Fiddle 2Rep (Tue) – week 4

Another D tune, Dry and Dusty.

Dry and Dusty as played by Chirps Smith of the Volo Bogtrotters

His version is based on this one . . .

Dry and Dusty as played by Otis Reynolds of Geff, Illinois

Filed under: Fiddle 2 Rep,Paul Tyler by Paul | February 1, 2012 | Comments (0)

Fiddle 4 Old-Time (Mon) – week 4

We worked on the shuffle bow pattern–long, short short, or slur, saw saw–on this C tune. The versions linked below vary from the tune as we worked on it. A medium tempo demo version in the Tune Archive is close to how we learned it.

Billy in the Lowground by Clay Smith of Fairview Heights, Illinois

Billy in the Lowground by David Hall of Monticello, Indiana

Billy in the Lowground, by Lotus Dickey of Orange County, Indiana

The first Billy was recorded by Jim Nelson in 1992 on a visit to Mr. Smith’s home. I visited David Hall in 1979 and recorded Lotus playing the tune in 1986.

Filed under: Fiddle 4,Paul Tyler by Paul | January 30, 2012 | Comments (0)

Old-Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 3

Boatin’ Up the Sandy, fiddled by Craig Johnson with the Double Decker String Band

There is also a slower demo version in the Tune Archive.

Filed under: Old Time Ensemble,Paul Tyler,Steve Rosen by Paul | January 30, 2012 | Comments (0)

Fiddle 3 (Sun) – weeks 2 & 3

We worked on the shuffle bow pattern–long, short short, or slur, saw saw–on this G tune
Green Fields of America, by Lotus Dickey of Orange County, Indiana

There are also slow and medium tempo demo versions of Green Fields of America in the Tune Archive.

Our first tune in the key of C is a bit challenging.
Old Joe by Bob Walters of Tekemah, Nebraska

Filed under: Fiddle 3,Paul Tyler by Paul | January 30, 2012 | Comments (0)

Fiddle 3, January 26, 2012

Hi!

Here’s my first post of the session!

We’ve worked on Red-Haired Boy. We’ve been using Paul Tyler’s version which you can find on the Tune Archive.

Also, I Still Miss Someone which we’re playing in the Key of C. Here is the C Scale and Pentatonic Scale.

Paul taught Paddy on the Handcar on Monday, here is the abc notation

T:Paddy on the Handcar
M:C|
L:1/8
S:Lotus Dickey of Paoli, Indiana
K:ADor
AG | EGAB A2AB | cBAB cBAG | DGGF G2GE |DEGA BAGD |
EGAB A2AB |cBAB cBcd | edef gfed |1 B2A2 A2 :| 2 B2A2 A4 |:
e2a2 e2a2 | edef gfed | B2g2 B2g2 | BABc dBcd |
e2a2 e2a2 | edef gfed | edef gfed |1 B2A2 A4 :| 2 B2A2 A2 |:

There’s also a recording of the tune if you scroll down this page.

There’s been requests for Tater Patch, In Spite of Ourselves and Indian Corn, and Roscoe. We’re work on one of those on Monday.

Hope you’re having a good week!

Maria :)

P.S. If you get a chance, look up the lyrics for Little Beggarman

Filed under: Fiddle 3,Maria McCullough by Maria | January 26, 2012 | Comments (0)

Fiddle 4 Old-Time (Mon) – week 3

Here’s a recording of Lotus Dickey playing . . .

Dickey’s Discovery in the key of D.

Lotus Dickey (1911-89) lived on Grease Gravy hill south of Paoli in Orange County, Indiana. He thinks he learned this tune from Allen Downey, an older gentlemen who moved to Orange County around 1920 from Robinson, Illinois. Mel Durham, a fiddle born in Illinois, played the same tune as he learned it from his father, and called it King’s Lament.

Filed under: Fiddle 4,Paul Tyler by Paul | January 23, 2012 | Comments (0)

Fiddle 3 (Mon) – week 3

Here’s a recording of Lotus Dickey playing . . .

Paddy on the Handcar in A Dorian mode.

Lotus Dickey (1911-89) lived on Grease Gravy hill south of Paoli in Orange County, Indiana.

Filed under: Uncategorized by Paul | January 23, 2012 | Comments (0)

Old-Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 2

Here’s a recording of Francis Geels playing Sugar in the Gourd. It’s the opening number to a radio show I produced in 1979 dedicated to Francis and his music. The second time through the tune begins a voiceover introducing the program. But you can still here the tune.

Sugar in the Gourd as the first tune on Indiana Hoedown.

Note: click on the title or arrow to listen. Right click on the title to download (save link).

Filed under: Old Time Ensemble,Paul Tyler,Steve Rosen by Paul | January 23, 2012 | Comments (0)

Fiddle 2Rep (Tue) – week 2

Mississippi Sawyer is on the Hands on CD that can be heard on a jukebox linked on the Old Town School’s Fiddle Page. There are slow, medium and fast versions on the Hands On.

Here’s the slow version

You could also buy a copy of the CD at the Old Town School music store.
Disclaimer: I’m on the CD but receive no royalties or profits.

Filed under: Fiddle 2 Rep,Paul Tyler by Paul | January 23, 2012 | Comments (0)

Fiddle 4 Old-Time (Mon) – week 2

Here’s a recording of Lotus Dickey playing “Greasy Strings,” not the version we listened to yesterday in class. This was a home recording from 1986. The sound quality is not as good, but his fiddling was stronger.

Greasy Strings

This recording is not in the Tune Archive, but on my web site, drdosido.net. I’ve started to tell his story here.

Filed under: Fiddle 4,Paul Tyler by Paul | January 17, 2012 | Comments (0)


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