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A-toodz – G minor

Introduction to G minor A-toodz studies G 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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A-toodz – D major

Introduction to D major A-toodz studies D major is a very popular key in the modern styles… especially in Folk, Fiddle, 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 exercises

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THE MAJOR SCALE SECTION

THE MAJOR SCALE SECTION Most beginning violin students already know a major scale or two.  It’s one of the first things we learn after Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Hot Cross Buns, and Mary Had a Little Lamb, or other such songs.  Major scales are very wholesome and familiar sounding.  You’ve

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THE A BLUES COMBINATION “EZ-ZONE” SECTION

THE A BLUES COMBINATION  “EZ-ZONE” SECTION Check it out!  The A Blues scale has two, yes count ‘em, two (2) EZ-Zones on the violin!  0, 1, 3, on the G and D strings, and, 0, L2, 3, on the A and E strings.  Of course, this is

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The 0, L2, 3 SECTION

The  0, L2, 3 SECTION Some think this EZ-Zone is even easier than Major and the 0, 1, 3 blues scale examples.  After getting used to skipping the first finger (admittedly an odd sensation at first), it feels very fundamentally “grounded” to put the tonic note on an open string

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The 0 1 3 Blues Scale Section

and now for the really cool stuff… The 0 – 1 – 3 (fingering) Blues Scale Section I would’ve put this chapter first, but skipping fingers is sometimes a technical hang-up for those just starting out.  Nevertheless,  I find that students quickly acclimate to skipping the second finger with a

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