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
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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
Tatering level 1 – play the name of each chord
By fiddlejamman on June 4, 2013 in “Tater”, Beginner Violin, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Jammer Level, Lesson List, Music Essentials, Music Mechanics, Music Mechanics – “Bass” Lines, Musician’s Health, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Section/Title Pages, Teacher Training
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
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