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Learning by first understanding.
Fisher’s Hornpipe – Bluegrass
Fisher’s Hornpipe is a catchy little tune that seems pretty common at Pickin’ Parties. Free Fiddle Jam Club members get to see a tutorial on how to improvise EZ back-ups to this song. Our All Access Pass members get to view ALL the lesson materials which include: My performance example,
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
Grading Improv = Anti-Improv?
Grading improv… isn’t that anti-improv?? As an educator, it’s a strange thing… if improvisation is simply making stuff up, then it logically follows that you should be allowed to do anything you want and nothing is really “wrong” …right?? But what if you are a teacher, teaching improvisation, and need
Double Stop Tutorial – iFiddle Magazine Column
Here’s the video from my monthly column in iFiddle Magazine for July 2016. Enjoy! Note: you can skip ahead to about the 4 minute mark if you already know how to bow on double strings and want to get to the four levels of difficulty in understanding and being able
iFiddle Mag Sit-In Situation Column
May 2016 Here’s the video for my column in iFiddle Magazine for May 2016 on the in’s and out’s of sitting in with a band with your fiddle. It is intended to be a preview of materials and ideas that I will be putting into a course: “The Fiddle
E minor Tabla Jam
Here’s a new one I created in GarageBand for a student’s Call & Answer session recently. It worked very well for her! This particular student is a super-smart teen who is going to college early and has a very developed left/logical side of her brain… so much so that she