Reading the latest (December 2013) issue of Acoustic Guitar Magazine today (with another of my own inspirate-ors, Willie Nelson on the cover), and liked very much something that Babik friend and supporter, super guitarist (one of Rolling Stone Magazine’s top 100 guitarists of all time) Stephan Wremble said in a
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Second Octave Intervals – 9ths, 11ths &13ths
By fiddlejamman on November 20, 2013 in Artist Level, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH
Knowledge of second octave intervals comes into play quite a bit in Jazz chording. What are they?… Remember, chords, in general are built using every OTHER note of a scale… so, with this idea we’d use 1 – 3 – 5 – 7 – THEN continue on to 9, 11,
Cheater’s instant back-up tater-ing – how to
By fiddlejamman on November 14, 2013 in “Tater”, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Lesson List, Music Essentials, Music Mechanics, Music Mechanics – “Bass” Lines, Music Philosophy, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Wit & Wisdom
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
Fiddle Jam – preparation – what you’ll need to know
By fiddlejamman on November 14, 2013 in A major, Beyond the Book, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, D major, Fiddle Jam, Fiddler’s Tab, G major, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Lesson List, Major Scale, Music Mechanics, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation
OK, here’s a quick overview of what you will need to know first in order to be prepared to get the most out of the Fiddle Jam Book (and Beyond!) materials… No worries, it’s pretty simple stuff, that most students learn within the first few months (or less!) of playing!
Nice Autumn Leaves lesson additions finished!
By fiddlejamman on November 5, 2013 in Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Founder’s Blog, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jazz, Lesson List, One-Room-School-House ORSH
I’ve just uploaded a couple nice video components to the “Autumn Leaves” lessons that work with incorporating blues riffs at key spots in the song to “punctuate” your solos better. That makes this a pretty thorough lesson on this famous song I think! Again, this is a great
Non-Readers Info Page
By fiddlejamman on November 4, 2013 in By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, Fiddler’s Tab, Lesson List, Music Essentials, Music Mechanics, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation
Don’t know how to read standard “Staff” music notation as of yet? Not sure you are even interested in such a thing? Heard, and fear, that learning to read can “suck the soul out of your playing”?… then the info and links below are just for you! <<::>> Reading Sucks
Note Names & Finger Number System
By fiddlejamman on November 4, 2013 in By Knowledge, By Sight, Lesson List, Music Essentials, Note Name – Finger Number
The Note Names & Finger Number System (NN/F#). By far the most common way to learn a song for the non-reader. This system is simply the letter name of the note with the 1st position finger usually associated with it. Here is a chart of all the first position