DougD - Posted - 01/06/2014:  06:48:14

I don't think your temperature roller coaster is over yet either. It was 50 here at midnight, now its snowing, 18 degress and heading down!

GeeDubya - An aside - the recording of "The Old Ark's a Moving" by A.A.Gray mentioned at the Fiddler's Companion is a song with a different melody:  youtube.com/watch?v=0GwvgryoYCs  I've noticed that the Fiddler's Companion sometimes has trouble with different tunes with similar names.

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Mojohand40 - Posted - 01/06/2014:  06:50:12

Played a little "Half Past Four" on the Banjo this morning. 

I'm about fiddled out after my weekend. I went to the Upper Potomac Fiddle retreat and got in four different jam groups led by Joe Herrmann.

One especially great one with Joe Herrmann AND Ken Kolodner that went well past midnight on Saturday at a pub. (Wore me out...).

Now, after the weekend, I got a nice little list of tunes to start working on. Tunes that came up at jams a few times that I don't know, so I made a little mental note to work them up in the coming months. (my list of tunes I need to learn is outpacing me a LOT !)

Actually, I only knew about 1 out of every 5 or 6 tunes that came up, but, by Sunday Afternoon, my ability to listen, then start to play around then get the tune a little by playing along started getting a lot better. I found I was able to grab an ending note for each phrase of an unfamiliar tune, then by about the 7th or 8th time through with the jam circle playing it, I'd start to get it a little.

 

Zischkale - Posted - 01/06/2014:  08:12:00

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Actually, I only knew about 1 out of every 5 or 6 tunes that came up, but, by Sunday Afternoon, my ability to listen, then start to play around then get the tune a little by playing along started getting a lot better. I found I was able to grab an ending note for each phrase of an unfamiliar tune, then by about the 7th or 8th time through with the jam circle playing it, I'd start to get it a little.

 

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That's the kind of awareness I'm trying to develop! Sounds like a blast.

I'm still a beginner, and finding time to devote to fiddle that I haven't already promised banjo (and not wanting banjo to become a jilted lover). So I'm playing a hell of a lot of Bile Dem Cabbage, with a side of Ida Red. Tonight hopefully Say Darlin' Say. What I imagine myself playing? Fisher's Hornpipe, real fast, while clogging to the amusement of friends, family and bitter ex-girlfriends.

DougD - Posted - 01/06/2014:  09:01:19

"What I imagine myself playing? Fisher's Hornpipe, real fast, while clogging to the amusement of friends, family and bitter ex-girlfriends." Of course I play only for the joy of artistic self expression, but still I think you've chosen excellent motivation!

ChickenMan - Posted - 01/06/2014:  09:36:09

Been working the various monthly tunes from FHO - Clinch Mt Backstep, Little Maggie, Over the Waterfall, Mississippi Sawyer plus one of my new favorites: Stephen B Tucker's Calliope Piece. Today is a vacation day due to the bitter cold so I am going to woodshed Half Past Four and whatever else pops up in AEae tuning.

ChickenMan - Posted - 01/06/2014:  09:42:02

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Originally posted by DougD

 

I don't think your temperature roller coaster is over yet either. It was 50 here at midnight, now its snowing, 18 degress and heading down!

GeeDubya - An aside - the recording of "The Old Ark's a Moving" by A.A.Gray mentioned at the Fiddler's Companion is a song with a different melody:  youtube.com/watch?v=0GwvgryoYCs  I've noticed that the Fiddler's Companion sometimes has trouble with different tunes with similar names.

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That is a "Negro spiritual" that I sang in high school, barbershop quartet style.  The Old Ark's a Moving ..not  Keep the Ark....  I like 'em both!

Humbled by this instrument - Posted - 01/06/2014:  10:12:11

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Originally posted by ChickenMan

 

Been working the various monthly tunes from FHO - Clinch Mt Backstep, Little Maggie, Over the Waterfall, Mississippi Sawyer plus one of my new favorites: Stephen B Tucker's Calliope Piece. Today is a vacation day due to the bitter cold so I am going to woodshed Half Past Four and whatever else pops up in AEae tuning.

