the
Stormy Monday Blues by T-Bone Walker
By fiddlejamman on July 31, 2013 in Blues, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Cornerstone Styles, Fiddler’s Tab, G major, G minor, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Rock, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Stormy Monday by T-Bone Walker Here’s a classic slow blues tune, that has become a “standard” for Blues bands around the world, written by T-Bone Walker in 1947 and covered by Eric Clapton, BB King, and countless others, the most famous of which is probably the Allman Brother’s Band on
Wagon Wheel – Old Crow Medicine Show
By fiddlejamman on July 14, 2013 in A major, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Country, Fiddler’s Tab, Folk Fiddle, Gigger Level, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Music Mechanics, Note Name – Finger Number, Old Time Fiddle, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Lesson description: I get a lot of requests from my private students for the fiddle intro to this popular song. Originally written and recorded by the iconic Bob Dylan, the band “Old Crow Medicine Show” has had a hit with the song, and their’s is the version we will be
Make it Dance – practice goal
By fiddlejamman on July 3, 2013 in By Knowledge, Lesson List, Master Class, Music History, Music Philosophy, One-Room-School-House ORSH
Make it Dance Fiddle Jam Institute music philosophy lesson Again, in my head as soon as I got up. Description: Learn about the subtleties of bringing the music you play to a level of performance where it both becomes more alive, and at the same time broadening its appeal to
Jammin’ by Bob Marley
By fiddlejamman on June 30, 2013 in B minor, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Fiddler’s Tab, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Lesson List, Minor Pentatonic Scale, Minor Scale, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Reggae violin, Rock, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Here’s an iconic Reggae rock tune by Bob Marley. I’ve kind of consolidated the melody into an EZ repeatable version for you here. I at first tried to transcribe Marley’s exact vocal performance (which was very time consuming as, in the loose Reggae way, he did not sing a single
Half & whole steps – explained & put to use
By fiddlejamman on June 30, 2013 in Beginner Violin, By Knowledge, By Sight, FingerTek, Lesson List, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH
The title says it all on this one. I actually woke up with the ideas on how and why to do this lesson already in my head one day… was it sent to me in a dream?… I’m not sure… but, just like musical ideas, I’m trying my best to