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Originally posted by NCnotesI like to play in the morning before work when the house is empty, too!
My only problem is that while playing, I get engrossed and when I pick up my coffee to take a sip, it's now lukewarm...urgh...I could put it in a travel mug, hmm.
I also think I sound fantastic when playing along with Martin and PJ Hayes...it's only when they stop playing, that it doesn't sound so good...hehehe.
There's the difference......They don't need to go to work..... Fiddling "is" their work.
Happy Mardi Gras! (cool it's on Tuesday this year!)
Playing at the Gumbo House (in case anyone wants to swing by, listen dance eat). We're might do the short parade bit... fortunately heat wave in mid 40s; so might might not be too bad.
Definitely be playing - "Danse de Mardi Gras"; "Chanson de Mardi Gras"; "Creole Marde Gras". Don't have narrowed set list, but will include many other pretty standard Cajun two-steps and waltzes.
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Anyone else celebrating, participating in Mardi Gras or perhaps even Carnival?
Edited by - alaskafiddler on 02/13/2024 14:20:37
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Originally posted by DougDQuincy - I've never really listened to the "Jenny" tune, but I recently looked it up and was interested to learn that that odd title is apparently a "mishearing" of " Jenny ran away in the middle of the night" and that its related to an old English song.
Anyway, have you ever heard this tune by James Crase? slippery-hill.com/content/fiddler-dram They must be cousins of some sort. I play that one.
I really dig the sound of this recording <3 I knew about the origin of the odd title of the Jenny tune, which is also mentioned in the course I'm enrolled in.
It is remarkable how alike these two tunes are, even the lyrics are both about a Jenny, I wonder how these two became two separate tunes. I just love the dog verse in the James Crase tune , but cannot understand each word, I found these lyrics however pretty close to what is sung I think:
I got a dogSitting on a fenceAnd I haven't seen the damn thing since
Quite funny these negligent thoughts about dogs in old time tunes!
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Originally posted by alaskafiddlerHappy Mardi Gras! (cool it's on Tuesday this year!)
Playing at the Gumbo House (in case anyone wants to swing by, listen dance eat). We're might do the short parade bit... fortunately heat wave in mid 40s; so might might not be too bad.
Definitely be playing - "Danse de Mardi Gras"; "Chanson de Mardi Gras"; "Creole Marde Gras". Don't have narrowed set list, but will include many other pretty standard Cajun two-steps and waltzes.
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Anyone else celebrating, participating in Mardi Gras or perhaps even Carnival?
Carnaval has been all over the country last week. I do not celebrate carnaval (I am just really not into carnaval music or drinking beer like lemonade) but I do support and defend the happening as an ultimate example of freedom of speech. In Belgium we have whole parades where the carnavalists severely mock politicians and other famous belgians , they are all portrayed as caricatures of themselves.
Here you can see for example a depiction of the young leader of the socialist party, who was drunk one night at the pub and made some reprehensible comments about the Roma community. Elsewhere he was portrayed with a Hitler moustache, this one is one of the more mild images of this politician. The text below is dialect and says something like : ''But their Roma beer I drink like lemonade''. (Roman Pils is in fact an existing beer of the belgian Roman brewery, they just left out the 'n' in the brand name)
Starting on Indian Corn. Fun tune in G.
Maple Sugar
Old Indiana
Frog on the Lillypad
Back up & Push
Liza Jane
In my head, I'm playing Humback Mule and Road To Malvern....Excited to get to my fiddle and try these! Besides the speed on Humpback, it's pretty obtainable!
Right now it's the lunkty-dunktiest Arkansas Traveler ever attempted.
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Originally posted by ErockinIn my head, I'm playing Humback Mule and Road To Malvern....Excited to get to my fiddle and try these! Besides the speed on Humpback, it's pretty obtainable!
Are you learn the version of Road to Malvern by Light and Hitch? Mighty fine.
Edited by - tonyelder on 02/20/2024 15:35:48
Playing Irish tunes on prep for upcoming gigs, on fiddle and whistle.
Geese in the Bog
Morrison's Jig
Mouse in the Mug
John Ryan's Polka
Jig of Slurs
and many more!
Also, have been asked, by several people, to learn Chirps and Williams, so that's on the list.
Recorded a bassline for Maple Sugar. It doesn't have the E part.
Arkansas Traveler is one of those tunes that I start on the B part, for reasons unknown? I think it stems from at one time, the tuff part set the tempo, then one plays the easy part without speeding up.
Edited by - farmerjones on 02/20/2024 19:34:14
I've been playing I Gave My Love A Cherry. It's a nice old tune even without the words. It's also the song the guy was singing in the famous guitar smashing scene in Animal House.
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Originally posted by tonyelderquote:
Originally posted by ErockinIn my head, I'm playing Humback Mule and Road To Malvern....Excited to get to my fiddle and try these! Besides the speed on Humpback, it's pretty obtainable!
