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
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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
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
Weeblo’s Wooble jazz tune
By fiddlejamman on September 2, 2013 in A major, Ab major, Artist Level, Bb major, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Knowledge, Cornerstone Styles, G major, Ionian Mode, jamming 103, Jamming 104, Jazz, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Major Scale, MixoBluesian Scale, Mixolydian Mode, Music Mechanics, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Here’s a light Bop jazz tune I wrote a while back that can be a good study. Overall the key of G major, which you will not need to stray far from in the A sections (except maybe the Eb in meas. 4). The B sections start out in G
Juke Gypsy – G.F. Perry tune
By fiddlejamman on September 2, 2013 in Artist Level, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Knowledge, Cornerstone Styles, G major, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Ionian Mode, jamming 103, Jamming 104, Jazz, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Major Scale, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Here’s a song I wrote in 2005 for the gypsy jazz group Babik. It’s a decent tune, but didn’t make it on our 2nd album. I think it can successfully be played in more of a BeBop style. Gypsy Jazz icon, Django Reinhardt had leanings towards BeBop later in his
Bone Bossa by G. F. Perry
By fiddlejamman on August 30, 2013 in Artist Level, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Key, By Knowledge, By Scale, C major, Cornerstone Styles, Gigger Level, jamming 103, Jamming 104, Jazz, Lesson List, Major Scale, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Here’s a tune in the Bossa Nova style that Babik played live for a short time. I was thinking of Trombone in the intro when I wrote it… hence the title. Play the intro double stops near the frog with a down up up bowing pattern. Improv: There are not
It’s Time to Go jazz tune by G. F. Perry
By fiddlejamman on August 30, 2013 in A major, Artist Level, By Ear, By Knowledge, Cornerstone Styles, Dorian Mode, Ionian Mode, jamming 103, Jamming 104, Jazz, Lesson List, Major Scale, Mixolydian Mode, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies
In the Jazz style. Alternates from straight 8th Latin/Bossa-based feel in the A sections to swing in the B section. Ensemble-oriented intro can have improv over it (see my demo below). The melody is fairly simple, but improv will be more advanced on this one, as there is no one