Jam tunes
Hello! Welcome to the Jam tunes page!
Here you'll find chord charts, lyrics, and some written-out harmonies for you to practice with and print to bring along to our jams.
For the tunes that can be found on FiddleQuest, click on the tune title to go straight to the FQ webpage for that song.
(K) = Kid's Jam tunes
(M) = Mature students' Jam tunes
Beside each tune, I list the following different musical activities/roles that I hope to encourage as we're doing the tune together.
- Mirabai
Here you'll find chord charts, lyrics, and some written-out harmonies for you to practice with and print to bring along to our jams.
For the tunes that can be found on FiddleQuest, click on the tune title to go straight to the FQ webpage for that song.
(K) = Kid's Jam tunes
(M) = Mature students' Jam tunes
Beside each tune, I list the following different musical activities/roles that I hope to encourage as we're doing the tune together.
- PLAY (melody and/or harmony)
- SING (sometimes not playing violin and singing instead- optional!)
- ACCOMP (short for accompaniment, meaning play chords and rhythm)
- IMPRO (improvisation)
- Mirabai
(K) Blueberry Jam PLAY ACCOMP
Absolute beginners can play just the Open D part (straight 1/4 notes)
All others can play the simple tune on sheet attached
(K) Mississippi Hot Dog PLAY ACCOMP
Absolute beginners can play just the Open D part with the rhythm
All others can play the simple tune on sheet attached
Absolute beginners can play just the Open D part (straight 1/4 notes)
All others can play the simple tune on sheet attached
(K) Mississippi Hot Dog PLAY ACCOMP
Absolute beginners can play just the Open D part with the rhythm
All others can play the simple tune on sheet attached
| blueberry_jam___mississippi_hot_dog_-_full_score.pdf |
(K) (M) Rubber Dolly PLAY SING ACCOMP IMPRO
Absolute beginners can play Open Strings in line with the Chord chart
Listen to Woody Guthrie singing it
Absolute beginners can play Open Strings in line with the Chord chart
Listen to Woody Guthrie singing it
| rubber_dolly_-_chart.pdf |
| lavenders_blue_-_chart.pdf |
| arran_boat_song_-_chart.pdf |
| amazing_grace_-chart.pdf |
(K) (M) Elk River Blues PLAY ACCOMP IMPRO
| elk_river_blues_-_chord_chart.pdf |
K) (M) Arran Boat Song PLAY ACCOMP IMPRO
| arran_boat_song_-_chart.pdf |
| arran_boat_song-brian_wickland_american_fiddle_method.m4a |
| arran_boat_song_copy.pdf |
| knocking_polka_-_chord_chart.pdf |
| knocking_polka_-_violin_harmony_part.pdf |
(M) Shady Grove PLAY SING ACCOMP IMPRO
| shady_grove-__lyrics.pdf |
| shady_grove_-_chord_chart.pdf |
