Waltz Ensemble, Jamming With Your Guitar Playing Friends

Hi Folks,

I have a couple of classes starting Saturday, March 25th. Jamming is at 2:30 and the Waltz Ensemble is at 4:00. I hope to see you in class. If not I’ll see you down the road. Call 773.728.6000 or sign up at oldtownschool.org.

Waltz Ensemble
If you are intrigued by the world of ¾ tunes then this class is for you. We’ll explore waltz-time tunes from the U.S., Canada, the British Isles, Scandinavia, the rest of Europe, and wherever else we can find them. We love both melody instruments such as fiddles, mandolins, piano, accordion, pennywhistles, and chord players on ukulele, piano, guitar, and bass. Singers, we
might do a few songs but instrumental music Reading is helpful but not required.

Jamming with your Guitar Playing Friends
Have you ever wondered what you are supposed to do when your guitar playing friends say “get out your fiddle and play a song with us?” Is your jam session over when they tell you they don’t know how to back up Soldier’s Joy? Are you completely lost without your written music from high school orchestra? If yes is your answer to any of these questions, then you need to take this class and learn how to jam. We’ll learn a “secret scale” with no bad notes and learn how to make musical phrases. By the time it’s over you’ll be telling your guitar playing friends to get out their instruments so they can jam with
you!

Jordan Wankoff
jwankoff@yahoo.com

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Song of the Session – March 27, 2012

Allá En El Rancho Grande…..

I learned this from my Uncle Jimmy way back…take a look

Maria :)

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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.

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November 8, 2011 – Fiddle 2 Rep

Hi!

This week we worked on Black Eyed Suzy, which can be found in the Kids’ Section of the Tune Archive here:

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

We also started a tune called Inchapikua, here is a link:

http://www.oldtownschool.org/fiddle/fun/inchapikua%28lasmariposas%298536.mp3

Inchapikua is part of a group of tunes that are used to represent the fishermen who cast their butterfly nets early in the morning. The tune comes from the state of Michoacán and is a pirecua. A pirecua is a tune that is syncopated.

Happy fiddlin’!

Maria :)

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Fiddle 2, 10 am Monday (Nov-Dec)

Hi Monday Fiddle 2-
Here are some of the tunes we will be working on. More will be added durning the session so keep an eye on this post.

Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine

Lazy John

Red Haired Boy – Slow then Fast

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Fiddle 1, Thursday, June 2, 2011

Hi!

We’ve decided to do We’re Going to be Friends for graduation. We’re working out some harmonies, it’s going to rock!

Here is a you tube video of the tune

See you tonight!

Maria :)

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Tunes from over the sea – England

Hi friends!

Here are some tunes Jason and I played over at the Hexham Gathering. Jaime Allen is a really popular tune, kind of like our Angeline the Baker, I think (which they also play! :)

Some say that Jaime Allen was the last man to be hung in Durham – whoa!

Here is Reed House Rant

http://www.oldtownschool.org/fiddle/fun/reedhouserant6897.mp3

Here is Jaime Allen with Salmon Tails Up the Water

http://www.oldtownschool.org/fiddle/fun/jaimeallenandsalmontailsupthewater5510.mp3

They should be up on the Tune Archive soon, too!

Maria :)

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Old-Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 7

We learned a tune originally taught to the Old-Time Ensemble class in September 1996 by Bruce Greene of Burnsville, North Carolina.

Steppin’ in the Parlor (This is Bruce playing the tune with Steve in ’96.)

Bruce will be featured at the Fiddle Club of the World meeting, Friday April 15, 8:30p at the Atlantic Bar & Grill (5062 Lincoln). He’ll also be giving a workshop at the School on Saturday April 16 at 1:30.

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Fiddle 4 Cajun (Tue) – week 6

Jolie Blonde by Al Berard & Friends

This is a good one. Ignore all the others recorded by me in the Tune Archive
Jolie Blonde medium

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Trio Ollín Visits the Saturday Open Jam – Old Town School of Folk Music

Check out this great video that Jason McInnes put together for us!

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Parents, and students, thanks for being a part of this great community!

Love,

Maria :)

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