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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
Descending ii V I chord pattern ala Cherokee bridge
Cherokee by Ray Noble. A BeBop staple and Cowboy love song?… who knew? “Sweet Indian Maiden, since I first met you, I can’t forget you, Cherokee sweetheart…” The bridge is a finger and brain buster for sure, and can trip up even advanced players. It’s no help that most BeBop
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.
50 Years Playing Violin Top Things Learned
It is hard for me to believe that this fall (2019) I have been playing the violin for 50 years! I guess that qualifies me as an official “old guy.” Some chronological markers are worthy of a bit of retrospect I think. In this video I talked about the 3
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