One of Django Reinhardt’s most famous ballads. I’m told Nuages means “clouds.” This melody certainly is beautiful! The “fake book“chord changes here are very simplified from what our gypsy group Babik played in the video below. The second chart below is more true to Babik’s (and other gypsy
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All of Me
By fiddlejamman on April 2, 2013 in “Tater”, Artist Level, Blues, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Key, By Knowledge, By Scale, C major, Cornerstone Styles, Dorian Mode, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Major Scale, Master Class, Mixolydian Mode, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies, V7b9 scale
This classic jazz “standard” is a jam session staple… and just happens to be a GREAT study. We’ll go very deep into it in our “Artist” level or “Jamming 103” lessons below. The main reason “All of Me” is such a good study piece is that: 1) you can NOT
Cello & Viola – fingering conversion charts
By fiddlejamman on April 1, 2013 in A major, A minor, B minor, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, D major, D minor, E minor, G major, G minor, Ionian Mode, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Lesson List, Major Scale, Music Mechanics, Non-violin/fiddle, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Viola & Cello
Violists and cellists can use these adaptation fingering charts from the original Fiddle Jam Book to apply the same keys to the jam-along audio tracks. Also Mandola. tuning: C – G – D – A
The Devil Went Down to Georgia – Charlie Daniels Band
By fiddlejamman on March 27, 2013 in Aeolian Mode, Artist Level, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Country Rock, D minor, Fiddler’s Tab, Gigger Level, Harmonic Minor Scale, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Minor Scale, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Rock, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Top 10 hit from 1979. Fuses Country Rock and Rap in a story lyric about Satan challenging a fiddler in the state of Georgia (USA). *It used to be that as soon as one would pull out a fiddle in a bar, somebody would inevitably heckle you for “Orange Blossom
LeLuppe Bonzino – Gypsy Tune
By fiddlejamman on March 26, 2013 in Artist Level, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, D major, Diminished Scale, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Ionian Mode, jamming 103, Jamming 104, Jazz, Lesson List, Major Scale, Master Class, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies, V7b9 scale
Description: A Geoff Perry original that first appeared on Babik’s “American Gypsy” CD. The melody features tremolo and some 3rd position notes in the bridge. Learning to improvise to this one is more advanced (see below) Jamming: Changing scales with each passing chord is possible but can be a rather
Sweet Sustenance – Gypsy Tune
By fiddlejamman on March 26, 2013 in Artist Level, By Ear, By Feeling, By Key, By Knowledge, By Scale, By Sight, Cornerstone Styles, G minor, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Harmonic Minor Scale, jamming 103, Jamming 104, Jazz, Lesson List, Major Scale, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies, V7b9 scale
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
Fully Diminished 7th Studies
By fiddlejamman on March 24, 2013 in Artist Level, By Knowledge, By Scale, Cornerstone Styles, Diminished Scale, Gypsy Jazz Violin, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Style Studies
The fully diminished 7th chord is an oddity in music. It sort of sounds like an oddity too. Made completely out of minor 3rd intervals (1 & 1/2 steps), it exactly divides the octave into four equal parts, so that any one of the notes could be called and used