Hello. I have a friend who teaches violin at a local music school and she also plays violin in the local orchestra.
She mentioned that she has some students who want to learn fiddle, not just violin, and want to learn how to improvise and play in a jam session, and both she and they struggle on how to do that after they learn the violin the classical way.
I showed her Banjo Ben’s website and said that he teaches a lot of what she was talking about – licks in different keys and he discusses how to add them into songs you already know, and also things like how to play introductory bars before a song (potatoes) so that everyone can get in synch before they jump in. It’s just that Ben doesn’t teach fiddle.
Does anyone have any recommendations for an online fiddle player / site / offline book that would cover that sort of information, some licks and how to improvise and add them in?
Many thanks in advance,
-Camille