As promised, I am beginning to do these, based on your questions and comments, with the intent to possibly do them once per week as things get rolling at FJi. Does the format of Intro>Beginner>Intermediate>Advanced>Closing outline work for you? It makes sense to me, and felt right, but I am
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Login Fix Ah-Ha
While running tests for the coming new courses (working out how to make course access seamless for all three levels: Public, Free Club, and All Access Pass members), I found a problem that’s probably been wrong for a while now! My apologies to all of our Free Fiddle Jam Club members!
PVC violin project
A very interesting, and possibly fun project I stumbled across on YouTube recently. PVC is an interesting material, readily available and inexpensive, moldable with minimal heat, and you can even brown it to look much like wood or stone. I’ll have to give one of these a try soon. Note:
A humility lesson worth repeating
I’ve told this story hundreds of times now, to my private students, and have slipped mention of it in a few videos here at FJi too. It represented a watershed moment in my musical development. One of those “ah-ha” moments, that we also immediately follow with a forehead slapping “I
Don’t Fret fingerboard sticker
I have had recent contact with my acquaintance Dr. Phil Coonce, inventor of the “Don’t Fret” fingerboard, finger position stickers that I’ve reviewed here on FJi. He was pleased enough with my review that he re-posted the FJi video on his site! Kinda neat! I see that he now has
iFiddle 2 – Scales, Arpeggios & Practice
By fiddlejamman on January 31, 2015 in A minor, Ab minor, Artist Level, B minor, Bb minor, Blues, Blues Scale, Bulletin Board, By Key, By Scale, C minor, C# minor, Cajun-Zydeco, Cb minor, Cornerstone Styles, D minor, Db minor, Diminished Scale, E minor, Eb minor, F minor, F# minor, Founder’s Blog, G minor, G# minor, Gb minor, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Harmonic Minor Scale, iFiddle Magazine, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jamming 104, Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Major Pentatonic Scale, Major Scale, Master Class, MixoBluesian Scale, Music Mechanics, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle
Here’s a nice little video, the second I’ve done for Mike Spears’ iFiddlemag.com, featuring my thoughts on scales, arpeggios and what part practice plays in improvisation. …you may be surprised at my answer! I’m actually rather proud of this unscripted piece. I hope you enjoy and benefit from it!
Modes lessons updated for AAP members
By fiddlejamman on January 5, 2015 in By Scale, By Topic, Founder’s Blog, Lesson List, Music Mechanics
I updated some of this info on the lesson “Moods of the Modes” for AAP members. Usually I kind of “force” my private students to go through the paces to “earn” this knowledge, one step at a time, but here I jumped ahead a bit and just gave you