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
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Different ways to learn
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”
Rhythm Reading
By fiddlejamman on November 4, 2013 in By Knowledge, Lesson List, Music Essentials, Music Mechanics, Staff Notation
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
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.
Blues Lesson Section
By fiddlejamman on November 2, 2013 in Blues, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, Cornerstone Styles, Lesson List, List, Music History, Section/Title Pages, Style Studies
<<:See lesson listings below:>> The Blues. Truly, where it all comes from! With its earliest roots in Africa, the Blues has influenced nearly every style world-wide in the past 100+ years! Even Bluegrass which, to the uninitiated, sounds rather ancient, is really just a more modern invention from the 1930-40’s
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