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by Fiddlescratcher, written by John Newton, 1779
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Size: 2,387kb, uploaded 8/20/2007 11:48:34 PM
Genre: Other
My own arrangement. Guitar & fiddle. Multitrack laptop recording. This recording (and all of these recordings) sound better with headphones.
video: http://www.fiddle4fun.org/video/Amazing_Grace/
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by Fiddlescratcher
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Play count: 749
Size: 1,637kb, uploaded 2/25/2008 11:46:51 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen
Guitar and fiddle.
Video: http://www.fiddle4fun.org/video/Beaumont_Rag/index.html
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by Fiddlescratcher
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14 people like this
Play count: 2483
Size: 1,333kb, uploaded 1/12/2008 8:36:11 PM
Genre: Bluegrass
I've been learning Texas-style chords... gosh, it's a quite a bit harder than those regular chords! Gotta practice, practice, practice...
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by Fiddlescratcher
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19 people like this
Play count: 1202
Size: 1,192kb, uploaded 8/20/2007 10:02:35 PM
Genre: Other
Guitar and fiddle only. Multitrack recording.
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by Fiddlescratcher
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17 people like this
Play count: 1516
Size: 2,731kb, uploaded 3/13/2010 10:35:12 AM
Genre: Bluegrass
Fiddle and banjo only. This replaces a previous upload and has a banjo break in the middle. No metronome again, but the rhythm is steady most of the time. Recorded on my Tascam DR-1.
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by Fiddlescratcher
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Play count: 272
Size: 2,516kb, uploaded 7/17/2010 8:22:08 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen
I am also learning Bridget's Waltz from a recording I have of an awesome fiddler named Luke Price. I like the backup chords. I posted this same tune a couple of weeks ago, but this recording is an improvement.
Video: http://www.fiddle4fun.org/video/Bridgets_with_BU/
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by Fiddlescratcher
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Play count: 2404
Size: 1,113kb, uploaded 7/19/2009 1:04:23 PM
Genre: Bluegrass
Banjo & fiddle. Recorded on Tascam DR-1 handheld.
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by Fiddlescratcher, written by Randy Howard
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4 people like this
Play count: 300
Size: 2,415kb, uploaded 6/24/2010 2:03:01 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen
I started learning this tune from a recording I have of an awesome fiddler named Darren Reitan (sp.?). It's a beautiful tune. I hope to one day be able to add some of the double stops he adds.
Video: http://www.fiddle4fun.org/video/Chestnut_Waltz/
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by Fiddlescratcher
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Play count: 325
Size: 2,095kb, uploaded 12/6/2010 10:30:37 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen
This is a little more upbeat than the recording I uploaded earlier this year, which I deleted. Video: http://www.fiddle4fun.org/video/Cotton_Patch_Rag_wBU/
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by Fiddlescratcher
14 people like this
Play count: 518
Size: 2,942kb, uploaded 9/26/2009 7:44:00 PM
Genre: Other
fiddle, mandolin, guitar. Multitrack laptop recording
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by Fiddlescratcher, written by heard this from Doc Watson
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7 people like this
Play count: 289
Size: 3,232kb, uploaded 10/1/2011 5:23:40 PM
Genre: Jazz/Blues
Very spontaneous, unrehearsed recording of guitar, fiddle, & vocal. I needed to take a break from work. (If you detect an attitude, you're right. Forgive me!) I dedicate this tune to the declining value of my retirement investments. Side note: I had never tried to play this on fiddle before today, and I haven't played it on my guitar in a long, long time either. Sometimes music just happens, though. Fun to improvise on! I'll work on putting together a more solid fiddle break. Then I'll re-record and re-post.
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Play count: 947
Size: 1,732kb, uploaded 8/21/2007 12:27:33 AM
Genre: Other
Pretty much like everyone else, but the third time through I borrowed a high part from a flatpicking recording I have of Dan Crary. Video: http://www.fiddle4fun.org/video/Devils_Dream/
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by Fiddlescratcher
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Play count: 133
Size: 3,583kb, uploaded 1/7/2012 8:37:35 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen
This was heckafun to play, record, and mix!
