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
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D Dorian Jam
By fiddlejamman on July 7, 2014 in By Key, By Scale, By Topic, D minor, Dorian Mode, Fiddle Jam, Jam Band, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Lesson List, New Jam Lessons, New Jam lessons, Rock, Style Studies
Live D Dorian Student Jam 3-27-13: Check out this cool jam we invented on-the-spot during a private lesson. Adult student Bill had been playing about 1 year at the time, and we were learning about the Dorian scale/mode. I think he did a good job! It was a cool
D Major Jam
By fiddlejamman on June 11, 2014 in Beyond the Book, By Key, By Scale, By Topic, Course, D major, Fiddle Jam, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Lesson List, Major Scale, New Jam lessons, New Jam Lessons
This is a pretty cool “beyond the book” jam that I had forgotten about until I stumbled across it on a playlist on my iPhone recently. It would also be a good “first” jam I think, as it’s all D major, has a quick but light feeling, and a more
My Path Suggested Learning Studies
By fiddlejamman on May 27, 2014 in “Tater”, A-toodz, A-toodz – Level 2, A-toodz Level 1, A-toodz Level 3, Artist Level, Beyond the Book, Blues, Boogie Woogie, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, By Topic, Cajun-Zydeco, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Fiddle Jam, Fiddle Tunes, Fiddler’s Tab, Gigger Level, Groove Toodz, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jamming 104, Jazz, Learning Methods, Master Class, Music Mechanics, Music Philosophy, Musician’s Health, New Jam Lessons, New Jam lessons, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Pop, Pop & Rock, Reggae violin, Rock, Section/Title Pages, Staff Notation, The Chop
By member request, here’s some suggested learning”Paths” for you do some self-guided DIY-style FJi studying. These are not designed to be intensive or all-inclusive like our 4-week FJi Courses (currently being developed & to be sold separately in the FJi School Store), but should get you going on a learning
C Major Jam
By fiddlejamman on March 26, 2013 in By Key, By Scale, C major, Fiddle Jam, Gigger Level, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Major Scale, New Jam lessons, New Jam Lessons
Here’s a new one we came up with at a lesson recently. I liked it. The student (Gabriel age 17) did I great job improvising too! Listen to her performance and jam along if you want to, then try your own with the official Demo below. I am quite pleased
New Jam Lessons (not in original Fiddle Jam Book)
Check out these links to lessons and tunes developed after the original Fiddle Jam Book was released! “G Jam” Fun! A great starting point! “E minor Piano Funk” – New Orleans groove. D Dorian Jam – New Student jam-along C Jam – new jam-along D Major
E Funki
By fiddlejamman on September 16, 2012 in Beyond the Book, Blues, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Sight, Cornerstone Styles, E minor, Fiddle Jam, Gigger Level, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Minor Pentatonic Scale, New Jam Lessons, Rock, Style Studies, Transcriptions
E Funki (eewww… sounds like a bad Bacteria!) Non-members: Want to learn how to jam like this? Click here for more info on our free Fiddle Jam Club membership and “ALL ACCESS PASS” full Fiddle Jam Institute enrollment to be able to see more of Fiddle Jam Institute lessons like