Wow...Anja...you are fiddling Sourwood mountain so good...nice job! Very Old Time!
Thank you so much Peggy! Maybe I needed to find this specific tune and version now, because the time was exactly right for me :-))
Truly excellent! The first one, especially, magically takes me back centuries in time!
Thank you Ed :-D I will work hard to get it closer to the original of this version. Next on my list is Yew Piney Mountain. The plan is each day a couple of notes on a low speed till I have reached the end:
This one is outstanding.
I'm an up-tempo guy, but I like both! Maybe the up-tempo version a tiny bit more.
Am I thinking right? I think Peggy might know Dwight Dillar.
Uptempo seemed to be mostly a few more notes through rather than quicker. That matters not. Such a nice tone coming from you and the intonation is great! You'll be playing everything you want in no time (relatively speaking).
quote:
Originally posted by ChickenManUptempo seemed to be mostly a few more notes through rather than quicker. That matters not. Such a nice tone coming from you and the intonation is great! You'll be playing everything you want in no time (relatively speaking).
Before I was going to try Yew Piney Mountain I thought why not try to record myself while playing a blues tune. I know none, so tried to just express all of the drama i don't want in my life haha. The funny thing is that was the last time I could play before the end of next week, because after that I had this broken fine tuner.
That's fate telling me dare to complain again about life! Because I played the blues lol.
Must drive an hour from here to get to the luthier today and he could only have a look at it second half of next week.
Wow...Anja...seems to me you are making some real connections with your fiddle...heart and soul! Very nice!
That is the nicest thing you could have sai about my playing Peggy. Finally my wish is coming true, because all I ever wished for was to be able to learn and play by heart.
Hey Anja - Great job on the fiddling. Surprised you didn't use Strum Machine for some backup. BTW - love the heavy dusting of rosin on your fiddle. Some folks are very picky about wiping it off after every playing session, I myself leave it on. But then all my fiddles came out of flea markets and junk shops.
Hey Rich, good to see you here!! I found a way to postpone the visit to the luthier by using the peg for tuning the G string hehe. I am afraid he won't be that amused if he sees the rosin :-D I see it as an act of resistance against the elite attitude of the classical world, although there are exceptions on this general rule, like my violin teacher that first year. Also here I met progressive violinists/fiddlers by the way, the world needs them. Strum machine is a very good idea... Can use the foot tapping well.
Edited by - Quincy on 11/30/2024 18:22:00
Quincy, I guess you're attracted to the playing of Dwight Diller, but here a few versions of "Sourwood Mountain" I thought might interest you. Its mostly consdered a "folksong," and is more often sung with banjo accompaniment, like this:
youtu.be/n6J1VI3NPc4?feature=shared
Also popular in the African American community - Boone Reid was the father of fingerstyle guitarist Etta Baker:
youtu.be/ZNigGmnOw7Q?feature=shared
Here's a classic string band version. All the fiddle playing on this group's records was by Jim Booker, an African American. He couldn't be shown in promo photos for the group, so Dennis Taylor, the promoter/manager, is shown holding a fiddle. His daugher said he couldn't even hum a tune, let alone play the fiddle.
youtu.be/J3RwwxdGLEE?feature=shared
Lastly, a modern, but still old time version by Eddie Bond, a fine fiddler from Galax:
youtu.be/BwUXDw9ASTI?feature=shared
Lol Rich, I just put on foot percussion, noone can stop me now , this was a priceless hint :-D You made me even more happy now.
Thanks for the links Doug!
Newest Posts
'Pinky On? Pinky Off?' 4 hrs
'Old Violin for Sale' 8 hrs
'Nonesuch' 1 day
'Notation' 2 days
'Baroque bows?' 3 days
'Going Across the Sea' 3 days
