A Journey Begins
This is the first day of my Fiddle tune of the day project. For the next year, I will be posting one new fiddle tune to YouTube each day. Some of them will be me playing solo, and when I can I may have an accompanist, or even another fiddler.
I hope that you enjoy my fiddle tune a day series. If you have suggestions of tunes you would like to hear, please post them as comments below.
Learn to play Arkansas Traveler here
This tune is on my album Not My Monkey
Loving day one. I’ll be here every day if you can keep it up.
Hi, Vi! I love the fiddle tune a day! Would you do the old folk song “Dance, Boatman, Dance”? And when you do can I feature it on my new genealogy web site? I am focusing on the Ohio river region as my research specialty. And that song was about the Ohio. My site isn’t finished yet, but once it is I would link back to your own site. What do you say? Otherwise, my site visitors are going to have to put up with my banjo playing!
Susan
I will put it on my list of tunes to learn. 😉 Thanks. 🙂
Elegant version.Very nice.
Jumping in kind of late here, just signed up May 2, and I am absolutely loving this. As a history buff, as well as fiddle tune lover, I really appreciate the background information and personal stories on all the songs you play. This is such an amazing service to the sometimes mysterious fiddle world 🙂 I have been going through some of the earlier days you recorded, and listening to some favorites. You asked for suggestions, and I would really love to hear a song that I heard at a jam once. Ricky Turpin and Carl Hopkins were jamming, and Ricky played one called Florida Boys? that was just amazing. You may have already recorded this one, I haven’t exhausted the year to date yet, but if you haven’t yet, and know it (I think that was the name, or something along those lines), I would love to hear it again 🙂 Thanks so much for recording Fiddle Tune a Day!
Thanks for tuning in, Laurie. I haven’t heard Florida Boys before, but I will check into it. I’m adding it to my tunes to learn list. 😉
Cool. I loved it!
Thanks Chuck. There were definitely some licks in there that I stole from you back in the day. 🙂
This is a great contribution to the fiddle community. Thanks Vi!
Thanks, Danny! It really is my pleasure to give back to the fiddling community!
Just signed up this week and Loving This! Thank you so much for your commitment and perseverence!
I play the hammer dulcimer and am always looking for new tunes. This is just sooooo cool! Keep playing, music keeps us young!
Thanks Donna. I’m glad you are enjoying it. You might also be interested in the Dulcimer learning website that Steve Eulberg has created: http://www.dulcimercrossing.com
Steve plays with me on a number of the fiddle tune a day tunes, and he and I created an album together last winter: https://www.vithefiddler.com/shop/old-school-old-time-download/
Thanks!
Vi
An acquaintance of mine shared your fiddle tune a day with me and glad he did! So far my fave is Chicken Reel!,,
Excellent, Greg! I'm glad you are enjoying it!
Nice! Did I hear somwhat of Eck Robertson from 1922 here?
Suggestion: How about "The wild dog" by Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang?
That is likely, Anders. I definitely have listened to that album of Eck's, and it's bound to creep into my fiddling when I listen to it enough. 😉 Although, I didn't intentionally take any of the licks from there.
I will add that to my request list. I'm done recording tunes for fiddle tune a day, but I will do more fiddling videos. My current focus is on http://www.myTalentForge.com – Keep the comments coming! 🙂
Cold, Frosty Morning?
That would be day 279. 😉
https://www.vithefiddler.com/cold-frosty-morning-fiddle-tune-a-day-day-279/
What a GREAT way to start your day… a fiddle tune to get you up and running(where’s my bow?)!
Get that bow, Chuck, and fiddle away!!!
Wonderful!
Now I will try to learn to play simple guitar backup along with each tune.
Wonderful. Brightened up my morning.
Thanks, Mike. That's fantastic.
Thanks, Mike. That's fantastic.
Thanks, Norma. 🙂
Thanks, Norma. 🙂
Great tune. Coule you play jack of Diamonds?? Greatly enjoy your playing.
Hi Cody, I actually played 2 tunes by the name Jack of Diamonds during Fiddle Tune a Day, and another tune (Mason's Apron) that was morphed into another tune in the Texas Tradition also called Jack of Diamonds. Here are the Links:
https://www.vithefiddler.com/drunkards-hiccups-fiddle-tune-a-day-day-79/
https://www.vithefiddler.com/jack-of-diamonds-2-fiddle-tune-a-day-day-340/
https://www.vithefiddler.com/masons-apron-fiddle-tune-a-day-day-63/
HI Vi; I loved this when it came out and I love it now. Makes me kind of embarrassed when I think about my version.Thank you. How about the "The Growling Old Man and Woman" Bet you tear that one up!
Hey Vi – do you have sheet music of your tunes? Are they in your books?
I have gotten to your first one you did in January how do I get back to blue skies which I really like that fiddle and song that you did thank you so much
Patsy
Hi Patricia! Here's a link to Blue Skies: https://www.vithefiddler.com/blue-skies-fiddle-tune-a-day-day-247d/
ps. You're very welcome. 🙂
Hi Paula, I have published sheet music to a few tune that are available for sale here on my website. https://www.vithefiddler.com/product-category/sheet-music/
Hi Vi, I discovered you just in time to be able to enjoy you once a day. Here's a challenge for you. I once saw a man play "Angeline the Baker", which is usually thought of as a banjo tune unaccompanied on the fiddle. Would you be up for trying that?
Do you know Patti Kusturok
What joyful fun. Thanks
Love this concept, and looking forward to a new tune daily! Do you play Wizard's Walk at some point?
Do you have lessons for all these tunes? If so, are you having any holiday specials on lessons? I love your fiddling.
Thanks
Steve
Hi Steve,
Thank you. I have lessons for quite a few (but not all) of these tunes at: https://www.mytalentforge.com .
If you click on lessons at the top, you will see the lessons available grouped by a number of different ways, by series, by instrument, by teacher, etc. If you are interested in specific tunes, let me know, and I will let you know about those lessons.
Thanks,
Vi