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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Three G Major Jams
By fiddlejamman on May 5, 2015 in A-toodz, By Ear, By Feeling, By Key, By Scale, By Sight, G major, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Learning Methods, Lesson List, Major Scale, Path Page, Pop, Pop & Rock, Rock
G major is a go-to key not just for violin but cello and viola too. Here’s three good ones that should get you going nicely. Three different styles and tempos. Rarest Rose: sweet ballad, great jam to start with! G Jam: fun pop rock groove Raven’s Daughter:
Lesson Lists By Style
By fiddlejamman on August 28, 2014 in Beginner Violin, Bluegrass Fiddle, Blues, Bossa Nova, Cajun-Zydeco, Celtic-Irish-Fiddle, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Country & Western, Country Rock, Folk Fiddle, Fusion, Grunge, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Heavy Metal, HipHop, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jam Band, Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Kid’s Songs, Latin, List, Memphis Country Blues, Old Time Fiddle, Pop, Pop & Rock, Punk Rock, Reggae violin, Rock, Roots Rock, Section/Title Pages, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle
Cornerstone Styles: Jazz: Straight Ahead, American Standards, BeBop, Gypsy Jazz, Latin Jazz, Jazz Fusion Blues: Chicago, Memphis, Peidmont, Delta Rock: Classic, Pop, Punk, Grunge, Metal, Roots, Rock n Roll, Country Rock, Progressive Rock Country: Modern Country, Country & Western, Western Swing, Bluegrass, Fiddle Tunes, Old Time Fiddle Other style isms,
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
No Exit Strategy – Conflation CD Lesson
By fiddlejamman on December 11, 2013 in Artist Level, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Dorian Mode, G minor, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Pop
Fun stuff! Opening cut off my “Conflation” Translucent Records CD. Standard A440 tuning. All G minor… G Dorian to be exact, though I threw in a few G blues scale notes here and there too. Simple melody (see Chart below) is loosely improvised throughout the song. Ad lib as you
Rockin Around the Christmas Tree
By fiddlejamman on December 7, 2013 in Ab major, Blues Scale, By Key, By Scale, Fiddler’s Tab, G major, Holiday Songs, Learning Methods, Lesson List, Major Scale, Note Name – Finger Number, Pop, Staff Notation
A perennial holiday favorite in the US and UK. Covered by countless other artists, this version is adapted to violin with a more fiddle-friendly key (G), but is based on Brenda Lee’s original 1960 hit version (Ab). Transcription of Boots Randolph’s sax solo included! Join as an All Access Pass member
Feliz Navidad
By fiddlejamman on December 7, 2013 in By Key, By Scale, D major, Fiddler’s Tab, Holiday Songs, Latin, Major Scale, Note Name – Finger Number, Pop, Staff Notation
A 1970 bi-lingual hit by Jose Feliciano! To view all the lesson materials on this song, join us as an All Access Pass member now! A 1970 bi-lingual hit by Jose Feliciano! Jose was nice enough to perform this song in the string-friendly key of D major! Here’s