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by Fiddlescratcher
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6 people like this
Play count: 298
Size: 5,335kb, uploaded 5/7/2011 9:00:59 AM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen
Old gospel tune. Vocals duet with guitar and fiddle breaks- I lifted this audio from a video I made with my Flip camera: http://www.fiddle4fun.org/video/Drifting_Too_Far_Duet/
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by Fiddlescratcher
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8 people like this
Play count: 1769
Size: 1,017kb, uploaded 4/11/2009 7:30:31 PM
Genre: Celtic/Irish
Just fiddle
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by Fiddlescratcher
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12 people like this
Play count: 904
Size: 1,208kb, uploaded 7/19/2011 12:49:05 PM
Genre: Bluegrass
In topics:
Fiddler's Dream
Video: http://www.fiddle4fun.org/video/Fiddlers_Dream/
This one is fiddle and banjo only.
At the end of this school year I was really looking forward to being able to play my fiddle whenever I wanted over summer break. I finally pulled out my banjo yesterday and recorded the backup for this tune. This morning I practiced fiddle to the looping backup like about 50 times over and over again while my wife was out running errands. The last time through I turned on my little recorder and got this. I even had enough time afterward to clean up the house and finish a couple of honey-do's before Mrs. Fiddlescratcher came home. I think she's on to me, though...
Dave
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by Fiddlescratcher
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10 people like this
Play count: 589
Size: 1,918kb, uploaded 4/5/2008 8:35:33 PM
Genre: Other
Just recorded this on my mini mp3 recorder. Mandolin & fiddle only. Fun!
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by Fiddlescratcher
8 people like this
Play count: 465
Size: 2,881kb, uploaded 10/3/2009 1:47:14 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen
Fiddle, guitar, and mandolin. Multitrack, on my Mac. I haven't been able to play much since school started, so it was fun to finally have some extra time this morning.
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by Fiddlescratcher
3 people like this
Play count: 359
Size: 1,278kb, uploaded 1/12/2008 8:43:48 PM
Genre: Other
In G. Fiddle and guitar. Multitrack laptop recording.
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by Fiddlescratcher
5 people like this
Play count: 643
Size: 1,656kb, uploaded 2/25/2008 11:49:21 PM
Genre: Other
Fiddle and guitar. Video: http://www.fiddle4fun.org/video/Grey_Eagle/
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by Fiddlescratcher
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10 people like this
Play count: 1860
Size: 2,156kb, uploaded 8/21/2007 12:01:36 AM
Genre: Bluegrass
Hard-driving gospel bluegrass song I wrote last year. Yes, I played everything- fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin, bass. I think the fiddle break and fills came out pretty good in this one.
Don't laugh at my stuffy nose vocals. In heaven I'll have a perfect voice and perfect pitch.
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by Fiddlescratcher
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4 people like this
Play count: 384
Size: 1,056kb, uploaded 4/5/2010 1:36:58 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen
Fiddle and guitar. Both tracks recorded on my Tascam handheld, then synchronized and mixed on my Mac. Video: http://www.fiddle4fun.org/video/I_Don%27t_Love_Nobody/
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by Fiddlescratcher, written by Rev. L.A. Green / Adger Pace
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5 people like this
Play count: 461
Size: 4,209kb, uploaded 12/8/2011 10:47:18 PM
Genre: Bluegrass
Great gospel bluegrass tune! I laid down a scratch track first, then listened through the headphones to record each of the other tracks on my handheld recorder. Then I put all the tracks together on my Mac.
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by Fiddlescratcher, written by Bill Monroe
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11 people like this
Play count: 562
Size: 1,575kb, uploaded 7/10/2012 12:13:55 PM
Genre: Bluegrass
In topics:
Jerusalem Ridge
Fiddle & Guitar only until I figure out a banjo break
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by Fiddlescratcher
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27 people like this
Play count: 2796
Size: 1,724kb, uploaded 7/30/2008 9:48:41 AM
Genre: Bluegrass
In D. Fiddle and guitar.
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by Fiddlescratcher
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Play count: 193
Size: 3,023kb, uploaded 3/21/2010 9:58:29 AM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen
Guitar and fiddle only.
I learned this from the playing of a totally awesome young fiddler named Hali Pekron. She was backed up by an awesome guitar player named Jim French. I don't know where they got this tune.
The tracks were recorded on my handheld mp3 recorder and then mixed on my Mac. Every day I discover something new when I mess around with all those settings and doodads in my recording software. I don't know what most of that stuff does. Yesterday I discovered that reversing the phase of one channel of a stero track can make a significant difference in the sound of the recording. This is a remix of a previous version. Video: http://www.fiddle4fun.org/video/Lament_for_RAB/
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Play count: 390
Size: 3,657kb, uploaded 2/25/2008 11:40:31 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen
Yikes! I laid down the guitar track first, and it was a little too fast for my ability on fiddle.
