Fiddle 1 (Sun) – weeks 4 & 5

First of all, I made corrections to the Abc notation tutorial.

Oh Susanna at medium tempo

There are slow and fast versions downloadable on the Tune Archive.

Black-Eyed Susie slow

Click the arrows to play. Right click the colored titles to download and save link.

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Fiddle 4 (Mon) – week 6

Slightly different from the way we learned it in class . . .

That’s My Rabbit, My Dog Caught played by Steve Rosen, slowly

Draper Walter & Family recorded the tune in 1932 for Gennett Records in Richmond, Indiana, their home town. That old 78 is available as a download on Amazon.

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Fiddle 3 (Sun) – week 5

Tohono O’odham fiddling is some of the most fun. Great dance music. Everybody polka.

Lonnie Polka by the Gu’Achi Fiddlers of the Tohono O’odham nation

One of their albums is still available on CD from Canyon Records. (Click the name)

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Fiddle 3, February 13, 2011

Hi!

Today we reviewed Arkansas Traveler, you can listen to it on the Tune Archive, Paul put a nice version of Lee Stoneking playing it.

We also worked on Cripple Creek, listen to Tommy Jarrell and Kyle Creed playing it for a source recording and you can listen to Danny Miller’s slow version to hear how we’re doing it in class.

We tried Cripple Creek in Standard Tuning (G, D, A, E) and then we also tried it in Cross A or Sawmill Tuning (A, E, A, E)

Next week we’ll try it in G

Have a nice time playing this week!

Maria :)

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Old-Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 5

You start in G, then you go to D. Then you come back and do it all again.

Puncheon Floor by Esker Hutchins of Dobson, North Carolina

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Fiddle 2Rep (Tue) – week 5

A fun tune in G, with more bow rocking.

Cotton-Eyed Joe, short version at medium tempo

Cotton-Eyed Joe, long version, slower

lyrics in a pdf file

Filed under: Fiddle 2,Paul Tyler by Paul | February 8, 2012 | Comments (0)

Fiddle 3 (Sun) – week 4

A classic in D, the Arkansas Traveler. This version is close to how I taught the tune. More great ideas for variations can be found on the version Colby posted in the Tune Archive.

Arkansas Traveler by Lee Stoneking from Missouri

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Fiddle 4 (Mon) – week 5

Grab your sweetie for a waltz! (In the key of C)

Black Velvet Waltz by Chirps Smith of Lagrange, Wisconsin

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Fiddle 3 – January 30, 2012

Hi!

It was good to see everyone last week, you all sounded great on Paddy on the Handcar, Paul is going to teach some more bowing next week.

We worked on the A MINOR pentatonic which is: A, C D E G A (we used it in Cross Road Blues)

The A MAJOR pentatonic is: A B C# D E F# A

You can learn more about Cross Road Blues and listen to it here:

http://oldtownschool.org/classes/songs/session11_6.html

We also went over Dancing Bear in Em

you can find it on the Kids’ Tune Archive, oldtownschool.org/fiddle/fun/kids and download the music in Kids’ Fiddle Book 3.

We talked a bit about ABC notation (thanks for your help Kerry), if you have questions, Paul has posted a PDF called “ABC Notation for Fiddle Tunes” at the top of the Tune Archive

oldtownschool.org/fiddle/fun

Hopefully I’ll see you at Open House Friday on February 10

Maria :)

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Youth Mariachi Ensemble – January 31, 2012

Here are the lyrics to Cólas that we learned on Tuesday:

Colás, colás, colás y Nicolás
Lo mucho que te queiro
Y el mal pago que me das

We’ll learn some more next week

You can watch this video of the group Mono Blonco playing in Pasadena, CA

See you next week!

Maria :)

Filed under: Kids,Maria McCullough by Maria | February 2, 2012 | Comments (0)


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