Kesh Jig Fiddle Jam: Chords & Melody Practice

Overview

In this video, we’ll practice the Kesh Jig using simple chord shapes and a fun two-step play-along loop.

First, we’ll jam with long bows on G, D, and C chords.

Then we’ll dive into a rhythmic backup you can use for chords, melody, or improvising in G Major.

The chords we’ll use:

  • G Major (G0D0)
  • D Minor (G1D0)
  • C Major (G0D1)

Let’s Practice

We’ll do this in a two-step loop:

🎵 Step 1: Play long bows along with the melody.

🎵 Step 2: Play a rhythm: Long-short-short-short-short (no melody).

In Step 2, you can:

  • Practice the chords
  • Practice the melody
  • Practice improvisation in G Major

The whole loop will repeat 4 times.

  1. Warm up by playing the G, D, and C chords with long bows.
  2. Play along with the full melody and chord backup.
  3. Practice just the chords with the long-short-short-short-short rhythm.
  4. Try improvising over the backup in G Major.
  5. Repeat the full loop 4 times for deeper learning.

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Reflect

Ask yourself after playing:

  • What did I learn?
  • What doesn’t make sense yet?
  • What can I improve for next time?

Summary

Here’s what we practiced:

  • Chord backup for the Kesh Jig
  • Playing simple chord shapes (G, D, C)
  • Practicing backup rhythm without the melody
  • Jamming and improvising in G Major

Further Learning

Play backup for other tunes you know in G Major.

Improvise simple melodies using the G Major scale.

Switch between long bow and rhythm backup while jamming.

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