Fiddle 4 : Flog (Fiddle Blog)

Old-Time Ensemble Graduation

will be Wednesday, August 10 at 8pm at the
Atlantic Bar & Grill
5062 Lincoln

Filed under: Fiddle 3,Fiddle 4,Old Time Ensemble,Paul Tyler,Steve Rosen by Paul | August 9, 2011 | Comments (0)

Fiddle 4 Cajun (Tue) – week 4

Bois Sec Ardoin called it the “Dans de Lac Charles,” or the Lake Charles Two-Step. Some think it is similar to a song “Two Step De L’anse À Paille.” or Straw Cove Two-Step.

These recordings were made for the Fiddle Club of the World (Chicago Chapter). The duet is played on fiddles tuned a step low. The slow recording is in standard tuning.

Lake Charles Two-Step Will & Holly Whedbee

slow solo version by Will Whedbee

Filed under: Fiddle 4,Paul Tyler by Paul | July 17, 2011 | Comments (0)

Fiddle 4 Cajun (Tue) – weeks 2&3

Week 2 was a two-step in A. Chord progression is ADDA AEEA (I IV IV I I V V I)

Allons a Lafayette by Hector Duhon (fiddle) and Octa Clark (accordion)

Allons a Lafayette skeleton version; more filled out in later retreats

Week 3 was another tune in A. This one a waltz, so popular it is sometimes referred to as the Cajun national athem.

Jolie Blon – medium

Filed under: Fiddle 4,Paul Tyler by Paul | July 6, 2011 | Comments (0)

Fiddle 4 Cajun (Tue) – week 1

‘Tit Galop pour Mamou, fingered in the key of A.

fiddle break by Dewey Balfa with the Balfa Brothers

double fiddle break by Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys

We learned the tune in the key of A in standard tuning. Many Cajun fiddlers tune all 4 strings down a full step (FCGD), so fingered in A sounds like the key of G. Think of the key as a fingering pattern, not the absolute pitch.

low tuning, slow

low tuning, medium tempo

standard tuning, medium tempo

Filed under: Fiddle 4,Paul Tyler by Paul | June 27, 2011 | Comments (0)

Dustanburgh Rant

Hi!

I learned this tune from Ruth Ball on my first trip to the Sage Gateshead….here we are playing 4 years (?) later!

Hope you enjoy it!

DunstanburghRant

Maria

Filed under: Fiddle 4,Maria McCullough by Maria | June 3, 2011 | Comments (0)

Fiddle 4 Twin Fiddle (Tue) – week 6

A lot of review, plus we started on one new tune . . .

Minuet after Matti Haudanmaa by Arto Järvelä, 2009

With any luck, Arto will drop in on our class next week. Maybe we can learn a harmony part from him.

We’ll also try his arrangement of Indian Corn as a polska.
Intianimaissi by Arto Järvelä, 2009

Don’t forget that Arto, along with the band Kaivama, will be performing next week at World Music Wednesday.

Filed under: Fiddle 4,Paul Tyler by Paul | June 1, 2011 | Comments (0)

Fiddle 4 Twin Fiddle (Tue) – weeks 5&6

Two tunes in preparation for a possible visit from our Finnish friend, Arto Järvelä on June 7. Arto will be performing at World Music Wednesdays on 8 and doing a workshop on June 18.

notation for Hast Schottische & the 3 tunes in this post

(We’ll do this one in week 6)
Raha polska by Erkki Metsapelto

Raha polska by Arto Jarvela

When Arto was here in 2009, we taught Indian Corn to a Fiddle 3 class. Here is the basic tune and Arto’s harmony (taught in week 5).

Indian Corn melody medium tempo

Indian Corn harmony (melody added), slow, then fast

And here is how Arto changed Indian Corn from a hoedown to a Finnish polska (3/4 time).

Intiaanimaissi

Filed under: Fiddle 4,Paul Tyler by Paul | May 24, 2011 | Comments (0)