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So what you gonna woodshed at half past four?

DougD - Posted - 01/06/2014:  10:51:18

Another good one for today:  youtube.com/watch?v=NT7KacX3gpU    Also "Big Stone Gap's Getting Mighty Cold," which is quite true:  youtube.com/watch?v=PvlAMcxcuSM

ChickenMan, yes, and you can hear them sort of trying to imitate "Negroes," like so many string band of that era.

Edited by - DougD on 01/06/2014 10:54:24

ChickenMan - Posted - 01/06/2014:  10:53:38

I'll woodshed Half Past, for at half past four it will be half towards five. Then I shall sup upon fine food and drink of strong spirits while strumming ukuleles with the brothers and sisters of the Britches and Hose Ukulele Club.

haggis - Posted - 01/06/2014:  11:06:34

Jock Broon's 70th.

The High Drive.

Donald in the Pigpen.

Brenda Stubbert's Reel.

The Sleeping tune.

The Traditional Jig.

Mojohand40 - Posted - 01/06/2014:  14:17:05

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Originally posted by ChickenMan

 

Been working the various monthly tunes from FHO - Clinch Mt Backstep, Little Maggie, Over the Waterfall, Mississippi Sawyer plus one of my new favorites: Stephen B Tucker's Calliope Piece. Today is a vacation day due to the bitter cold so I am going to woodshed Half Past Four and whatever else pops up in AEae tuning.

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So what you gonna woodshed at half past four?

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Woodshedding at 4:30 can be tough...as it's only 10 minutes after 4:20....bow gets all wobbly...and then I'm looking for a snack.

farmer bob - Posted - 01/06/2014:  18:02:10

Back Step Cindy, between numerous coffee breaks... Bob

Dave S - Posted - 01/06/2014:  19:52:28

Practicing more than playing:

Merry Blacksmith

June Apple (never did have a decent version)

Mississippi Sawyer (ditto, and inspired by ChickenMan)

Opera Reel

Ypsilanti Hornpipe

The Smokey Chimney

Allan's Reel

fiddlepogo - Posted - 01/06/2014:  20:00:07

Turkey in the Straw/Golden Slippers

Eighth of January (with a verse from the song "Battle of New Orleans" thrown in)

Red Wing/Buffalo Gals

Chief O'Neill's Favorite Hornpipe/Harvest Home Hornpipe/Petronella

Irish Washerwoman/Road To Lisdoonvarna

She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain.

Mockingbird Hill/Äppelbo Gånglåt/ Gärdebylåten

Oh Dear, What Can The Matter Be?/ My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean/ The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze/Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing

Tennessee Waltz

(fiddling section of my volunteer convalescent hospital gig today)

Humbled by this instrument - Posted - 01/06/2014:  20:09:45

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Back Step Cindy, between numerous coffee breaks... Bob

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Back step to the coffee pot, pour cup, play more "Cindy"; back step to coffee pot....

Humbled by this instrument - Posted - 01/06/2014:  20:13:31

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Originally posted by fiddlepogo

 

Turkey in the Straw/Golden Slippers

Eighth of January (with a verse from the song "Battle of New Orleans" thrown in)

Red Wing/Buffalo Gals

Chief O'Neill's Favorite Hornpipe/Harvest Home Hornpipe/Petronella

Irish Washerwoman/Road To Lisdoonvarna

She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain.

Mockingbird Hill/Äppelbo Gånglåt/ Gärdebylåten

Oh Dear, What Can The Matter Be?/ My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean/ The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze/Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing

Tennessee Waltz

(fiddling section of my volunteer convalescent hospital gig today)

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Tennessee Waltz has garnered us much applause and crowd sing-along, and I DO love playing the tune; however...and shhhhhhhhhhhh 'cause it's a secret...I hate the lyrics.  

fiddlepogo - Posted - 01/07/2014:  00:16:01

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Originally posted by fiddlepogo

 

Turkey in the Straw/Golden Slippers

Eighth of January (with a verse from the song "Battle of New Orleans" thrown in)

Red Wing/Buffalo Gals

Chief O'Neill's Favorite Hornpipe/Harvest Home Hornpipe/Petronella

Irish Washerwoman/Road To Lisdoonvarna

She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain.

