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Learning by the feeling it gives you.

My Path Suggested Learning Studies

By member request, here’s some suggested learning”Paths” for you do some self-guided DIY-style FJi studying.  These are not designed to be intensive or all-inclusive like our 4-week FJi Courses (currently being developed & to be sold separately in the FJi School Store), but should get you going on a learning

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Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd classic, violin version

<<:NEW! CELLO version below for All Access Pass members!  See below:>> Cryptic lyrics of the Rock classic.  The band says they are about being in life in the moment.  You be the judge (see below).  Mostly G major pentatonic scale.  Don’t get too worried about the exact rhythm of the

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It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels – Kitty Wells

A True Country & Western Classic, with a classic double stop fiddle solo played by Paul Warren. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” is a 1952 country song written by J. D. “Jay” Miller, and originally recorded by Kitty Wells. It was an

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No Exit Strategy – Conflation CD Lesson

Fun stuff!  Opening cut off my “Conflation” Translucent Records CD.  Standard A440 tuning.  All G minor… G Dorian to be exact, though I threw in a few G blues scale notes here and there too.  Simple melody (see Chart below) is loosely improvised throughout the song.  Ad lib as you

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Taking Musical Dictation – our highest art form

“As improvisers, our highest art form is to be simply taking dictation from the muses.” Concept: Where our musical ideas come from, no one knows for sure.  There are many theories.  It could be that we are tapping into the collective consciousness of all musical ideas ever thought, or maybe

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Cheater’s instant back-up tater-ing – how to

Story: You show up at your first Pot Luck Pickin’ Party with your fiddle in hand, maybe you’ve practiced a few tunes and are eager to try them out with some other real life, flesh and blood musicians.  You’ve even brought a nice plate of your best brownies in hopes

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