Don’t know how to read standard “Staff” music notation as of yet? Not sure you are even interested in such a thing? Heard, and fear, that learning to read can “suck the soul out of your playing”?… then the info and links below are just for you! <<::>> Reading Sucks
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Standard 5-line staff notation
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
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
Monster High!
By fiddlejamman on September 25, 2013 in Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Sight, E minor, Fiddler’s Tab, Jamming 101, Kid’s Songs, Lesson List, Minor Pentatonic Scale, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Pop, Pop & Rock, Rock, Staff Notation, Style Studies
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
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