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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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Fancy Boogie Woogie Blues – Shuffle

By on February 6, 2013 in “Tater”, Beyond the Book, Blues, Boogie Woogie, Cajun-Zydeco, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Fiddle Jam, Fusion, Gigger Level, Heavy Metal, HipHop, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jam Band, Jammer Level, Jamming 102, Jazz, Lesson List, Memphis Country Blues, Old Time Fiddle, Rock, Roots Rock, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle

Fancy B.W. Blues – Shuffle OK, now that we have experienced what shuffle rhythm is… lets use it! Simply return to the “Fancy” Boogie Woogie progression and notations (or see below), but this time reinterpret the written rhythm to shuffle as you play along with Cut 36 (instead of

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FANCY B.W. BLUES

By on February 5, 2013 in “Tater”, Beyond the Book, Blues, Boogie Woogie, Cajun-Zydeco, Cornerstone Styles, Country, D major, Fiddle Jam, Gigger Level, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jammer Level, Jamming 102, Jazz, Lesson List, Memphis Country Blues, Old Time Fiddle, Rock, Roots Rock, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle

THE “FANCY” B.W. BLUES This one seems longer and more difficult at first, but most folks find it actually easier once they get the hang of it.  It is twice as long as the Basic B.W. Blues, but you are probably getting better and better each time you play the

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BASIC B.W. BLUES

By on February 5, 2013 in “Tater”, Beyond the Book, Blues, Boogie Woogie, By Knowledge, Cajun-Zydeco, Cornerstone Styles, Country, D major, Fiddle Jam, Gigger Level, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jammer Level, Jamming 102, Jazz, Lesson List, Memphis Country Blues, Note Name – Finger Number, Old Time Fiddle, Rock, Roots Rock, Staff Notation, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle

THE BASIC B.W. BLUES Apply the Boogie Woogie patterns in this order to make it into a blues song. Want to learn how to play this? Click here for more info on our free Fiddle Jam Club membership and “ALL ACCESS PASS” full Fiddle Jam Institute enrollment! “Fiddle Jam

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BOOGIE WOOGIE PATTERNS

By on February 4, 2013 in “Tater”, Beyond the Book, Blues, Boogie Woogie, Cajun-Zydeco, Cornerstone Styles, Country, D major, Fiddle Jam, Folk Fiddle, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jazz, Lesson List, Memphis Country Blues, Old Time Fiddle, Rock, Roots Rock, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle

THE BOOGIE WOOGIE PATTERNS Here’s the basics for the open string based D, G, and A, Boogie Woogie patterns. boo – gie – woo – gie boo – gie – woo – gie boo – gie – woo – gie Want to learn more about things like this? Click here

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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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