For our AAP members, I just uploaded an improved chart for the Acadian Two-Step that I learned many years ago from famed fiddler and Ashokian Farewell composer, Jay Ungar. This one has better bowings and fingerings, with some subtleties of accents and slides too. Check it out here: Acadian Two-Step
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Swamp Fiddle for iFiddle Magazine
By fiddlejamman on April 13, 2016 in Artist Level, Blues, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Scale, Founder’s Blog, Gigger Level, iFiddle Magazine, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Master Class, Memphis Country Blues, Minor Pentatonic Scale, MixoBluesian Scale, Mixolydian Mode, Music Mechanics, Swamp Fiddle
Here’s my April 2016 column for iFiddle Magazine called “Swamp Fiddle.” What’s Swamp Fiddle you may ask? It’s my favorite! Watch the videos to find out! Promotional Video: Join our free Fiddle Jam Club to see the whole lesson! It’s free! Just click here.Here’s my April 2016
New Dust in the Wind Violin Solo post
I recently posted a chart of the violin solo from the song “Dust in the Wind” by the Progressive Rock band Kansas for our All Access Pass members. Free Club members can also view the official Kansas video from 1978 if you are not familiar with this iconic
New Truck Talk about beginner lesson philosophy
Hey Fiddle Jammers! I just posted a new Truck Talk about how I should approach presenting more beginner lessons and the philosophy behind them… Fiddle Jam Style! I’d love to see/hear your comments on this subject! Check it out here: Truck Talk: Beginner Approaches Listen to all past Truck Talks
Upgraded Biography Video
After some prodding from my daughter, who thought that the traditional “written-in-the-third-person” was much too stuffy… by nature of these things… I tend to agree… I finally pushed it up the to-do list to blab about myself a bit, in a hopefully more personal way. Check it out here and
New Bluegrass play-along tracks coming
Through an alliance with member Monte Stewart I will be uploading some new Bluegrass practice along audio tracks. Monte is doing a great job with them! Watch for the Bluegrass “Standards” Soldier’s Joy, Red Wing, and Devil’s Dream. …or just search for them in the search box at the bottom
Numerology
By fiddlejamman on October 25, 2015 in Bulletin Board, Founder’s Blog, Lesson List, Music Philosophy, Musician’s Health, Wit & Wisdom
Numbers, to many, have meanings. Numerologists are people who claim to know what each number universally means and their combinations thereof. Seem far out and weird? I thought so at one point myself, but one can not deny that they are everywhere and many times consistently appear. Music is filled