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Learning by the feeling it gives you.
Fiddle Jam 101 Course has been updated!
Hey there Fiddle Jammers! I heard from one of our students that they could not view a bunch of the videos in the Fiddle Jam 101 Course materials. Thanks for the heads-up Artisto! Should be all fixed now. What happens sometimes is, host platforms, in this case YouTube, change their
Master Sixteenth Note Reading
I have given this exercise to hundreds of my private students over the last 40+ years. Rhythm is king, and reading rhythms is the secret to learning to read music notation effortlessly. The rhythms presented below are ALL the possible sixteenth and eighth note combinations that can exist within one
Groove & Feel How to make Your Playing Come Alive
What does it take to make your playing feel like it comes alive and is not just a bunch of notes strung together in order? Here I talk of the details of some of the elements that I (and my students) came up with to help. Hope they help you.
Box Blues Complete Study Lesson
You could learn this cool blues violin tune too! It was first released as part of my Blues Violin Course where it was one of my favorites, but I thought it might be fun to re-release it just as a single song lesson for sale in the School Store and
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Ragtime Annie
Ragtime Annie has come our way thanks to a member’s request of her favorite tune! I have quite a few audio lesson and play-along tracks below, starting with a talk-thru and super-slow version (1 & 2). Always an excellent reference, the Fiddler’s FakeBook (Oak Publications) has a version that I’ve