Description: A Geoff Perry original ballad that first appeared on Babik’s American Gypsy CD. This tune is one of those that seemed to write itself. Improvising over this one is more advanced (see below). Jamming: Over all this song uses the G harmonic minor scale with a few
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Fiddler’s Tab
By fiddlejamman on March 18, 2013 in Bluegrass Fiddle, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, Country, Fiddle Tunes, Fiddler’s Tab, Folk Fiddle, Lesson List, Music Mechanics, Old Time Fiddle, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Section/Title Pages, Style Studies, Teacher Training
”Fiddler’s Tab” (FT) is a notation system for violinists that is popular with non-staff reading fiddler’s and often used by teachers with their beginning students. I think I myself was taught this system for the first couple of months of my playing back when I was 9 years old. Simple
G Jam
By fiddlejamman on March 18, 2013 in Beyond the Book, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, Cornerstone Styles, Fiddle Jam, Gigger Level, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, Lesson List, New Jam lessons, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Rock, Roots Rock, Style Studies
Here’s a new jam lesson I put together after the Fiddle Jam Book came out. Enjoy. G Jam performance video: check out what can be done with this track! Want to learn how to jam like this? Click here for more info on our free Fiddle Jam Club membership and
It Don’t Mean a Thing (if it ain’t got that swing)
By fiddlejamman on March 14, 2013 in Artist Level, Bb major, By Ear, By Feeling, By Key, By Knowledge, By Scale, Fiddler’s Tab, G minor, Gigger Level, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Harmonic Minor Scale, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Major Scale, Master Class, Music Mechanics, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Famous song, written in 1931 by Duke Ellington (music) and Irving Mills (lyrics). Recorded by too many to mention here. Often played in the gypsy jazz style. Sounds fun and easy with it’s “do wop” sing-along anthem, but can actually be rather difficult to solo over. I’ll attempt, in typical
Harmonic Squeal Faux Feedback Technique
By fiddlejamman on March 5, 2013 in Artist Level, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Gigger Level, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jamming 104, Lesson List, Rock, Vibrato, VioTek
If you have been alive on this planet, anytime in the last 50 years or so, for sure, somewhere, you have heard an iconic wailing electric guitar hold out a long sustained note that breaks into a high squealing sound as the guitarist masterfully moves closer to the amplifier and
I – IV – V Chord Number System
By fiddlejamman on February 24, 2013 in By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Gigger Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Major Scale, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH
The three strongest and most important chords within a key, sometimes called “tonic” sub-dominant” & “dominant” (in Classical Music). These chords within a key are the basis for 90% of ALL music, from Classical to Heavy metal and beyond! Want to learn more about this? Click here for more info
Note Number System
By fiddlejamman on February 22, 2013 in By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, Gigger Level, Ionian Mode, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Major Scale, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH
Sometimes called the “interval” system, the Note Number System is way of explaining how music notes relate to each other within a key or scale and is quite universal in the “gigging” world. <<:Want to learn about this? Click here for more info on our free Fiddle Jam Club membership