A perennial holiday favorite in the US and UK. Covered by countless other artists, this version is adapted to violin with a more fiddle-friendly key (G), but is based on Brenda Lee’s original 1960 hit version (Ab). Transcription of Boots Randolph’s sax solo included! Join as an All Access Pass member
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Feliz Navidad
By fiddlejamman on December 7, 2013 in By Key, By Scale, D major, Fiddler’s Tab, Holiday Songs, Latin, Major Scale, Note Name – Finger Number, Pop, Staff Notation
A 1970 bi-lingual hit by Jose Feliciano! To view all the lesson materials on this song, join us as an All Access Pass member now! A 1970 bi-lingual hit by Jose Feliciano! Jose was nice enough to perform this song in the string-friendly key of D major! Here’s
Frosty The Snowman
By fiddlejamman on November 28, 2013 in By Key, D major, Holiday Songs, Learning Methods, Major Scale, Note Name – Finger Number, Staff Notation
Description: The perennial “politically correct” holiday favorite (not one mention of religion!). Easy key of D. Knowledge of numbered repeat endings and italian ending signs: “Da Capo al Coda” or D.C. al Coda needed. Da = to, Capo = cap/top/beginning, al = until, Coda = ending section (in this case,
Fiddle Jam – preparation – what you’ll need to know
By fiddlejamman on November 14, 2013 in A major, Beyond the Book, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, D major, Fiddle Jam, Fiddler’s Tab, G major, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Lesson List, Major Scale, Music Mechanics, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation
OK, here’s a quick overview of what you will need to know first in order to be prepared to get the most out of the Fiddle Jam Book (and Beyond!) materials… No worries, it’s pretty simple stuff, that most students learn within the first few months (or less!) of playing!
Autumn Leaves – Jazz Standard
By fiddlejamman on November 1, 2013 in Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Key, By Knowledge, By Scale, By Sight, E minor, Fiddler’s Tab, Gigger Level, Harmonic Minor Scale, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, Jazz, Lesson List, Music Mechanics, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Autumn Leaves has been recorded thousands of times by different artists (including Frank Sinatra & Nat King Cole) and is played by nearly every jazz and lounge band in the world. It is considered one of the great Jazz “Standards” for sure, and is a great entry-level song for those
Monster High!
By fiddlejamman on September 25, 2013 in Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Sight, E minor, Fiddler’s Tab, Jamming 101, Kid’s Songs, Lesson List, Minor Pentatonic Scale, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Pop, Pop & Rock, Rock, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Popular kid’s TV show theme. Transcribed by request. I bumped it up 1/2 step from the original (Eb minor) to the much more “fiddle-friendly” E minor. I also manipulated the original soundtrack audio below to match the key of our chart (you’re welcome :~). Improvisation on this one… there is
Melancholy Hill – Gorillaz
By fiddlejamman on September 24, 2013 in By Ear, By Feeling, By Sight, D major, Fiddler’s Tab, Lesson List, Major Scale, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Pop, Staff Notation
Here’s a pop tune by request of a 6 year old Simone, from the group “Gorillaz.” I’m not personally sure what the video has to do with the tune exactly, other than a couple of lyric references, but with 13 million + views, who am I to judge! I include