These are the lessons that have at least one element of Music Mechanics or Music Theory in them. Some are more directly “Music Theory” lessons, and others just have a part of the lesson that helps you experience one of those elements as it is put to use in a
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Music Book Reviews
By fiddlejamman on September 17, 2013 in By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, By Topic, Fiddler’s Tab, Lesson List, List, Music Essentials, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Reviews, Section/Title Pages, Staff Notation
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
Jazz Section – link page
By fiddlejamman on September 2, 2013 in Artist Level, jamming 103, Jamming 104, Jazz, Lesson List, Music History, Section/Title Pages
Check out these Jazz lesson pages (links below)! Jazz, as you may well know, is a style that originated in the New Orleans, LA, USA area that uses improvisation as its main feature. In general, Jazz musicians play the melody (or “head”) once while the backing instruments accompany them, then
Cajun/Zydeco Section
By fiddlejamman on August 24, 2013 in Cajun-Zydeco, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Lesson List, List, Music History, Music Philosophy, Section/Title Pages, Style Studies
Cajun/Zydeco. These two styles go hand in hand in the New Orleans, Louisiana, USA area… a place with an extremely deep cultural heritage, that is considered the birthplace of Jazz, and today is most famous for it’s food and music… especially at Mardi Gras time! <<::>> Boozoo – traditional
Tatering Level 4 – chopping technique
By fiddlejamman on June 4, 2013 in “Tater”, Artist Level, Bluegrass Fiddle, BowTek, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, Cornerstone Styles, Country, HipHop, Jamming 104, Lesson List, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Rock, Section/Title Pages, Style Studies, The Chop, VioTek
Tatering Level 4 – chopping technique. I know, most materials at Fiddle Jam Institute are presented in a nice and simple 3 level system, but “chopping” seems to need its own level separate from the rest. Simply explained, but more difficult to do, chopping has it roots in Bluegrass (
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