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
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Jammin’ by Bob Marley
By fiddlejamman on June 30, 2013 in B minor, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Fiddler’s Tab, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Lesson List, Minor Pentatonic Scale, Minor Scale, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Reggae violin, Rock, Staff Notation, Style Studies
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
Arpeggio Training
By Simone and Sandor on June 22, 2013 in Beginner Violin, Bulletin Board, By Ear, By Knowledge, By Sight, Gigger Level, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Teacher Training
Technique Study Book Suggestions
By fiddlejamman on June 18, 2013 in Artist Level, Beginner Violin, BowTek, By Ear, By Feeling, Colegno, FingerTek, Gigger Level, Lesson List, Richochete, Spiccato, Staccato, Staff Notation, VioTek
Sorry! Members only on this post. Find out about our membership options here. Essential Elements 2000 (Hal Leonard Corp) – beginning staff music notation reading. If you want to learn
Moods of the Modes
By fiddlejamman on June 9, 2013 in Aeolian Mode, By Ear, By Knowledge, By Scale, By Topic, Dorian Mode, Gigger Level, Ionian Mode, jamming 103, Lesson List, Locrian Mode, Lydian Mode, Major Scale, Minor Scale, Mixolydian Mode, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Phrygian Mode
Modes! The word might sound scary to some, and very un-fun and theoretical, but relax… in the usual Fiddle Jam Method way, I’ll attempt to make these very useful things, simple to understand. Introducing the (Greek) names: Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian… What AAP members will get to
Tatering Level 4 – chopping technique
By fiddlejamman on June 4, 2013 in “Tater”, Artist Level, Bluegrass Fiddle, BowTek, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, Cornerstone Styles, Country, HipHop, Jamming 104, Lesson List, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Rock, Section/Title Pages, Style Studies, The Chop, VioTek
Tatering Level 4 – chopping technique. I know, most materials at Fiddle Jam Institute are presented in a nice and simple 3 level system, but “chopping” seems to need its own level separate from the rest. Simply explained, but more difficult to do, chopping has it roots in Bluegrass (
Tatering Level 2 – – adding double “drone” strings
By fiddlejamman on June 4, 2013 in “Tater”, Bluegrass Fiddle, Blues, Boogie Woogie, BowTek, By Ear, By Knowledge, Cajun-Zydeco, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Folk Fiddle, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jammer Level, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Memphis Country Blues, Music Mechanics, Old Time Fiddle, Rock, Section/Title Pages, Staff Notation, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle
Tatering Level 2: Adding double “drone” strings is the secret to sounding “fiddle-y” and can be done with certain melodies as well as simpler tatering back-ups. The secret formula is to play the name of each chord, or “tonic,” as we do in the tatering level 1 lessons, but