Are you learn the version of Road to Malvern by Light and Hitch? Mighty fine.
I will have to check that out! I found comfort in this version so far. Cheers!
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Originally posted by Erockinquote:
Originally posted by tonyelderquote:
Originally posted by ErockinIn my head, I'm playing Humback Mule and Road To Malvern....Excited to get to my fiddle and try these! Besides the speed on Humpback, it's pretty obtainable!
Are you learn the version of Road to Malvern by Light and Hitch? Mighty fine.
I will have to check that out! I found comfort in this version so far. Cheers!
https://youtu.be/xjP12glAsGk?si=9WLiGGGr69OqY4I2
Nice. Pretty much the same version as Light and Hitch. I picked it up from them. (couldn't find a YouTube video of them)
Great tune.
Edited by - tonyelder on 02/21/2024 06:58:03
I've been learning and playing Julianne Johnson. A catchy tune and not too hard for a beginner like myself. Next up is John Harford's Every Hour on the Hour. I really like the song. It's played bit fast for me, so I'll really have to work up to it. For those who don't know it:
youtube.com/watch?v=gjCKUJutpRo
I've been engaged with a daily tune challenge on the Facebook page - Fiddle Tune Video Library. (Anyone can participate.) The tune is posted at 6am Central and we don't know what it is or the key. The rule is to record a video of yourself playing the tune from memory (no notes) at a moderate tempo and post it to the page within 24 hours. Waltz, reel, hornpipe, march, polka, jig. Many of the tunes I know and play, but there have been a number that have been new to me. Bowing for jigs is driving me nuts!!
There are some very good fiddlers participating in this who intimidate the snot out of me. But the ones who really impress me are those who are early in their fiddle journey. The courage and determination they show in posting videos is just something. They are the ones who inspire me!
I am using this exercise as a way to hold myself accountable to a promise I made at the first of the year - to have at least an hour a day of focused playing - working on intonation, technique, etc. I has been a very good experience for me!
Today's tune: Tripping Up the Stairs (6/8: Key: D)
What?? Jigs?? Yes! We have essentially shunned jigs from the OT repertoire, but they are a lost component. I think we need to reclaim them! My mentors in the Ozarks/Missouri played a healthy number of them, but the guitarists had no clue how to back them. They feel awkward to bow, but the more I play them the more natural it is getting.
doryman - That's a great tune, and lots of fun to play. Just keep in mind the old adage "There is no G chord in Julie Ann Johnson."
Emmett Lundy (The Master) youtu.be/7tIhWh88uyE?feature=shared
PS - Here's an alternate take of just solo fiddle, without the backup: slippery-hill.com/content/juli...johnson-0
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Originally posted by Erockinquote:
Originally posted by tonyelderquote:
Originally posted by ErockinIn my head, I'm playing Humback Mule and Road To Malvern....Excited to get to my fiddle and try these! Besides the speed on Humpback, it's pretty obtainable!
Are you learn the version of Road to Malvern by Light and Hitch? Mighty fine.
I will have to check that out! I found comfort in this version so far. Cheers!
https://youtu.be/xjP12glAsGk?si=9WLiGGGr69OqY4I2
That version lacks what I prefer when learning a tune - solo fiddle. Nothing like hearing all the bow strokes and notes from one player. With all those harmony notes going on in that version seems pretty easy to lose the tune proper.
I've played that tune many times at Clifftop and probably with Lee somewhere, but it's crooked and I save my memory for tunes that are appropriate for contra dancing, so I still can't play it really 
Edited by - ChickenMan on 02/21/2024 13:39:44
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Originally posted by ChickenMan"...but it's crooked and I save my memory for tunes that are appropriate for contra dancing..."
...speechless!
...disappointment!
...kidding!
Makes sense, but... fortunately, I'm not playing for contra dances, so I've learned a fair number of 'em. However, I've been encouraged by a banjo player who likes them too. So, we have fun with them. They can be a challenge.
Edited by - tonyelder on 02/22/2024 14:37:46
I don't shun them, know a couple handful of them, but as far as memorizing to the point of being able to kick it off, can't do it. Precious little space in the head for that stuff.
I did commit "Bound to Have a Little Fun" to memory this past year, and it is crooked but in an extra couple of measures way rather than an odd beat short or long here or there.
Pig Ankle Rag, Back Up And Push.
I'm going to start learning Farewell Trion. It's in C! Ahhhgh!
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Originally posted by dorymanI'm going to start learning Farewell Trion. It's in C! Ahhhgh!
I can jam along with it but it's never quite right...Super fun tune.
C is good for you but it is the gateway key. Next thing you know you be playing in F or (shudder) Bb! Before long E might creep in there.
If you ask me, you're doomed.
