by Jenny Peters | Nov 29, 2025 | Adults and Music, Creativity, Music Lessons, Piano Lessons
“Scarborough Fair” possesses a deeply beautiful, almost mystical quality that makes it stand apart from typical folk tunes. This unique sound isn’t an accident—it comes from the specific scale used, known as the Dorian Mode. If you’ve been relying on...
by Jenny Peters | Apr 29, 2025 | Children and Music, Creativity, Music Lessons
A 12-Bar Blues Tune with Heart, Soul, and the Golden Rule This week in ukulele class, something magical happened — our students wrote an original blues song! 🎸 And not just any song… a 12-bar blues inspired by the Golden Rule. The results? Absolutely amazing. 💫 We...
by Jenny Peters | Nov 14, 2024 | Adults and Music, Creativity, Jenny's Live Performances
Recently, I had the opportunity to attend a fiddle workshop in Massachusetts, where some of the legends of the genre—like Darol Anger and Jay Ungar, the composer of Ashokan Farewell—were present. This beautiful piece opens Ken Burns’ The Civil War series and was...
by Jenny Peters | Aug 7, 2023 | Children and Music, Creativity
Flexible Fiddling is a method I created for my elementary and middle school orchestra students. There are books for Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello and Bass. Each tune has a Building Blocks page and a String Orchestra Arrangement page. On the Building Blocks page,...
by Jenny Peters | Jul 6, 2023 | Children and Music, Creativity
Recently I decided to learn to fiddle. I wanted to play by ear and improvise. Of course, I had played fiddle tunes off printed music. But I wanted to have more insights into the history and style of this music. And I wanted to pass this music on to my students. I...
