”Fiddler’s Tab” (FT) is a notation system for violinists that is popular with non-staff reading fiddler’s and often used by teachers with their beginning students. I think I myself was taught this system for the first couple of months of my playing back when I was 9 years old. Simple
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G Jam
By fiddlejamman on March 18, 2013 in Beyond the Book, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, Cornerstone Styles, Fiddle Jam, Gigger Level, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, Lesson List, New Jam lessons, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Rock, Roots Rock, Style Studies
Here’s a new jam lesson I put together after the Fiddle Jam Book came out. Enjoy. G Jam performance video: check out what can be done with this track! Want to learn how to jam like this? Click here for more info on our free Fiddle Jam Club membership and
Mandolin for Violinists
This “Mando-4-Vio” page (as I’ve come to call it) will feature some quick lessons on how violinists can “double” on this other popular instrument. Mandolin actually has the same exact tuning as a violin, so it’s pretty easy for violinists to switch over to it without too much heavy and
Electric Violin Pick-Up info & reviews
I will place my violin pick-up information and reviews here. For those who do not know what a “pick-up” is… it is simply a device that “picks up” the sound vibration of an instrument to make an electric signal that can then be amplified with a speaker system of
Electronic Effects info & reviews
Electronic effect information, descriptions, audio samples and reviews. Non-members: Want to learn more about this? Click here for more info on our free Fiddle Jam Club membership and “ALL ACCESS PASS” full Fiddle Jam Institute enrollment to be able to see more of Fiddle Jam Institute lessons like this! <<::>>
Oh When the Saints Go Marching In
By fiddlejamman on March 16, 2013 in Beginner Violin, By Ear, By Sight, Fiddler’s Tab, Folk Fiddle, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Lesson List, Music History, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies
A Spiritual typically considered to be associated with New Orleans, LA culture. The prayerful lyric of: “Oh Lord, I wanna be in that ‘number’ (dance, song), when the saints go marching in (to heaven on the Christian religion’s ‘judgement day’).” Usually associated with the early jazz music called “Dixieland.” E-Z
It Don’t Mean a Thing (if it ain’t got that swing)
By fiddlejamman on March 14, 2013 in Artist Level, Bb major, By Ear, By Feeling, By Key, By Knowledge, By Scale, Fiddler’s Tab, G minor, Gigger Level, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Harmonic Minor Scale, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Major Scale, Master Class, Music Mechanics, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Famous song, written in 1931 by Duke Ellington (music) and Irving Mills (lyrics). Recorded by too many to mention here. Often played in the gypsy jazz style. Sounds fun and easy with it’s “do wop” sing-along anthem, but can actually be rather difficult to solo over. I’ll attempt, in typical