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by Fiddlescratcher
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Play count: 141
Size: 1,151kb, uploaded 1/21/2012 11:29:19 AM
Genre: Jazz/Blues
I've been working on this tune for 6 months on and off. It has been very challenging. The guitar backup alone has been tough. I can finally play the chords at this slow speed without getting my fingers all tangled up. As far as the fiddle... well, I'm still working on the bowing and intonation. My goal is to be able to play this tune smoother and faster with better intonation by the end of 2012. If I improve I'll repost.
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by Fiddlescratcher
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6 people like this
Play count: 807
Size: 2,748kb, uploaded 6/2/2008 7:16:22 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen
Again a multitrack laptop recording.
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by Fiddlescratcher
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8 people like this
Play count: 406
Size: 2,131kb, uploaded 7/22/2010 10:46:05 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen
I love this simple but sweet melody. Guitar and fiddle only. Recorded into my laptop as 16-bit 44.1kHz AIFF mono tracks through a Tascam US-144 microphone USB input interface; mixed in Cubase LE. It sure is fun messing around with this multitrack recording stuff.
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by Fiddlescratcher
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5 people like this
Play count: 494
Size: 5,498kb, uploaded 4/1/2008 9:06:18 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen
Recorded on my new mini-recorder. Guitar and fiddle only.
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by Fiddlescratcher, written by Neil Gow
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12 people like this
Play count: 539
Size: 3,313kb, uploaded 12/2/2012 7:54:08 PM
Genre: Celtic/Irish
In topics:
Neil Gow's Lament
Quite some time ago TimK posted a great recording of this tune here on the Hangout. I had never heard of it before, and Tim's playing made it immediately become one of those "Wow, I gotta learn this one" tunes. Well, over time I forgot about it... until yesterday, that is, when I stumbled across the tune again on YouTube. Then I remembered, and I HAD to pull out the fiddle and learn it then and there. I stayed up last night listening to different recordings and videos of it, and I finally learned. Probably drove my dear wife nuts, although she's too sweet to say it. After I got home from church today I figured out the chords and recorded a backup to practice with. So, this is a recording of me practicing along with that backup. What an outstanding tune. I guess it's quite famous, so that just shows my ignorance. But it's a new favorite, for sure!
Dave
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by Fiddlescratcher, written by Frankie Rodgers
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Play count: 576
Size: 3,205kb, uploaded 7/23/2011 4:28:42 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen
I recorded the bass track first in GarageBand. Then I recorded the guitar and fiddle tracks on my little handheld recorder while listening to the bass through headphones. Finally, I mixed all 3 tracks together on my Mac.
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by Fiddlescratcher
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5 people like this
Play count: 627
Size: 4,320kb, uploaded 8/21/2007 8:31:40 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen
Way too long!
Fiddle, guitar, mandolin. Multitrack recording
I like the flatpicking guitar part of Cricket On the Hearth if you have the patience to listen that far along. Only took two takes to do that. One of my better days...ch
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by Fiddlescratcher, written by Kenny Baker/Bill Monroe
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8 people like this
Play count: 446
Size: 2,848kb, uploaded 7/4/2012 12:14:21 PM
Genre: Bluegrass
In topics:
Road to Columbus
I highly recommend getting the recording of this by Kenny Baker and Bill Monroe. This is one of my favorite bluegrass tunes. I laid down the bass track for this version a few weeks ago, then last night added the guitar, banjo, mandolin, and fiddle tracks. Mixed it all together with Logic software. Enjoy!
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by Fiddlescratcher
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4 people like this
Play count: 663
Size: 1,861kb, uploaded 11/29/2007 1:53:08 AM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen
I love this tune. Simple and sweet.
Video: http://www.fiddle4fun.org/video/Rose_of_Sharon/
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by Fiddlescratcher
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5 people like this
Play count: 399
Size: 2,788kb, uploaded 11/20/2012 6:08:01 PM
Genre: Bluegrass
In topics:
Sail Away Ladies (G)
Recorded the guitar first, then mandolin, fiddle, and banjo. Mixed it all together and added a synthesized bass track on my laptop.
