About My performances on the Fiddle Jam Book tracks… I had a tough task. Here I am, promoting a non-thinking creative approach to improvising, yet found myself in the position of having to think! It is something I’ve become rather unaccustomed to — thankfully, but I thought it important
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Closing in On the path to Nirvana
“Closing in On the path to Nirvana” (no, not the band, I mean the place of bliss within your own soul!): (excerpted from the final page in the Fiddle Jam Book)… Well, I hope that I’ve helped you to get started on the road to rock n roll improvising!
LOW 2 BOOGIE WOOGIE PATTERNS
By fiddlejamman on February 7, 2013 in “Tater”, Beyond the Book, Blues, Boogie Woogie, Cajun-Zydeco, Cornerstone Styles, Country, D major, Fiddle Jam, Gigger Level, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jam Band, 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 “LOW 2” BOOGIE WOOGIE PATTERNS OK, now here’s a twist that will add a little spice to your boogie! This one adds… you guessed it: the lowered second finger to the mix. The Low 2 Boogie Woogie Pattern starts out just like the original Boogie Woogie Pattern, but
The Perils of the Classical-only Music Education
By fiddlejamman 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
BOOGIE WOOGIE SECTION
By fiddlejamman 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
Ashokian Farewell Lessons
By fiddlejamman 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).
Ode to Joy – Beethoven
By fiddlejamman on December 30, 2012 in A major, Artist Level, Beginner Violin, Bluegrass Fiddle, By Ear, By Key, By Scale, By Sight, Cornerstone Styles, Country, D major, Fiddle Tunes, FItz-Hu-Ki, Folk Fiddle, Gigger Level, Jammer Level, Lesson List, Major Scale, Music History, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Perennial favorite of all ages, the triumphant theme from Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. The Fiddle Jam approach doesn’t usually focus on classical tunes so much, as there are plenty of sources out there for that kind of learning, but we’ll make an exception for this one (scroll down to check out