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The Perils of the Classical-only Music Education

By on February 6, 2013 in Artist Level, Beginner Violin, Beyond the Book, Bluegrass Fiddle, Blues, Cajun-Zydeco, Celtic-Irish-Fiddle, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Fiddle Jam, Folk Fiddle, Fusion, Gigger Level, Grunge, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Heavy Metal, HipHop, Interviews, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jam Band, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jamming 104, Jazz, Latin, Lesson List, Memphis Country Blues, Music History, Music Philosophy, Musician’s Health, Old Time Fiddle, Punk Rock, Reggae violin, Rock, Roots Rock, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle, Teacher Training, The Fiddle Jam Club, Wit & Wisdom

Article by Geoffrey Fitzhugh Perry published on EzineArticles.com The Perils of the Classical-only Music Education The Classical Dead End The “Classical-only” music education model, as good as it is as a technical foundation, can be, and sadly, usually is, a dead end for performance opportunity. If you are a talented

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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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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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A-toodz – E Minor

By on December 22, 2012 in A-toodz, Artist Level, Blues, Blues Scale, By Key, By Scale, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Dorian Mode, E minor, Gigger Level, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Minor Pentatonic Scale, Rock, Staff Notation, Style Studies

Introduction to E minor A-toodz studies E minor is a very popular key in the modern styles… especially in guitar dominated Rock and Blues music!  These studies can help you build up a vocabulary of ideas, licks, and tricks that you can then call upon in your improvisations later. The

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Minor Swing

By on December 22, 2012 in A minor, A-toodz, Artist Level, By Ear, By Key, By Knowledge, By Scale, Cornerstone Styles, Gigger Level, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Harmonic Minor Scale, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Music History, Staff Notation, Style Studies

Description: The Django Reinhardt/Stephan Grappelli Gypsy Jazz classic that has crossed over into many styles.  I’ve heard this done by Lounge bands, Bluegrass bands, Folk groups, and even Jam Bands.  This tune has been featured in many movies too (like “Chocolat”).  The melody, simply an arpeggiation of the chords, is

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Oh Yeah… and don’t forget to breathe! – Wit & Wisdom

By on December 20, 2012 in Beyond the Book, By Knowledge, Fiddle Jam, Lesson List, Music Philosophy, Musician’s Health, Wit & Wisdom

Wit & Wisdom Oh Yeah… and don’t forget to breathe!” As odd as this sounds, you’d be surprised at how many people stop breathing unconsciously, or even hold their breath on purpose when trying to concentrate.  Breathing is probably the most important and necessary thing you can do.  It’s the

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