Maria McCullough : Flog (Fiddle Blog)

Fiddle 2 Rep, October 24, 2011

Hi everyone!

It was great to play with some of you yesterday. Some of you I haven’t met yet, and I look forward to playing with you, too!

Here’s a <a href="“>PICTURE of our set list on Monday

Next week we’ll work on the chords for these tunes.

Requests for this session that we’ll work on:

-The Pentatonic Scale

Inchapikua (Mariposa)

-I plan on working on the same repertoire on Mondays and Thursdays, so I’ll keep one blog for both classes

If you want to here the tunes, you can go to the Tune Archive, oldtownschool.org/fiddle/fun. If you don’t see a tune you’re looking for, check out “Tunes for Kids” at the top of the Tune Archive page.

Maria

Filed under: Fiddle 2 Rep,Maria McCullough by Maria | October 25, 2011 | Comments (0)

Fiddle 1 Rep with Maria, 8/2/11

Hi!

In both classes we learned Old Joe Clark and Cluck Old Hen this last week.

Next week is graduation! The Monday class has decided to do Liza Jane and we’ll decide on Thursday what we’ll do for that class.

This Thursday is the last Thursday Open Jam for the session. Come on out before class between 7-8:30pm to jam on your tunes with other folks.

It’s been a really fun session so far, thank you!

Maria

Filed under: Fiddle 1 Rep,Maria McCullough by Maria | August 2, 2011 | Comments (0)

Fiddle 1 Rep (July 18, 2011)

Hi friends!

We’re getting a pretty good group of tunes in a repertoire!

In both classes, we’re working on Black Eyed Susie (Key of D in the Kids’ Section of Tune Archive) and Cripple Creek (Key of A -Adult Section of Tune Archive.)

We worked on Dink’s Song today out of the Old Town School Songbook and we’re start Somewhere Over the Rainbow this Thursday in the Key of C.

Other tunes we’ve learned or reviewed:

Shortnin’ Bread (Key of D)
Angeline the Baker (Key of D)
Liza Jane (Key of A)
Koputus Polkka (Key of Am) – some folk know it
Oh Susannah (Key of D)

Other tunes we’ll get to before the end of the session:

Old Joe Clark ( A modal – Kids’ Section of Tune Archive)
Cluck Old Hen (A modal – Kids’ Section of Tune Archive)

Have a good week, maybe I’ll see you at a jam!

Maria

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Fiddle 1 Rep- Maria, July 5, 2011

Hi!

On Thursday night, we learned Cripple Creek… it will be up on the Tune Archive soon, in the meantime, here is the link:

http://www.oldtownschool.org/fiddle/fun/cripplecreek4672.mp3

I also played Black Eyed Susie (both versions in the Kids’ Section) and Ida Red (Jonas Friddle’s version in the Kids’ Section) for homework

http://www.oldtownschool.org/fiddle/fun/kids.html

On Monday morning, we worked on Liza Jane and I played the harmony part to Koputus Polkka.

The Songs of the Session are Dink’s Song and Somewhere Over the Rainbow, more info here:

http://www.oldtownschool.org/classes/songs/session11_4.html

Hope to see you on Thursday night for the 9th Annual Midwest Fiddle Championship, First Friday or at the Chicago Folk & Roots Festival!

Maria

Filed under: Fiddle 1 Rep,Maria McCullough by Maria | July 5, 2011 | Comments (0)

Fiddle 1 Rep- Maria’s Classes, Week 1 and 2

Hi friends!

It’s been a great first couple of weeks. I’ll be making posts here on a weekly basis to let you know what we’re working on. You can find the tunes posted on the Tune Archive at:

oldtownschool.org/fiddle/fun

Also, check out the Tunes for Kids’ Section for tunes that will help you with your ear training.

In the Monday morning class we’ve worked on Boil Em Cabbage, A and B part, Angeline the Baker, Koputus Polkka and Liza Jane. Other tunes we know are Shortnin’ Bread and Oh Susanna. Tara brought a song in that she would like to work on, so I’ll bring that in next time.

For Thursday class, we’ll review this week and learn Cripple Creek (per request of Tracy) and possibly Koputus Polkka.

The Songs of the Session this summer or Dink’s Song (from the Old Town School of Music Songbook) and Somewhere Over the Rainbow. We’ll be touching on both of those songs in the Key of C. I’m excited because I’ll be learning them in my ‘Ukelele class as well. To find out more about the Songs of the Session click here:

http://oldtownschool.org/classes/songs/session11_4.html

Play with you soon!

Maria

Filed under: Maria McCullough by Maria | June 27, 2011 | Comments (0)

Fiddle 1, Monday, June 6, 2011

Hi!

We’ve decided to do Angeline the Baker for graduation next week. We’ll meet at 10am for for class and then go down to graduation at 11:15am. It’s going to be super fun!

We worked on Koputus Polkka on Monday. If you’re comfortable, you can play that tune with the Fiddle 2 class on Monday

Let me know if you have any questions

Maria

In prep for Koputus, we did the A Minor scale. You’ll be able to find it on the Tune Archive today or tomorrow.

Filed under: Fiddle 1,Maria McCullough by Maria | June 9, 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)

9th Midwest Fiddle Championship

Presented by the Fiddle Club of the World (Chicago Chapter)

Youth/Family Division – July 1, 5:30 – 7:00 PM, in the concert hall at 909 W. Armitage Avenue
Open Division 1st Round & Youth/Family Semi-Finals – Thursday, July 7, 7:00 – 10:00 PM in the concert Hall at 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue
Open Division Finals & Youth/Family Finals – Saturday, July 9 at 12:30 PM, Folk & Roots Festival main stage in Welles Park

You should enter.

Everyone is welcome to come listen and cheer. Free admission to 1st Round and Semi-Finals.
More info and entry form at Chicago Folk & Roots Festival

Filed under: General Interest,Maria McCullough,Paul Tyler by Paul | June 2, 2011 | Comments (0)