B minor. A cool key that was featured in my original Fiddle Jam book. Here in the A-Toodz book, I run through some sample riff and tricks from the 3 levels and one “Groove Tood.” Read along from your book or just follow along by ear (recommended even if you
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50 Years Playing Violin Top Things Learned
It is hard for me to believe that this fall (2019) I have been playing the violin for 50 years! I guess that qualifies me as an official “old guy.” Some chronological markers are worthy of a bit of retrospect I think. In this video I talked about the 3
Box Blues Complete Study Lesson
You could learn this cool blues violin tune too! It was first released as part of my Blues Violin Course where it was one of my favorites, but I thought it might be fun to re-release it just as a single song lesson for sale in the School Store and
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A-Toodz Book G Major Practice Along Session
Here I’m getting restarted after a bit of a hiatus. I plan on this being the beginning of a series of videos where I will regularly practice live and talk about select keys and their riffs and tricks from my book “Rock n Blues Fiddle Jam A-Toodz” which
Fisher’s Hornpipe – Bluegrass
Fisher’s Hornpipe is a catchy little tune that seems pretty common at Pickin’ Parties. Free Fiddle Jam Club members get to see a tutorial on how to improvise EZ back-ups to this song. Our All Access Pass members get to view ALL the lesson materials which include: My performance example,
Seminole Wind
Here’s a cool violin part from the big country music hit Seminole Wind by John Anderson. Not only does this tune have a cool vibe, I take a personal shine to it since the lyric mentions the historic North Central Florida town that is very near where I currently