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Genre: Old-Time / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen
Learned at a festival in June of 2009. This is a 'no-name' eBay fiddle I call "Tom", since it had Thomastik Dominant strings on it when it arrived. (They've been removed, of course!). Tuning is DDAD
7 comments on “Washington's March”
mudbug Says:
Monday, July 27, 2009 @2:51:10 PM
Great job. Nice drones. Tom sounds good!
OTJunky Says:
Monday, July 27, 2009 @3:40:58 PM
Good playing on a good tune.
--OTJ
bj Says:
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 @6:55:29 AM
ooh, I like this one, and I've been looking for tunes in DDAD!
Dave, you really are getting some nice noise out of your fiddle. I really enjoy listening to you and hope you post more.
scrubber Says:
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 @7:26:04 AM
Thanks, mudbug, OTJ, bj for your nice comments!
dave
ChickenMan Says:
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @9:53:48 AM
This is a variation on Boneparte's Retreat that comes from the playing of Burl Hammons. I just learned it from a Bruce Molsky video. On the B part he uses a noting similar to YOUR Soldier's Joy - a kind of "beef it's what's for dinner" vibe a la Aaron Copeland's Rodeo (influenced by Boneparte's?).
scrubber Says:
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @10:29:50 AM
Hey there, ChickenMan!
I've seen the Molsky video and it WAS an influence (although I didn't use the 'alternate' ending to the 'B' part).
The simularities to SOLDIER'S JOY are coincidental -- don't all fiddle tunes (in some respects) sound alike??
dave
ChickenMan Says:
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @3:38:06 PM
Yeah there are many similarities, and I've heard that variation in Soldier's Joy before. I remember my first up close exposure to Irish music via a guitar player and harp player in Madison about 20 years ago. Everything was in G and after about 3 tunes I was lost in the similarities. I even asked them how they kept them separate in their heads! Now my wife says the same thing to me about the old fiddle tunes I've been collecting.
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