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Tatering level 3 – chord tone double stops

By on June 4, 2013 in “Tater”, A-toodz Level 3, Artist Level, Bluegrass Fiddle, Blues, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, C major, Cajun-Zydeco, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Fiddler’s Tab, Folk Fiddle, G major, Gigger Level, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Major Scale, Memphis Country Blues, MixoBluesian Scale, Mixolydian Mode, Music Mechanics, Note Name – Finger Number, Old Time Fiddle, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Rock, Section/Title Pages, Staff Notation, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle

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

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Tatering level 1 – play the name of each chord

By on June 4, 2013 in “Tater”, Beginner Violin, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Jammer Level, Lesson List, Music Essentials, Music Mechanics, Music Mechanics – “Bass” Lines, Musician’s Health, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Section/Title Pages, Teacher Training

Level 1 is the easiest.  I actually get a new student to do this in the very first lesson, mainly just to give them a musical experience right away!  Even if they do not hold the bow correctly, or know anything about fingering yet, in the first lesson, we can

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Tater Section

By on May 27, 2013 in “Tater”, Artist Level, Beginner Violin, Bluegrass Fiddle, Blues, Boogie Woogie, BowTek, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Cajun-Zydeco, Celtic-Irish-Fiddle, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Folk Fiddle, Gigger Level, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jamming 104, Lesson List, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Section/Title Pages, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle, Teacher Training, The Chop

“Tater” as in po-tater po-tater or po-tato, po-tato (long – short short, long – short short bow strokes) in the Suzuki tradition, or more generally as the art of creating improvised double string back-up support parts based on the underlying chord progression of a song.  …Don’t worry, it’s not as

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Musical Priest – Irish/Celtic tune

By on May 27, 2013 in “Tater”, Aeolian Mode, B minor, BowTek, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, Celtic-Irish-Fiddle, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Fiddle Tunes, Fiddler’s Tab, Gigger Level, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Master Class, Minor Scale, Music Mechanics, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies, The Chop, VioTek

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

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Riff Master Pro software discount for FJI members!

By on April 29, 2013 in Bulletin Board, By Ear, Founder’s Blog, Lesson List, Music Essentials, Music Mechanics, Newsflash, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Reviews

Want to learn about this most useful piece of software and get the 40% off discount from the creator?  Find out about or membership options and Join us now! <<::>> UPDATE: AUGUST 2016.  New discount links from Riff Master Pro folks: Click on these links to get the

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Simone Jamming with the A Major Scale!

By on April 23, 2013 in A major, Beyond the Book, Bulletin Board, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Fiddle Jam, Founder’s Blog, Ionian Mode, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Lesson List, Major Scale, New Jam lessons, One-Room-School-House ORSH

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.

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My Blue Heaven

By on April 5, 2013 in Artist Level, By Ear, By Knowledge, Cornerstone Styles, Eb major, Gigger Level, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Major Scale, Master Class, Music Mechanics, Staff Notation, Style Studies

Another Gypsy Jazz jam staple.  Typical AABA song form.  The A section does a I – VI – II – V progression.  The bridge starts on the IV chord just like 100’s of other songs. Join Now to see all of this lesson! Another Gypsy Jazz jam staple.  Typical AABA

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