I’ll put links to info and reviews of music study books I think are worthy of you checking them out here: C.A.D. (Creative Ability Development) book and method review including a translation excerpt of a letter written by Mozart about how he created! Interesting. Essential Elements – method review Technique
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Learning by ear
Red Haired Boy
By fiddlejamman on September 14, 2013 in A major, Artist Level, Bluegrass Fiddle, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Celtic-Irish-Fiddle, Cornerstone Styles, Fiddle Tunes, Fiddler’s Tab, Folk Fiddle, Gigger Level, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Master Class, MixoBluesian Scale, Mixolydian Mode, Music Mechanics, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Here’s I cool tune that I have become rather enamored with lately. The A section and the B sections are almost identical… only one line different from each other, so once you learn the A section you’ll practically have the whole tune down! Below are 3 versions, EZ to more
Left-handed upside-down Polish gypsy violinist
By fiddlejamman on September 2, 2013 in BowTek, Bulletin Board, By Ear, By Sight, FingerTek, Lesson List
A Polish gypsy violinist playing left handed, upside-down with fist for a bow grip… and sounding great! …it’s not always about “proper” technique…
Modes
By fiddlejamman on September 2, 2013 in Aeolian Mode, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Dorian Mode, Gigger Level, Ionian Mode, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Locrian Mode, Lydian Mode, Mixolydian Mode, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Phrygian Mode
Modes sound like a scary topic to many, but are not as hard to understand and apply as they seem. I’ll start out with a “cheat sheet” list of the 7 classic modes here, and explain them further with exercises and lessons on ways to assimilate them into your musical
Weeblo’s Wooble jazz tune
By fiddlejamman on September 2, 2013 in A major, Ab major, Artist Level, Bb major, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Knowledge, Cornerstone Styles, G major, Ionian Mode, jamming 103, Jamming 104, Jazz, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Major Scale, MixoBluesian Scale, Mixolydian Mode, Music Mechanics, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Here’s a light Bop jazz tune I wrote a while back that can be a good study. Overall the key of G major, which you will not need to stray far from in the A sections (except maybe the Eb in meas. 4). The B sections start out in G
Juke Gypsy – G.F. Perry tune
By fiddlejamman on September 2, 2013 in Artist Level, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Knowledge, Cornerstone Styles, G major, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Ionian Mode, jamming 103, Jamming 104, Jazz, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Major Scale, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Here’s a song I wrote in 2005 for the gypsy jazz group Babik. It’s a decent tune, but didn’t make it on our 2nd album. I think it can successfully be played in more of a BeBop style. Gypsy Jazz icon, Django Reinhardt had leanings towards BeBop later in his
Tri-Tone Substitutions
By fiddlejamman on August 31, 2013 in Artist Level, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Lesson List, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH
Tri-Tone Substitutions… huh? What are they? Sounds like pretty geek-y stuff! …maybe it is a little bit, but it is not as hard or complicated as it sounds… and can make your chord progressions hipper!… Non-members: Want to learn more about this? Click here for more info on our free