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
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Different ways to learn
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
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
Left-handed upside-down Polish gypsy violinist
By fiddlejamman on September 2, 2013 in BowTek, Bulletin Board, By Ear, By Sight, FingerTek, Lesson List
A Polish gypsy violinist playing left handed, upside-down with fist for a bow grip… and sounding great! …it’s not always about “proper” technique…
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
Modes
By fiddlejamman on September 2, 2013 in Aeolian Mode, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Dorian Mode, Gigger Level, Ionian Mode, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Locrian Mode, Lydian Mode, Mixolydian Mode, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Phrygian Mode
Modes sound like a scary topic to many, but are not as hard to understand and apply as they seem. I’ll start out with a “cheat sheet” list of the 7 classic modes here, and explain them further with exercises and lessons on ways to assimilate them into your musical