Level 1 is the easiest. I actually get a new student to do this in the very first lesson, mainly just to give them a musical experience right away! Even if they do not hold the bow correctly, or know anything about fingering yet, in the first lesson, we can
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Tater Section
By fiddlejamman on May 27, 2013 in “Tater”, Artist Level, Beginner Violin, Bluegrass Fiddle, Blues, Boogie Woogie, BowTek, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Cajun-Zydeco, Celtic-Irish-Fiddle, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Folk Fiddle, Gigger Level, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jamming 104, Lesson List, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Section/Title Pages, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle, Teacher Training, The Chop
“Tater” as in po-tater po-tater or po-tato, po-tato (long – short short, long – short short bow strokes) in the Suzuki tradition, or more generally as the art of creating improvised double string back-up support parts based on the underlying chord progression of a song. …Don’t worry, it’s not as
Musical Priest – Irish/Celtic tune
By fiddlejamman on May 27, 2013 in “Tater”, Aeolian Mode, B minor, BowTek, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, Celtic-Irish-Fiddle, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Fiddle Tunes, Fiddler’s Tab, Gigger Level, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Master Class, Minor Scale, Music Mechanics, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies, The Chop, VioTek
Being a metaphysically oriented guy, I kind of think of myself as always aspiring to be a musical priest of sorts. A priest of jamming! ;~) This tune caught my eye, just for its title at first, but I’ve grow to love it. My students seem to like it
III7-VI7-II7-V7-I Exercises
By fiddlejamman on April 19, 2013 in A major, Ab major, Artist Level, B major, Bb major, By Knowledge, C major, C# major, Cb Major, Cornerstone Styles, Country, D major, Db major, E major, Eb major, F major, F# major, G major, G# major, Gb major, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Music History, Music Mechanics, Style Studies
This is the famous chord progression that is in a Rhythm Changes bridge. I will, for study purposes, stretch them out to four bars each, to give you time to “explore” various practice techniques on each chord. I provide them in all 15 keys below (all natural notes, and up
Barefoot therapy
Running barefoot seems to be all the rage these days. My Chiropractor gave it a thumbs up. He said there is something about barefoot running that makes you use a different posture that ends up being more natural and gentle on the body… if done properly, with good technique. I
Essential Elements Book support materials
There are quite a few “method” books on the market. They all pretty much do the same thing… teach you how to read staff music notation. I have been successfully using Hal Leonard’s “Essential Elements 2000” for quite a few years to help teach violinists to read music. It is
Fasting
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