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No better day for Turkey in the Straw right? Trying it in different keys than G is fun too
I played, Old Home Place, Little Georgia Rose, One Horse Town, and The Joker. A little bit of Fire & Rain. Nice afternoon. Very pleasant outside if you can get out of the wind.
Let's see, some of what I played with my friends this past Tuesday night.
East Tennessee Blues
That's My Rabbit, My Dog Caught It
Saturday Night Breakdown
Chinese Breakdown (in C)
Sailor's HP (in F or C; can't remember)
Lowry's Quadrille
Lafayette
Edited by - carlb on 11/24/2023 05:08:53
Carl thanks for the reminder. I learned Sailor's Hornpipe in C but now gonna try it in F. Also been enjoying Turkey in the Straw in B flat, seems a little easier than in G - long as the band's got their capos ready!
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Originally posted by Saltcured
Also been enjoying Turkey in the Straw in B flat, seems a little easier than in G - long as the band's got their capos ready!
Wow! That makes the note-y version I like to play so much easier, especially that first phrase.
Bb for the win!
Yep, fewer string crossings. Just think, all those years I played the thing in G without wondering if there's an easier key for it. Never too late, right? That's what I like about this forum
Silver spire, tam Lin, cleburne county reel, grassy fiddle blues, fiddling around, etc
Had a decent day. Went for 3 long walks
I've been playing too many different tunes lately, I need to focus.
I've been working on Beaumont Rag and President Garfield's Hornpipe, for example.
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Originally posted by SaltcuredYep, fewer string crossings. Just think, all those years I played the thing in G without wondering if there's an easier key for it. Never too late, right? That's what I like about this forum
I really like the tonality of it there too, not sure why. Seems sweeter somehow, less harsh despite being one and a half steps higher in pitch.
Morning, Ya'll! I updated my practice play list and here are a few that I'm working on!
Golden Slippers
Old Horse and Buggy
Liza Jane
Amazing Grace
Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
& Way Downtown
Cheers!
Tumblin Dice
Little Runaway
I ran over a few tunes this morning while drinking some coffee; here's what came out:
-Baby Ben (James Bryan)
-Kansas City Rag (Leftwich/Gellert, Hoosier Hum-Dingers)
-Waynesboro (One I cobbled together from a Bruce Greene version/and Clyde Davenport's Ladies in the Ballroom)
-Unnamed Tune in G (Uncle Bob Walters via Bill Petersen)
-An Unnamed Tune in G (Clyde Davenport)
-Off She Goes (Mack Blaylock version via James Bryan)
-Rocky Palace (Manco Sneed)
-Ten Cent Piece (from a Brad Leftwich workshop, 1995; I forget who his source was?)
-Billy in the Lowground (a very minimalist version that's in the Thede Book, that I souped-up/changed around and augmented)
-Billy in the Lowground (another very minimalist version from Melvin Wine)
-Tom Wagner (version that all the fiddlers from the Deseret String played, it's got a different third-part than their source, KC Kartchner)
-Dog Treed a Possum Up the White Oak Tree (Garry H/Chirps Smith).....then the phone rang.
Cumberland Gap...I've almost got it! All 3 parts
Old Joe Clark
Don't let your sweet love die
Today I burned your old love letters
I've been working on a tune called Lay Me Down Eleven Pence over the last year. It's from panhandle WV fiddler Israel Welch. Not really that difficult or unique, but I spend a lot of time on getting tunes the way I want them.
Edited by - Shawn Craver Fiddler on 12/14/2023 09:01:16
in AEAE
Bull at the wagon
Drunken hiccups attempt
Shove that pig's foot ...
Trying to learn Gone to the Free State with Rayna Gellert
In D, Snake Chapman's Tune ...as opposed to Snake's Wild Tune that I played ad nauseum last week..
Silent Night
Turkey in the Straw
I tried. What Child is This, and Snow Deer
But nothing a could save.
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Originally posted by bubbaschnellI ran over a few tunes this morning while drinking some coffee; here's what came out:
-Baby Ben (James Bryan)
-Kansas City Rag (Leftwich/Gellert, Hoosier Hum-Dingers)
-Waynesboro (One I cobbled together from a Bruce Greene version/and Clyde Davenport's Ladies in the Ballroom)
-Unnamed Tune in G (Uncle Bob Walters via Bill Petersen)
-An Unnamed Tune in G (Clyde Davenport)
-Off She Goes (Mack Blaylock version via James Bryan)
-Rocky Palace (Manco Sneed)
-Ten Cent Piece (from a Brad Leftwich workshop, 1995; I forget who his source was?)
-Billy in the Lowground (a very minimalist version that's in the Thede Book, that I souped-up/changed around and augmented)
-Billy in the Lowground (another very minimalist version from Melvin Wine)
-Tom Wagner (version that all the fiddlers from the Deseret String played, it's got a different third-part than their source, KC Kartchner)
-Dog Treed a Possum Up the White Oak Tree (Garry H/Chirps Smith).....then the phone rang.
Waynesboro - nice tune. It always reminds me of John Hartford. It just sounds like something he would play.
I spent a good share of this morning creating a backing track for Byron Berlin’s YouTube video of “foghorn leghorn” which is imho a super fun tune to fiddle.
I also worked on Hamilton Special and Fooling Around, both by Aubrey Hainey.
Learning beautiful jig “wealth is contentment”.
But mostly I am in a “tear down and rebuild” phase now! Had my first Irish fiddle lesson and he said my playing sounds “tight” …wants me to use less bow, and play like I am relaxed, slouched in my chair…
I have memories of my childhood from my violin teacher; “more bow! More bow!” And “violin up! Stand up straight!” ( I was never allowed to sit while playing or practicing).
So, this crossover business is hard! :-D
Probably would have been easier to just take up mandolin or tenor banjo LOL…
Oh and also been playing the “Christmas Eve” reel for fun…
I was playing Old Joe Clark in D today. SOme of the old timers I used to be around played it in D. I recently heard a Swedish fiddle tune that sounded a lot like Old Joe Clark. I think that's why I was playing it out of D. Wish I could find that Swedish tune.
Hurray I am speeding up finally , making mistakes on the way but correcting them in a way that sounds quite satisfying at least to me.
So here is my Bull At The Wagon attempt, recorded today.
For those of you who would like to know: I followed this great fiddler's tutorial (but cannot help to play it a bit different , probably because I cannot handle the real thing yet) :
youtu.be/2gywSyOoyJA
I absolutely love AEAE!!
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