Archive | Note Name – Finger Number

Notation alternative that simply tells the note name and the typical 1st position finger number.

Amazing Grace

Description: This very popular Christian spiritual tune* has crossed many style boundaries.  Countless students have requested it from me over the years.  I’ll include it here.  I’ve included it here in two separate but popular and fiddle-friendly keys: G & A.  The G version is lower and sweeter sounding, and

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Acadian Two-Step

Description: This one’s a bit more challenging, but well worth the effort.  I personally love the whole Cajun “thang” (see Side Notes below).  I honestly do NOT hear this tune much at Pickin’ Parties and jams, but it is pretty cool, and the chords are easy enough to teach others

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Sugarfoot Rag

Fiddle Tune Topics: Melody, A Mixolydian, A Blues, A Major Pentatonic, slides, intermediate technical challenges, creating backup parts, improvisation. Description: I like this one.  It is decently simple and fairly repetitive.  It was taught to me by a friend the old fashioned way… by ear, one note at a time

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Angeline the Baker

Hey!  That’s not Bluegrass!… yes, that is true… you tell ME what style it is! …a good tune is a good tune, and can be re-interpreted in any number of ways.  That’s my good friend Michael Ward Bergman on accordion… we are calling this group “Viordion”!?! Description: One of my

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LOW 2 BOOGIE WOOGIE PATTERNS

THE “LOW 2” BOOGIE WOOGIE PATTERNS OK, now here’s a twist that will add a little spice to your boogie!  This one adds… you guessed it: the lowered second finger to the mix. The Low 2 Boogie Woogie Pattern starts out just like the original Boogie Woogie Pattern, but

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BASIC B.W. BLUES

THE BASIC B.W. BLUES Apply the Boogie Woogie patterns in this order to make it into a blues song. Want to learn how to play this? Click here for more info on our free Fiddle Jam Club membership and “ALL ACCESS PASS” full Fiddle Jam Institute enrollment! “Fiddle Jam

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Fiddle Jam Blues

THE FIDDLE JAM BLUES OK, lets put it ALL together now. Three in one.  A simple melody, jamming, and Boogie Woogie example. Want to learn how to jam like this? Click here for more info on our free Fiddle Jam Club membership and “ALL ACCESS PASS” full Fiddle Jam Institute

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