RE: "Farewell Trion"
Thanks for heads up on this tune ....Beautiful. 
Oh Susanna in A#FA#F...
Says who you cannot tune A and E up? I like this tuning ;-)
If I break a string tant pis pour moi ;-)
Yesterday I got introduced to "Bay of Fundy Reel" by Bill Guest. What a fun tune!! You can find videos of Bill Guest playing it on Youtube.
UP with this post hehe. I discovered Clyde Davenport's outdoor recording of Bonaparte's Retreat and been trying to figure it out with YouTube slow speed ... Got the notes right and now I am having a look at the exact way he is bowing it... I got this and so happy now! Learning from old recordings ... I never thought I would reach this point!!!
I can safely play this one outside in the garden now, yay! It feels so good playing a nice tune outside with all the birds on the background.
Feeling alive today :-)))
Playing outside is the best! I need to learn Bonaparte's now because a lot people connect Midnight on the Water and Bona...Alive is good!
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Originally posted by ErockinPlaying outside is the best! I need to learn Bonaparte's now because a lot people connect Midnight on the Water and Bona...Alive is good!
I had a look at Midnight on the water a couple of years ago and I was indeed planning to have a new look at it so I can play this one after Bonaparte's Retreat. I did add half a note ( i think) because my fiddle sometimes just sounds better if I play a bit with the tuning , now i am in D#D#A#D#... Since I play solo it doesn't really matter , no other instruments to take into account . My A string got loose a while ago but it is still playable, I ordered some Helicore titanium A strings. I have the feeling half a step up for the highest strings is not that dramatic. They say never tune up A and E though I believe hehe.
Edited by - Quincy on 05/13/2024 05:38:10
I'm losing the names now...
Last session - flute player, whistle player and I played a reel which the flute player started by saying, "What about this one?" We played it three times through and about halfway through the second time I gave up on trying to think of its name. We finished it and nobody could think of its name, so the accordion player (tune lore type) recorded the first part...
Later that evening she emailed us and said, "Congress reel!"
So what tunes am I playing lately?
I actually don't know!! 
Edited by - NCnotes on 05/13/2024 08:17:26
The Big Elk...
June Apple....I just can't get a good bow going yet...
Last week I have been working on Two Soldiers as played by Fiddlenguy, I got to know this one when it was posted here on FHO. Long time since I had the feeling hey GDAE works fine too :-D
GDAE, that boring ole tuning!
over here, Sean Ryan tunes: The Castle / the Nightingale
"Dull Chisel" - Garry Harrison
"Redbird" - Bob Townsend (polishing)
Going back to the beginning this morning with Cripple Creek...woke up with the melody and now I'm working on my version..lol
Cool...
I often wake up with a tune in my head and then I go in the garage* and play for a few minutes before breakfast...yes I am a weirdo.
*to avoid waking up sleeping household humans
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Originally posted by NCnotesCool...
I often wake up with a tune in my head and then I go in the garage* and play for a few minutes before breakfast...yes I am a weirdo.
*to avoid waking up sleeping household humans
That's the way I start every day. Coffee and Fiddle.
I'm in G-DAD today. Flatwoods, Saddle up the Grey, Swamp Cat Rag.
Still playing:
Panhandle Rag
Beaumont Rag
Chinese Breakdown
I may warm up or rinse with a 12bar Blues. (Improvisation)
I may work on these until I'm satisfied. This may take a lifetime.
Ebb And Flow
49 Cats In A Rainbarrel
Gunboat
Rabbitt In The Pea Patch
Root Hog Or Die
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Originally posted by farmerjonesStill playing:
Panhandle Rag
Beaumont Rag
Chinese Breakdown
I may warm up or rinse with a 12bar Blues. (Improvisation)
I may work on these until I'm satisfied. This may take a lifetime.
One of my goals is to get proficient in 12 bar blues in the important keys.
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Originally posted by farmerjonesStill playing:
Panhandle Rag
Beaumont Rag
Chinese Breakdown
I may warm up or rinse with a 12bar Blues. (Improvisation)
I may work on these until I'm satisfied. This may take a lifetime.
I haven't taken the discipline to register the minor pentatonic scales in my vocabulary just yet. I think I have D and A sort of down. But, I should learn the major 12 bar blues first. I can play them on bass and guitar so it'll just take some time and ear training to get it down. I mainly work on the songs I know and at times I'll take a moment to slow down but I keep just running a tune that I'm able to pick out. This morning was "Big Footed Man...etc..." lol
Just worked out an arrangement of "The Cuckoo" (Most folk know it as "Si bheag Si mhor") In C Maj.
A friend of mine has a little medieval Harp thing that sounds great, but it it is tuned to C.
Ooo that is gonna be lovely Pete!
Our sesh leader is bringing her harp next week, I can’t wait to hear it.
Today's tune was Jerry Holland's "My Cape Breton Home." What a wonderful, tender piece!
I find it pretty scary to see my latest video appear on the front page of FHO dang I am singing there. I forgot to deselect the option to make it appear in the jukebox list (I guess)
It's good most of you all live far away anyway haha.
Playing today: still Two Soldiers but about time to let it go for a while so I can return back to it later on! I need more of these very old tunes that is for sure.
But for now I have a cool short video with 3 OT bowing patterns to practise they sound cool.
Edited by - Quincy on 06/28/2024 14:45:05
You know, Anja, I don't think its even an option not to include a video in the playlist, alhough I'm not positive.
