Fiddle 4Ever (Tue) – week 2

Turkey in the Straw medium

Fisher’s Hornpipe medium

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Fiddle 3 (Sun) – week 1

Liza Jane J.P. Fraley, 1977

Liza Jane medium tempo

There are more recordings, some slower, in the Tune Archive

Stay All Night medium tempo

Both tunes are on the Hands On Cd available on the store and on the Fiddle Page as a jukebox.

Filed under: Fiddle 3,Jordan Wankoff,Paul Tyler by Paul | July 1, 2012 | Comments (0)

FLOP EARED MULE steve rosen for colby maddox thurs fiddle 1 rep.

nice to meet you janet, janelle, jane, judy and justine.
here is our tune tonight, flop eared mule.

i think you will remember the lyrics.
if not, here is the recording that so influenced me when i was starting out with the fiddle.
the tune is a little different than we did it, but this is to study the lyrics.
holy modal flop eared rounder mules

Filed under: Colby Maddox,Fiddle 1 Rep,Steve Rosen by Steve | June 29, 2012 | Comments (0)

Old-Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 1

Tunes, tunes, tunes!

Avalon Quickstep Willie Narmour & Shell Smith, circa 1928

Dog Treed a Possum Up the White Oak Tree, slow

Dog Treed a Possum Up the White Oak Tree, medium

Filed under: Old Time Ensemble,Paul Tyler,Steve Rosen by Paul | June 28, 2012 | Comments (0)

Fiddle 4Ever (Tue) – week 1

Shuffle your way through these tunes. Maybe even try the Georgia shuffle.

Turkey in the Straw
under construction

Bass in the Hollow, medium tempo

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Fiddle 2 (Tue) – week 1

Sourwood Mountain, slow

Sourwood Mountain, medium

Sourwood Mountain, full tempo

Filed under: Fiddle 2,Paul Tyler by Paul | June 28, 2012 | Comments (0)

Fiddle 1 rep: Monday 10 am, Thursday 7 pm.

Hi Fiddle 1 rep-
Here are some of the tunes we will be working on in class. Please click on the titles to hear the tune, or right click on the titles to download the tune.
-Colby

Sourwood Mountain-Slow

Sourwood Mountain-Medium

Sourwood Mountain-Full Speed

Cripple Creek-Slow

Cripple Creek-Tommy Jarrell

Cripple Creek-Standard

Liza Jane-Slow

Liza Jane-Medium

Liza Jane-Fast

Mississippi Sawyer-slow

Mississippi Sawyer-medium

Mississippi Sawyer-Fast

Filed under: Class,Colby Maddox,Fiddle 1,Fiddle 1 Rep,Teacher by Colby | June 25, 2012 | Comments (0)

Fiddle 4Ever (Tue) – week 7

We worked on some bowing techniques for waltzes. Feel the 1 (2) 3 | 1 (2) 3 | 1 pulse. Tap your foot that way. We also worked on marking the middle beat with little bow swoops on (2).

Westphalia Waltz slower

Westphalia Waltz a little faster (not much, really)

Filed under: Fiddle 4,Paul Tyler by Paul | June 13, 2012 | Comments (0)

Old-Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 6

Hard to start.

Rattle Trap by the Easy Street String Band, 1980

News flash: The Old-Time Ensemble graduation party will be at the Atlantic Bar & Grill (5062 Lincoln) at 8pm on Wednesday, June 20. We’ll be in the back room. Invite your friends and family.

Filed under: Old Time Ensemble,Paul Tyler,Steve Rosen by Paul | June 13, 2012 | Comments (0)

Fiddle 4 Ever (Tue) – week 6

A lovely waltz composed by Craig Johnson named after a lovely (I’m sure) town in Michigan.

Stambaugh Waltz Double Decker String Band

Filed under: Fiddle 4,Paul Tyler by Paul | June 6, 2012 | Comments (0)