Fiddle 3 : Flog (Fiddle Blog)

Fiddle 3 (Thu) – week 1

A hornpipe from downstate Illinois. We learned this from Garry Harrison of Charleston, who collected it from Jesse James Abbott of Toledo, Illinois.

Rush and the Pepper

slowish, or maybe kinda medium

Filed under: Fiddle 3,Paul Tyler by Paul | June 29, 2011 | Comments (0)

Fiddle 3 (Sun) – week 2

Another tune in D. This one from Missouri.

Spotted Pony by Pete McMahan, circa 1970

Spotted Pony slow

medium tempo

Filed under: Fiddle 3,Paul Tyler by Paul | May 11, 2011 | Comments (0)

Fiddle 3 (Sun) – week 7

Click here for info about the graduation party this Wednesday (Feb. 23) at the Atlantic Bar & Grill.
Come and bring your fiddle.

Che Ridere slower

faster

Filed under: Fiddle 3,Paul Tyler by Paul | February 22, 2011 | Comments (0)

Fiddle 3 (Sun) – week 6

I may have made a mistake in how I presented the tune.
The A part of Connaughtman’s Rambles should be . . .

A/G/ | F#AA dAA | BAA dAA | F#AA def# | edB B2 A/G/|
F#AA dAA| BAA def# | gf#e df#e | dBB B2 ||

Connaughtman’s Rambles by McConnell’s Four-Leaf Shamrock Orchestra (excerpted from a medley)

slower, much slower

Filed under: Fiddle 3,Paul Tyler by Paul | February 13, 2011 | Comments (0)

Fiddle 3 (Sun) – week 5

A bit of the Irish. The Merry Blacksmith, a reel . . .

slow and plain

slow and ornamented

medium tempo on fiddle

The Merry Blacksmith by the Flanagan Brothers, circa 1930

NB This is pretty darn fast. Don’t let it scare you.

Filed under: Fiddle 3,Paul Tyler by Paul | February 7, 2011 | Comments (0)

Oh, My Little Darling by Thaddeus Willingham of Mississippi, circa 1937

[Be aware of a politically incorrect, by historically factual term used by the singer. Today, the name Jimmy or Johnny is substituted.]

medium tempo

Filed under: Fiddle 3,Paul Tyler by Paul | February 3, 2011 | Comments (0)

Fiddle 3 (Sun) – week 3

Shady Grove> played by Alan Jabbour as he learned it from Henry Reed

Go here to hear Henry Reed play Shady Grove

slow

medium

Filed under: Fiddle 3,Paul Tyler by Paul | January 26, 2011 | Comments (0)

Fiddle 3 (Sun) – week 2

Two Swedish tunes, in honor of Mary Allsopp’s visit to the Fiddle Club of the World.

The first one, Gärdebylåten (pronounced Yerdaby Lahtin) is a walking tune. The second is a hambo, a dance in 3/4 time.
Mary provided slow and full tempo versions of the tune here (click link

[Fixed]
Gärdebylåten medium tempo

Kers Pers Polska

Filed under: Fiddle 3,Paul Tyler by Paul | January 23, 2011 | Comments (0)

Fiddle 3 (Sun) – week 1

Bob Holt’s version of the Ninth of January taught on January 9th. This is the way Bob’s father played the Eighth of January. Bob was from Ava, Missouri.

Ninth of January slow

medium tempo

Filed under: Fiddle 3,Paul Tyler by Paul | January 11, 2011 | Comments (0)