Mockingbird Hill/Äppelbo Gånglåt/ Gärdebylåten

Oh Dear, What Can The Matter Be?/ My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean/ The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze/Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing

Tennessee Waltz

(fiddling section of my volunteer convalescent hospital gig today)

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Tennessee Waltz has garnered us much applause and crowd sing-along, and I DO love playing the tune; however...and shhhhhhhhhhhh 'cause it's a secret...I hate the lyrics.  

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Well, you know.. I'm not that fond of them either BUT... they depict real life situations.  At one of the places I play, there was one guy who met his wife that way... it's not like he TRIED to steal her from his friend... but the gal fell in love with him...  could she even be reasoned out of it? Probably not.

The waltz got so popular to where it was traditionally the last dance at square dances.... and being a slow romantic dance, if you danced it with the wrong person... well, applecarts could get majorly UPSET!!!  There's also that 50's song "Save the Last Dance for Me"... with the same situation in mind.

One of the reasons I think that song is kind of an anthem for the generation that went through WWII is that the war years were VERY rough on relationships.... guys were out of touch, sometimes encircled under siege, in secret operations, prison camps, wounded in hospitals... women were moving around working in war industries, knowing their sweethearts were in really dangerous operations and not getting any news for months... at some point some must of just 'cracked" and guys coming home from battle so changed that the woman was like "I don't know this man- where is the sweet young guy I fell in love with???" And how can you fix that on a short leave?.... and the guys had their "situations" overseas as well- lots of opportunities for broken hearts and regrets.  The triangle at the end of the square dance kind of sums up all that sadness for them... it was just a REAL common experience... much more so than most other generations, I think.  The sacrifices made on the battlefield were only part of what that generation sacrificed.

FiddleJammer - Posted - 01/08/2014:  21:09:52

I think Tenessee Waltz was popular in the last century because of Patti Page.

But, that's just me.  :-)

youtu.be/_Ek3eCbfqp0

GeeDubya - Posted - 01/09/2014:  05:47:52

And for TN Waltz lovers.  When you're sick and tired of that one try J.P. Fraley's "White Rose Waltz".  Has much of the same feel - especially the modulation in the B-part.  Pre-dates TN W by a few decades - Fraley learned it in Utah.  Maybe one of them Mormon tunes.

fiddlinmike55 - Posted - 01/11/2014:  08:18:39

Gearing up for St Patrick's Day busy season with

Tarbolton Medley
Brendan Tonra's-Kilavil-Ships in Full Sail
Humours of Trim-Scatter the Mud-Paddy Rafferty’s
Dunmore Lasses –Woman of the House– Julia Delaney
Merrily Kiss the Quaker-Dan O’Keefe’s-Denis Murphy
Caislan na ‘Or-Bobby Casey-Tailor’s Twist
Pipe on the Hob-Blarney Pilgrim
Chase Me Charlie-Dinny O’Keefe’s-Going to the Well for Water
Cup of Tea – New Copperplate – Old Copperplate
Cronin’s – Chief O’Neills Favorite
Father O’Flynn - TenPenny Bit – Tripping Up the Stairs
Hare in the Corn-Peeler and the Goat-Connie Walsh’s
Darby Gallagher’s-Humours of Ballyloughlin
Soldier’s Joy-Miss McLeod’s

Fiddle Chick 05 - Posted - 01/18/2014:  14:44:22

sounds like a busy music schedual lol wish i had one like that lol

pdfarrell - Posted - 01/18/2014:  15:33:51

Fiddle:

drowsy maggie

connaughton's ramble

St Anne's reel

Rachel

Aunt Katie theer's a Bug on me

Banjo:

Rachel

Mississippi Sawyer



Small day. Beer drinking started early