The three strongest and most important chords within a key, sometimes called “tonic” sub-dominant” & “dominant” (in Classical Music). These chords within a key are the basis for 90% of ALL music, from Classical to Heavy metal and beyond! Want to learn more about this? Click here for more info
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Note Number System
By fiddlejamman on February 22, 2013 in By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, Gigger Level, Ionian Mode, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Major Scale, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH
Sometimes called the “interval” system, the Note Number System is way of explaining how music notes relate to each other within a key or scale and is quite universal in the “gigging” world. <<:Want to learn about this? Click here for more info on our free Fiddle Jam Club membership
Amazing Grace
By fiddlejamman on February 20, 2013 in “Tater”, A major, Beginner Violin, By Ear, By Key, By Knowledge, By Scale, By Sight, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Fiddle Tunes, Folk Fiddle, G major, Gigger Level, Jammer Level, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Major Scale, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Description: This very popular Christian spiritual tune* has crossed many style boundaries. Countless students have requested it from me over the years. I’ll include it here. I’ve included it here in two separate but popular and fiddle-friendly keys: G & A. The G version is lower and sweeter sounding, and
Acadian Two-Step
By fiddlejamman on February 18, 2013 in A major, Artist Level, Bluegrass Fiddle, Blues, By Ear, By Feeling, By Key, By Knowledge, By Scale, By Sight, Cajun-Zydeco, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Fiddle Tunes, Fiddler’s Tab, Folk Fiddle, Gigger Level, Jam-Along Tracks, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Lesson List, Mandolin for the violinist, Mixolydian Mode, Music Mechanics, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies, Wit & Wisdom
Description: This one’s a bit more challenging, but well worth the effort. I personally love the whole Cajun “thang” (see Side Notes below). I honestly do NOT hear this tune much at Pickin’ Parties and jams, but it is pretty cool, and the chords are easy enough to teach others
Sugarfoot Rag
By fiddlejamman on February 18, 2013 in “Tater”, A major, Bluegrass Fiddle, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Key, By Knowledge, By Sight, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Fiddle Tunes, Fiddler’s Tab, Folk Fiddle, Gigger Level, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Mixolydian Mode, Note Name – Finger Number, Old Time Fiddle, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Fiddle Tune Topics: Melody, A Mixolydian, A Blues, A Major Pentatonic, slides, intermediate technical challenges, creating backup parts, improvisation. Description: I like this one. It is decently simple and fairly repetitive. It was taught to me by a friend the old fashioned way… by ear, one note at a time
Angeline the Baker
By fiddlejamman on February 18, 2013 in Artist Level, Bluegrass Fiddle, Blues, By Ear, By Key, By Scale, By Sight, C major, Cajun-Zydeco, Cornerstone Styles, Country, D major, Fiddle Tunes, Fiddler’s Tab, Folk Fiddle, Gigger Level, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Memphis Country Blues, Music Philosophy, Note Name – Finger Number, Old Time Fiddle, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Rock, Roots Rock, Staff Notation, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle, Teacher Training
Hey! That’s not Bluegrass!… yes, that is true… you tell ME what style it is! …a good tune is a good tune, and can be re-interpreted in any number of ways. That’s my good friend Michael Ward Bergman on accordion… we are calling this group “Viordion”!?! Description: One of my
A-toodz – A minor
By fiddlejamman on February 14, 2013 in A minor, A-toodz, A-toodz – Level 2, A-toodz Level 1, A-toodz Level 3, Artist Level, Blues, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Key, By Scale, By Sight, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Dorian Mode, Gigger Level, Groove Toodz, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Minor Pentatonic Scale, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Rock, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Introduction to A minor A-toodz studies A 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