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Bow Finger Flow
This is great stuff to take your playing to the next level! It might not be exciting stuff to watch, I know… but I supply it by request. It seems that some students benefit from visually seeing me bow this way. Keeping all your joints moving and flexible is most
Moods of the Modes
By fiddlejamman on June 9, 2013 in Aeolian Mode, By Ear, By Knowledge, By Scale, By Topic, Dorian Mode, Gigger Level, Ionian Mode, jamming 103, Lesson List, Locrian Mode, Lydian Mode, Major Scale, Minor Scale, Mixolydian Mode, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Phrygian Mode
Modes! The word might sound scary to some, and very un-fun and theoretical, but relax… in the usual Fiddle Jam Method way, I’ll attempt to make these very useful things, simple to understand. Introducing the (Greek) names: Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian… What AAP members will get to
Electric Violin pics
Cool violin pics! See also our Big Bang Fiddle Jam Book images page too! We’ll start with some of our header logo pics, then move on (below) to other violin pics I just think are cool! These first 4 are all instruments I made for our sister site www.OutlawFiddle.com
Tatering Level 4 – chopping technique
By fiddlejamman on June 4, 2013 in “Tater”, Artist Level, Bluegrass Fiddle, BowTek, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, Cornerstone Styles, Country, HipHop, Jamming 104, Lesson List, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Rock, Section/Title Pages, Style Studies, The Chop, VioTek
Tatering Level 4 – chopping technique. I know, most materials at Fiddle Jam Institute are presented in a nice and simple 3 level system, but “chopping” seems to need its own level separate from the rest. Simply explained, but more difficult to do, chopping has it roots in Bluegrass (
Tatering Level 2 – – adding double “drone” strings
By fiddlejamman on June 4, 2013 in “Tater”, Bluegrass Fiddle, Blues, Boogie Woogie, BowTek, By Ear, By Knowledge, Cajun-Zydeco, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Folk Fiddle, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jammer Level, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Memphis Country Blues, Music Mechanics, Old Time Fiddle, Rock, Section/Title Pages, Staff Notation, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle
Tatering Level 2: Adding double “drone” strings is the secret to sounding “fiddle-y” and can be done with certain melodies as well as simpler tatering back-ups. The secret formula is to play the name of each chord, or “tonic,” as we do in the tatering level 1 lessons, but
Tatering level 3 – chord tone double stops
By fiddlejamman on June 4, 2013 in “Tater”, A-toodz Level 3, Artist Level, Bluegrass Fiddle, Blues, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, C major, Cajun-Zydeco, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Fiddler’s Tab, Folk Fiddle, G major, Gigger Level, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Major Scale, Memphis Country Blues, MixoBluesian Scale, Mixolydian Mode, Music Mechanics, Note Name – Finger Number, Old Time Fiddle, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Rock, Section/Title Pages, Staff Notation, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle
Level 3 is a bit more tricky, technically speaking. This involves including other notes from the chords as they pass in a progression… not just necessarily the tonic (name of chord) and it’s fifth anymore. This means that you’ll have to learn some (simple don’t worry) Music Theory or Music