Level 1 is the easiest. I actually get a new student to do this in the very first lesson, mainly just to give them a musical experience right away! Even if they do not hold the bow correctly, or know anything about fingering yet, in the first lesson, we can
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Tater Section
By fiddlejamman on May 27, 2013 in “Tater”, Artist Level, Beginner Violin, Bluegrass Fiddle, Blues, Boogie Woogie, BowTek, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Cajun-Zydeco, Celtic-Irish-Fiddle, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Folk Fiddle, Gigger Level, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jamming 104, Lesson List, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Section/Title Pages, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle, Teacher Training, The Chop
“Tater” as in po-tater po-tater or po-tato, po-tato (long – short short, long – short short bow strokes) in the Suzuki tradition, or more generally as the art of creating improvised double string back-up support parts based on the underlying chord progression of a song. …Don’t worry, it’s not as
Styles Page
By fiddlejamman on March 21, 2013 in Bluegrass Fiddle, Blues, Cajun-Zydeco, Celtic-Irish-Fiddle, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Folk Fiddle, Fusion, Grunge, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Heavy Metal, HipHop, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jam Band, Jazz, Latin, Lesson List, Memphis Country Blues, Old Time Fiddle, Punk Rock, Reggae violin, Rock, Roots Rock, Section/Title Pages, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle
Check out these lessons on particular styles of music and how violin/fiddle is applied to them! Many more to come! “Cornerstone” Styles Rock – from early 1950’s “Rock n Roll” through Folk & Pop Rock, and all the way to Punk Rock & Heavy Metal! Jazz – an
Fiddler’s Tab
By fiddlejamman on March 18, 2013 in Bluegrass Fiddle, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, Country, Fiddle Tunes, Fiddler’s Tab, Folk Fiddle, Lesson List, Music Mechanics, Old Time Fiddle, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Section/Title Pages, Style Studies, Teacher Training
”Fiddler’s Tab” (FT) is a notation system for violinists that is popular with non-staff reading fiddler’s and often used by teachers with their beginning students. I think I myself was taught this system for the first couple of months of my playing back when I was 9 years old. Simple
Musician’s Health – Section
If you are not healthy, you will not play music as well as you could. Right? It seems obvious. There are MANY aspects to being “healthy” though! …not just physical health, but also mental, emotional, spiritual, and more! I will report my experiences here. *Disclaimer: Of course… I am NOT
Gypsy Jazz – Section
By fiddlejamman on March 13, 2013 in Artist Level, By Knowledge, Gigger Level, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Section/Title Pages, Style Studies
Gypsy Jazz is a style of music that was first developed in the Paris, France area by gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt and his side-kick violinist Stephane Grappelli in the 1930’s and 40’s. Gypsy Jazz, sometimes called “Hot Club” music after Django & Stephane’s original group “The Quintet of the Hot
THE MAJOR SCALE SECTION
By fiddlejamman on February 11, 2013 in Beyond the Book, Blues, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Fiddle Jam, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jazz, Rock, Section/Title Pages, Style Studies, Wit & Wisdom
THE MAJOR SCALE SECTION Most beginning violin students already know a major scale or two. It’s one of the first things we learn after Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Hot Cross Buns, and Mary Had a Little Lamb, or other such songs. Major scales are very wholesome and familiar sounding. You’ve