Rhythm is King! You can play the wrong notes at the right times, and people can still usually know what song it is! I’ve tested this concept with hundreds of people now and have yet to find anyone who does not agree! Check out a fun story about this
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Country Music Lesson Section
By fiddlejamman on November 2, 2013 in Bluegrass Fiddle, By Knowledge, Cajun-Zydeco, Celtic-Irish-Fiddle, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Folk Fiddle, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jazz, Lesson List, List, Memphis Country Blues, MixoBluesian Scale, Old Time Fiddle, Section/Title Pages, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle
The term “Country Music” is a VERY wide subject today! Today’s popular Country music is really just Rock & Pop music with a few different instruments added into the mix like fiddle, pedal steel guitar, and mandolin. Lyrically, in general, it tends to be more about relationships, home, and family.
Autumn Leaves – Jazz Standard
By fiddlejamman on November 1, 2013 in Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Key, By Knowledge, By Scale, By Sight, E minor, Fiddler’s Tab, Gigger Level, Harmonic Minor Scale, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, Jazz, Lesson List, Music Mechanics, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Autumn Leaves has been recorded thousands of times by different artists (including Frank Sinatra & Nat King Cole) and is played by nearly every jazz and lounge band in the world. It is considered one of the great Jazz “Standards” for sure, and is a great entry-level song for those
Fiddle Jam Book Tune Section
By fiddlejamman on October 11, 2013 in Blues, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Fiddle Jam, Fiddle Tunes, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Lesson List, List, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Section/Title Pages, Staff Notation
At the end of the book I attempted to put all that we’d learned together in a couple glorious real-life messes! Melody, jamming, and back-ups. Have Fun! <<::>> The Fiddle Jam Blues The Bouncy Blues
Music Book Reviews
By fiddlejamman on September 17, 2013 in By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, By Topic, Fiddler’s Tab, Lesson List, List, Music Essentials, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Reviews, Section/Title Pages, Staff Notation
I’ll put links to info and reviews of music study books I think are worthy of you checking them out here: C.A.D. (Creative Ability Development) book and method review including a translation excerpt of a letter written by Mozart about how he created! Interesting. Essential Elements – method review Technique
Red Haired Boy
By fiddlejamman on September 14, 2013 in A major, Artist Level, Bluegrass Fiddle, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Celtic-Irish-Fiddle, Cornerstone Styles, Fiddle Tunes, Fiddler’s Tab, Folk Fiddle, Gigger Level, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Master Class, MixoBluesian Scale, Mixolydian Mode, Music Mechanics, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Here’s I cool tune that I have become rather enamored with lately. The A section and the B sections are almost identical… only one line different from each other, so once you learn the A section you’ll practically have the whole tune down! Below are 3 versions, EZ to more
The Joy of Awareness – G.F. Perry tune
By fiddlejamman on September 2, 2013 in Artist Level, Bossa Nova, By Knowledge, Cornerstone Styles, Dorian Mode, G major, Gigger Level, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Major Scale, Mixolydian Mode, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Jazz in the Latin Bossa Nova style. Babik performed this song in our live shows for a while, but it did not end up on any of our CD’s. It’s still a good tune for study I think though. Enjoy! Improv: AABA song form with the A sections being straight