Boozoo – traditional cajun/zydeco tune. Key of G. Presented in three separate parts here. Melody, Back-up tater-ing, and bass line. The bass line would normally be played by an actual bass instrument, but I include it for your study here. Find two other friends to play the other parts for
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Standard 5-line staff notation
Stormy Monday Blues by T-Bone Walker
By fiddlejamman on July 31, 2013 in Blues, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Cornerstone Styles, Fiddler’s Tab, G major, G minor, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Rock, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Stormy Monday by T-Bone Walker Here’s a classic slow blues tune, that has become a “standard” for Blues bands around the world, written by T-Bone Walker in 1947 and covered by Eric Clapton, BB King, and countless others, the most famous of which is probably the Allman Brother’s Band on
Wagon Wheel – Old Crow Medicine Show
By fiddlejamman on July 14, 2013 in A major, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Country, Fiddler’s Tab, Folk Fiddle, Gigger Level, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Music Mechanics, Note Name – Finger Number, Old Time Fiddle, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Lesson description: I get a lot of requests from my private students for the fiddle intro to this popular song. Originally written and recorded by the iconic Bob Dylan, the band “Old Crow Medicine Show” has had a hit with the song, and their’s is the version we will be
Jammin’ by Bob Marley
By fiddlejamman on June 30, 2013 in B minor, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Fiddler’s Tab, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Lesson List, Minor Pentatonic Scale, Minor Scale, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Reggae violin, Rock, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Here’s an iconic Reggae rock tune by Bob Marley. I’ve kind of consolidated the melody into an EZ repeatable version for you here. I at first tried to transcribe Marley’s exact vocal performance (which was very time consuming as, in the loose Reggae way, he did not sing a single
Technique Study Book Suggestions
By fiddlejamman on June 18, 2013 in Artist Level, Beginner Violin, BowTek, By Ear, By Feeling, Colegno, FingerTek, Gigger Level, Lesson List, Richochete, Spiccato, Staccato, Staff Notation, VioTek
Sorry! Members only on this post. Find out about our membership options here. Essential Elements 2000 (Hal Leonard Corp) – beginning staff music notation reading. If you want to learn
Tatering Level 2 – – adding double “drone” strings
By fiddlejamman on June 4, 2013 in “Tater”, Bluegrass Fiddle, Blues, Boogie Woogie, BowTek, By Ear, By Knowledge, Cajun-Zydeco, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Folk Fiddle, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jammer Level, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Memphis Country Blues, Music Mechanics, Old Time Fiddle, Rock, Section/Title Pages, Staff Notation, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle
Tatering Level 2: Adding double “drone” strings is the secret to sounding “fiddle-y” and can be done with certain melodies as well as simpler tatering back-ups. The secret formula is to play the name of each chord, or “tonic,” as we do in the tatering level 1 lessons, but
Tatering level 3 – chord tone double stops
By fiddlejamman on June 4, 2013 in “Tater”, A-toodz Level 3, Artist Level, Bluegrass Fiddle, Blues, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, C major, Cajun-Zydeco, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Fiddler’s Tab, Folk Fiddle, G major, Gigger Level, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Major Scale, Memphis Country Blues, MixoBluesian Scale, Mixolydian Mode, Music Mechanics, Note Name – Finger Number, Old Time Fiddle, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Rock, Section/Title Pages, Staff Notation, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle
Level 3 is a bit more tricky, technically speaking. This involves including other notes from the chords as they pass in a progression… not just necessarily the tonic (name of chord) and it’s fifth anymore. This means that you’ll have to learn some (simple don’t worry) Music Theory or Music