”Fiddler’s Tab” (FT) is a notation system for violinists that is popular with non-staff reading fiddler’s and often used by teachers with their beginning students. I think I myself was taught this system for the first couple of months of my playing back when I was 9 years old. Simple
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G Jam
By fiddlejamman on March 18, 2013 in Beyond the Book, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, Cornerstone Styles, Fiddle Jam, Gigger Level, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, Lesson List, New Jam lessons, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Rock, Roots Rock, Style Studies
Here’s a new jam lesson I put together after the Fiddle Jam Book came out. Enjoy. G Jam performance video: check out what can be done with this track! Want to learn how to jam like this? Click here for more info on our free Fiddle Jam Club membership and
Oh When the Saints Go Marching In
By fiddlejamman on March 16, 2013 in Beginner Violin, By Ear, By Sight, Fiddler’s Tab, Folk Fiddle, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Lesson List, Music History, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies
A Spiritual typically considered to be associated with New Orleans, LA culture. The prayerful lyric of: “Oh Lord, I wanna be in that ‘number’ (dance, song), when the saints go marching in (to heaven on the Christian religion’s ‘judgement day’).” Usually associated with the early jazz music called “Dixieland.” E-Z
Gypsy Sound – Anatomy
By fiddlejamman on March 11, 2013 in A minor, By Ear, By Knowledge, By Sight, D minor, E minor, Fiddler’s Tab, G minor, Gigger Level, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Harmonic Minor Scale, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, Jazz, Lesson List, Music History, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies
The anatomy of the gypsy sound is characterized by the Harmonic Minor Scale. Classically trained violinists will probably already know this scale well, but if you are a fiddler, or just used to jamming to rock and blues based music, as I myself was at one time, then this
Beethoven Minuet in G
By fiddlejamman on March 1, 2013 in Artist Level, Blues, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Key, By Scale, By Sight, Cajun-Zydeco, Cornerstone Styles, FItz-Hu-Ki, G major, Gigger Level, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Lesson List, Major Scale, Music History, Music Mechanics, Music Philosophy, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Rock, Staff Notation, Style Studies
One of the most BLUESY melodies Beethoven ever composed! It always sounds half drunken to me with all those 1/2 step wobbles… so, I decided it might be cool to give it a bluesy back-up, in this example, a cajun/zydeco effected accordion, played by my friend Michael Ward-Bergman and some
Why Major Scales are “MAJOR”
By fiddlejamman on February 23, 2013 in By Knowledge, By Sight, By Topic, Course, Ionian Mode, Lesson List, Major Scale, Music Mechanics
So, what’s up with this major and minor (& other) thing, you may ask?… Those who have studied modes a bit know that “Major” is not really the real name for this scale anyways (it is “Ionian”)… so why is it deserving of the title: “Major”???… is it really
Note Number System
By fiddlejamman on February 22, 2013 in By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, Gigger Level, Ionian Mode, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Major Scale, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH
Sometimes called the “interval” system, the Note Number System is way of explaining how music notes relate to each other within a key or scale and is quite universal in the “gigging” world. <<:Want to learn about this? Click here for more info on our free Fiddle Jam Club membership