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!
Archive | Fiddler’s Tab
Alternative violin notation system that uses only the open string name and which finger is used on the string.
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
Reading standard “staff” notation
By fiddlejamman on November 4, 2013 in By Sight, Fiddler’s Tab, Lesson List, Music Essentials, Music Mechanics, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation
Reading standard “staff” notation, or “music” as it is often called, may seem daunting if you do not know how yet, but it is much much less to learn than say… a new language!… and is the best and most complete system we have to date. *See our “non-readers”
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
Monster High!
By fiddlejamman on September 25, 2013 in Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Sight, E minor, Fiddler’s Tab, Jamming 101, Kid’s Songs, Lesson List, Minor Pentatonic Scale, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Pop, Pop & Rock, Rock, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Popular kid’s TV show theme. Transcribed by request. I bumped it up 1/2 step from the original (Eb minor) to the much more “fiddle-friendly” E minor. I also manipulated the original soundtrack audio below to match the key of our chart (you’re welcome :~). Improvisation on this one… there is
Melancholy Hill – Gorillaz
By fiddlejamman on September 24, 2013 in By Ear, By Feeling, By Sight, D major, Fiddler’s Tab, Lesson List, Major Scale, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Pop, Staff Notation
Here’s a pop tune by request of a 6 year old Simone, from the group “Gorillaz.” I’m not personally sure what the video has to do with the tune exactly, other than a couple of lyric references, but with 13 million + views, who am I to judge! I include
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