This will be an experiment in using different recorded fiddle licks in order to break down the nuts and bolts of them by using the MASTER CHART provided. Each lick will be shown in all twelve keys in standard notation, TAB and most importantly in INTERVALLIC LANGUAGE. Hopefully this will explain the vast majority of what is heard in the world of improvisation. I have listed twenty-some common licks that are used and I will show their use by a red number in the INTERVALLIC LANGUAGE pic.
I could have made 12 separate charts the represent the keys but I've found my students overwhelmed with details so I came up with an all in one chart.
The master chart shows the location of the steps of the scale for all 12 keys in a SLIDE RULE type fashion. It's a matter of eye placement not finger placement. Let's say we're in the key of D and we all know that we have a D string open on the fiddle. So we go to the chart and look up and down on the D string for a 1. Once we find that number we visualize it as open in our mind and anything above it on the chart is disregarded . Notice the letter D hanging out to the left at that spot, that's what tells us that those pitches directly to the right of the letter D are open. BTW we must also disregard the eleven other key markers on the left.
Interesting; two note licks, but what is... 'play intervals mandolin style'..?
First up is a song requested by Blue20Boy18 called HELLO LONELY by Del McCoury with Jason Carter on fiddle in the key of D. The lick I picked is a fiddle break between the vocal that lasts for two measures. Original metronome marking is 152 which would rule out a lot of fiddlers so I cut the speed in half for learning purposes.
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Originally posted by buckhenryInteresting; two note licks, but what is... 'play intervals mandolin style'..?
Sorry Henry, it took a half hour to get my song post up!
Interesting.. I'm still trying to NOT play two strings when I want to play just one, and also I'm trying to play a 'unison' in tune!!!! I truly admire people who know WTH they are doing.."lick-wise"...No joke.. Some of you are just SO talented.. !!!
Thank you for this.
The original post got me interested in refreshing my memory on intervals. So I went to Youtube and found an excellent relatively short instructional. So I will be watching this video before I begin playing. I probably should watch the video a couple of times each week. A matter of "use it or lose it".
What is the idea of the letters running in opposite direction to the numbers.?
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Originally posted by Dick HauserThe original post got me interested in refreshing my memory on intervals. So I went to Youtube and found an excellent relatively short instructional. So I will be watching this video before I begin playing. I probably should watch the video a couple of times each week. A matter of "use it or lose it".
Can you post the video?
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Originally posted by mmuussiiccaallFirst up is a song requested by Blue20Boy18 called HELLO LONELY by Del McCoury with Jason Carter on fiddle in the key of D. The lick I picked is a fiddle break between the vocal that lasts for two measures. Original metronome marking is 152 which would rule out a lot of fiddlers so I cut the speed in half for learning purposes.
Nice I like that little lick, i'll have to go look up the whole song.
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Originally posted by buckhenryWhat is the idea of the letters running in opposite direction to the numbers.?
Hey Henry look at the chart as if all you want to know is the interval of the E string open in the different keys. Look directly to the left for these answers
A5
B4
C3
D2
E1
F7
G6
Thanks Richard, you stumped me with the enharmonics again... because I see E natural as a sharp 6 in the key of Gb... but, tis a trivial matter.
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Originally posted by buckhenryThanks Richard, you stumped me with the enharmonics again... because I see E natural as a sharp 6 in the key of Gb... but, tis a trivial matter.
this is what I see in my mind's eye with the open strings functioning as b3 & b7 blue notes
Last time I played in Gb the guitarist said, "oh, I'm playing in F#."
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Originally posted by buckhenryLast time I played in Gb the guitarist said, "oh, I'm playing in F#."
I used to do that when I was a young player because I could always move up a fret with sharps but sometimes I would run out of frets when thinking in flats, open minus 1 kinda thing.
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Originally posted by mmuussiiccaall
I used to do that when I was a young player
Oh, don't you play any more....?
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