Orange Blossom Special – Lesson 1

Orange Blossom Special Lesson #1

This is the first lesson in a series on the Orange Blossom Special. It’s a challenging tune that integrates a few advanced techniques: polyrhythmic string crossing, advanced fingering, and double stops.

I’ve had a lot of requests for this but have held off. It always seemed a bit show-offy. But I recently started fiddling with it and realized that if it was broken down enough, even a beginner could start with the basic pattern.

In this lesson I’ll introduce the whole tune and then walk through each of the five lessons we’ll do:

  • [OBS: 1] Overview and the basic rhythmic pattern
  • [OBS: 2] Adding advanced fingering
  • [OBS: 3] Learning the double stops
  • [OBS: 4] Putting together the A part
  • [OBS: 5] Learning the B part

In this lesson, we’ll learn the basic rhythmic pattern in a simple way. It’s tricky, but I think if you are an advanced beginner you can do it. Let me know how it goes in a comment…

Learning chunks

Preparation

Here are some lessons you can take to prepare for this:

OBS 1.1

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OBS 1.2

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OBS 1.3

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OBS 1.4

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OBS 1.5

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OBS 1.6

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OBS 1.7

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OBS 1.8

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OBS 1.9

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7 responses to “Orange Blossom Special – Lesson 1”

  2. Thank you Jason, the fingering and rhythm exercises helped a lot. It gave me some good tools for cleaning up another tune I’ve been working on that has some string crossing rhythms that have been fuzzy at times. Sonny’s Mazurka, fun tune with a chance to try the crossing going up and down the scale. Thanks for all your great lessons.
    Bernie