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by Fiddlescratcher
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17 people like this
Play count: 1066
Size: 2,739kb, uploaded 3/16/2008 5:39:26 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen
It's Sunday, and I just got home from church. My wife is off to work, and I should be doing report cards right now. But I couldn't resist trying out this new portable mp3 recorder I got in the mail yeserday. Haven't decided if I'll keep it, as it costs $300, but it overdubs tracks, adds reverb, and seems to work quite nicely.
Fiddle and mandolin only, without variations.
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by Fiddlescratcher
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5 people like this
Play count: 689
Size: 1,134kb, uploaded 1/12/2008 8:38:23 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen
There's something about this tune I really like... maybe the minor... it's kind of sweet and mellow. Video: http://www.fiddle4fun.org/video/St_Annes_Reel/
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by Fiddlescratcher
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12 people like this
Play count: 1094
Size: 1,409kb, uploaded 10/16/2007 10:45:18 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen
Multitrack laptop recording. Video: http://www.fiddle4fun.org/video/Sally_Goodin/
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by Fiddlescratcher
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13 people like this
Play count: 1209
Size: 1,568kb, uploaded 10/8/2010 2:16:07 PM
Genre: Bluegrass
Furlough day still. Here's another fiddle-banjo quickie, bluegrass style.
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by Fiddlescratcher, written by John Fletcher/Frances Kyle
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Play count: 273
Size: 4,499kb, uploaded 7/5/2012 6:50:24 PM
Genre: Bluegrass
In topics:
Seeing Nellie Home
I recorded this one on my laptop at the same time I recorded "Road to Columbus" ( I had the whole house to myself for a couple of days while the wife was away on a ladies retreat).
This isn't really a fiddle tune, of course, so I debated whther or not to upload it. But I do like the fiddle break after the third verse, so I guess that technically, it qualifies.
FYI: Wikipedia says this about the song:
"... an American song first published in the 1850s under the name "When I Saw Sweet Nellie Home" ... composed and arranged by John Fletcher. Frances Kyle is said to have written the lyrics... Sometimes the song has been referred to as "Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party."
A Civil War song, "Mother, I Am Going," was sung to the tune of "Seeing Nellie Home.'"
Dave
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by Fiddlescratcher
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3 people like this
Play count: 225
Size: 2,549kb, uploaded 10/23/2010 1:10:08 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen
Appalachian dulcimer (Aeolian mode), fiddle, and vocal
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Play count: 83
Size: 3,313kb, uploaded 7/17/2010 8:08:08 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen
I'm still trying to figure this out. I have it on an early LP of Mark O, but my record player went kaputt a long time ago.
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by Fiddlescratcher
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6 people like this
Play count: 265
Size: 1,021kb, uploaded 6/11/2012 10:33:47 AM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen
In topics:
Tennessee Wagoner
This is my first upload in quite a while due to getting a "frozen shoulder" last October. Geez, I couldn't even lift up my fiddle for a couple of months. The doc says I need to give it at least a year before we consider surgery. Things are looking up- I'm about 50% back to normal now and am happy to be able to play again. This is a fun one in the key of C.
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by Fiddlescratcher
3 people like this
Play count: 171
Size: 2,185kb, uploaded 12/5/2009 2:41:37 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen
Let's just call it "freestyle" fiddling, and leave it at that. Still trying to work it out. Newer video: http://www.fiddle4fun.org/video/Tom_and_Jerry/
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by Fiddlescratcher
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9 people like this
Play count: 1698
Size: 3,735kb, uploaded 11/14/2009 2:24:39 PM
Genre: Bluegrass
Happy Thanksgiving! I laid down the bass first, then the guitar, banjo, mandolin and fiddle. I like the banjo break best.
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by Fiddlescratcher
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20 people like this
Play count: 1312
Size: 4,709kb, uploaded 12/29/2009 2:39:33 PM
Genre: Old-Time
Mandolin, fiddle, and vocal.
You know how you sometimes find yourself pulled in by a particular tune? You play it over and over until even your wife starts humming the melody. And after a while she says, "That's a nice song, honey, but can you please take out the trash?"
Well, that's kind of how it's been with this one. I've been playing it on my mandolin all winter break. I decided to record it this morning and force myself to let go of it. Hope you all enjoy it.
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by Fiddlescratcher
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7 people like this
Play count: 1066
Size: 1,350kb, uploaded 8/20/2007 10:05:39 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen
Two fiddles and a guitar; multitrack laptop recording.
First time through the fiddles are more or less in unison. Second time through more or less in harmony.
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