Description: a “Gigger” level 102 lesson… I’ve found this one especially helpful for students who have jammed for a bit and are in need of deepening their listening skills, or developing “Big Ears” as it is sometimes called in the biz. Awareness of the overall flow and movement of the
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Stormy Monday Blues by T-Bone Walker
Stormy Monday by T-Bone Walker Here’s a classic slow blues tune, that has become a “standard” for Blues bands around the world, written by T-Bone Walker in 1947 and covered by Eric Clapton, BB King, and countless others, the most famous of which is probably the Allman Brother’s Band on
Wagon Wheel – Old Crow Medicine Show
Lesson description: I get a lot of requests from my private students for the fiddle intro to this popular song. Originally written and recorded by the iconic Bob Dylan, the band “Old Crow Medicine Show” has had a hit with the song, and their’s is the version we will be
Jammin’ by Bob Marley
Here’s an iconic Reggae rock tune by Bob Marley. I’ve kind of consolidated the melody into an EZ repeatable version for you here. I at first tried to transcribe Marley’s exact vocal performance (which was very time consuming as, in the loose Reggae way, he did not sing a single
Tatering level 3 – chord tone double stops
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
Musical Priest – Irish/Celtic tune
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
Simone Jamming with the A Major Scale!
Geoff on piano, Simone (age 6) on violin, brother Sandore (age 3) dancing and announcing the sad/happy sections he had requested. Simone is using the A major scale. Notice her great sense of phrasing! This kind of thing is common in my private lessons, and typifies the Fiddle Jam Approach.