Ragtime Annie has come our way thanks to a member’s request of her favorite tune! I have quite a few audio lesson and play-along tracks below, starting with a talk-thru and super-slow version (1 & 2). Always an excellent reference, the Fiddler’s FakeBook (Oak Publications) has a version that I’ve
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Grading Improv = Anti-Improv?
By fiddlejamman on August 1, 2016 in By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Lesson List, Music Philosophy, Teacher Training
Grading improv… isn’t that anti-improv?? As an educator, it’s a strange thing… if improvisation is simply making stuff up, then it logically follows that you should be allowed to do anything you want and nothing is really “wrong” …right?? But what if you are a teacher, teaching improvisation, and need
Gamalon Billy’s Saloon Footage from 1988
By fiddlejamman on July 4, 2016 in Blues, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, E minor, Founder’s Blog, Fusion, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jazz Fusion, Lesson List, Minor Pentatonic Scale, Music History, Performance Footage, progressive rock
I stumbled onto this Gamalon footage from 1988 today. That’s me on a home-made violin I called EVI (minus the gray hair we see today!). I had probably been in the band about a year at this point, but you can readily hear how developed our sound was even in
Double Stop Tutorial – iFiddle Magazine Column
By fiddlejamman on July 3, 2016 in “Tater”, By Knowledge, By Sight, Gigger Level, iFiddle Magazine, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Music Mechanics
Here’s the video from my monthly column in iFiddle Magazine for July 2016. Enjoy! Note: you can skip ahead to about the 4 minute mark if you already know how to bow on double strings and want to get to the four levels of difficulty in understanding and being able
iFiddle Mag Sit-In Situation Column
By fiddlejamman on May 27, 2016 in By Ear, By Knowledge, iFiddle Magazine, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Lesson List, Music Mechanics
May 2016 Here’s the video for my column in iFiddle Magazine for May 2016 on the in’s and out’s of sitting in with a band with your fiddle. It is intended to be a preview of materials and ideas that I will be putting into a course: “The Fiddle
E minor Tabla Jam
By fiddlejamman on April 22, 2016 in Beyond the Book, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Key, By Knowledge, By Scale, By Sight, E minor, Fiddle Jam, Jamming 101, Lesson List, Minor Pentatonic Scale, New Jam Lessons, Pop, Teacher Training
Here’s a new one I created in GarageBand for a student’s Call & Answer session recently. It worked very well for her! This particular student is a super-smart teen who is going to college early and has a very developed left/logical side of her brain… so much so that she
Swamp Fiddle for iFiddle Magazine
By fiddlejamman on April 13, 2016 in Artist Level, Blues, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Scale, Founder’s Blog, Gigger Level, iFiddle Magazine, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Master Class, Memphis Country Blues, Minor Pentatonic Scale, MixoBluesian Scale, Mixolydian Mode, Music Mechanics, Swamp Fiddle
Here’s my April 2016 column for iFiddle Magazine called “Swamp Fiddle.” What’s Swamp Fiddle you may ask? It’s my favorite! Watch the videos to find out! Promotional Video: Join our free Fiddle Jam Club to see the whole lesson! It’s free! Just click here.Here’s my April 2016