Fiddle 3 (Mon) – Week 3

We did a lot this week.

Here’s the chordal harmony Arto Järvelä played for “Green Fields of America”
second voicing

We can use some of the same double stops to second for the new tune we learned.

Indian Corn *

Demonstated by Paul . . .
slow

medium

At the end Arto demonstated two new Finnish tunes, both from Arttu Peltokangas, who had been to America in the middle of the century, and took some American tunes back home.

Henry Fordin sotiisi (in D)

‘Sotiisi’ = schottische, which is a type of couple dance. And yes. It’s the Henry Ford you’re thinking of.

Arttun polkka

* “Indian Corn” was recorded by Lynn “Chirps” Smith, Stephanie Coleman and Paul Tyler for the CD Folksongs of Illinois #2: Fiddlers, produced by the Illinois Humanities Council. On the CD, the tunes is misidentified as “Ol’ Woodard’s Tune.” Chirps learned it from Garry Harrison, and Garry set us straight on the name.

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