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Musical humor, gig stories, and bits of wisdom for you to chew on, learn from, plant seeds for further though, and generally assimilate into your own playing and life.

Acadian Two-Step

Description: This one’s a bit more challenging, but well worth the effort.  I personally love the whole Cajun “thang” (see Side Notes below).  I honestly do NOT hear this tune much at Pickin’ Parties and jams, but it is pretty cool, and the chords are easy enough to teach others

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THE MAJOR SCALE SECTION

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

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THE A BLUES COMBINATION “EZ-ZONE” SECTION

THE A BLUES COMBINATION  “EZ-ZONE” SECTION Check it out!  The A Blues scale has two, yes count ‘em, two (2) EZ-Zones on the violin!  0, 1, 3, on the G and D strings, and, 0, L2, 3, on the A and E strings.  Of course, this is

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The 0, L2, 3 SECTION

The  0, L2, 3 SECTION Some think this EZ-Zone is even easier than Major and the 0, 1, 3 blues scale examples.  After getting used to skipping the first finger (admittedly an odd sensation at first), it feels very fundamentally “grounded” to put the tonic note on an open string

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The 0 1 3 Blues Scale Section

and now for the really cool stuff… The 0 – 1 – 3 (fingering) Blues Scale Section I would’ve put this chapter first, but skipping fingers is sometimes a technical hang-up for those just starting out.  Nevertheless,  I find that students quickly acclimate to skipping the second finger with a

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About My performances on the Book’s CD… (jam-along-with-Geoff)

About My performances on the Fiddle Jam Book tracks… I had a tough task.  Here I am, promoting a non-thinking creative approach to improvising, yet found myself in the position of having to think!  It is something I’ve become rather unaccustomed to — thankfully, but I thought it important

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