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Dewdrop Hornpipe – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 33

February 3, 2012 By Vi Leave a Comment

I learned Dew Drop Hornipe from Lisa Barrett, when I stayed at their house when I was in High School. I remember Dick telling me that it was a tune I could play as a breakdown at any fiddle contest. I haven’t played it in many contests, but I do still enjoy playing it. There is an especially cool fingering on the shift down the second time through the B Part.

I’m playing it at the Hey Cupcake Airstream food trailer on South Congress in Austin, TX. There was a guy busking in front of it when I came by. I asked him if he wanted to join me playing on youtube, and he split. I hope I didn’t scare him off.

This is all that Fiddler’s Companion Had to Say about Dew Drop Hornpipe

DEW DROP HORNPIPE. American, Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The ‘B’ part of this melody appears in the tune “Brilliancy.” There was a variety house called the Dew Drop In in New York in the Civil War years. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 85. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 119.

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Huckleberry Hornpipe – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 11

January 11, 2012 By Vi 2 Comments

Huckleberry Hornpipe is one of the first fiddle tunes that I remember playing in a fiddle contest. I didn’t play it very well at the time and didn’t do very well at the contest. Rather than thinking, “I should go practice some more.” I thought, “Gee, I must need a better song.”

That was dumb, but sometimes that’s how a 12 year old boy thinks!… Since then, I have often enjoyed playing Huckleberry Hornpipe. It’s one of those tunes that really does stick with you.