Hi everybody, I’m back with another New Tune Challenge! I call this one The Christmas Star. It’s a waltz I wrote about 45 seconds before recording. I had a seed of this tune as I was falling as falling asleep two or three nights ago. I was laying in bed and this melody popped into […]
Descent Into the Depths – Vi The Fiddler’s New Tune Challenge
Hello, my fine fiddling friends! Here’s a New Tune Challenge for you! I just finished writing this one about five minutes before I recorded it. It’s a jig in the key of D, called it Descent Into the Depths. You could just call it Descent, if you want to. Or, you could call it decent […]
Uncle JC’s Hornpipe – Vi The Fiddler’s New Tune Challenge
I’m back with another tune in my New Tune Challenge! I wrote this tune this last week, after Sherri Wortham suggested that I should write a tune for JC Hounshell. JC’s a great Texas Fiddler. I’ve judged the Grand Lake American Heritage Fiddle Fest with him a number of times, and I learned a couple […]
Russian Christmas – Vi The Fiddler’s New Tune Challenge
Hello, my friends! Here’s another addition to my New Tune Challenge series. This one is kind of a Christmasy tune called Russian Christmas. It’s got a Eastern European or Russian kind of sound to it. Last weekend, while my wife Christina and I were riding in the car (she was driving), I started humming a […]
Pass The Grog – Vi The Fiddler’s New Tune Challenge
Hello, my fine fiddling friends! I’m here with another tune from my New Tune Challenge! This is a tune I wrote a couple of years ago. It’s a jig in the key of G. I’m trying to mix it up and give you some different tunes of different types. I call this one Pass The […]
Here’s to John Hartford – Vi The Fiddler’s New Tune Challenge
Hello My Friends! I’m back with another New Tune Challenge! This is another one of my original tunes, called Here’s to John Hartford. It’s an old-time/bluegrassy sounding tune, that when it came out of my head, I thought it sounded like something John Hartford would’ve written. I wrote it not long after doing one of […]
Waltz for Willow – Vi The Fiddler’s New Tune Challenge
I wrote Waltz for Willow to celebrate the birth of my friends’ newest daughter. This is the second tune in my New Tune Challenge series. The goal of this project is to get you to respond. I’m going to play the tune, and then I want to hear your take on this tune. I want […]
Vi The Fiddler’s New Tune Challenge – Jumping Jenny
Hello, my friends! This is the start of a new project. This is going to be a series, I don’t know how long. I’m going to post about one original tune a week for you. This first one is called Jumping Jenny. I just wrote it recently, and it’s a fun reel. The goal of […]