OK, before you start picking on me because Heart and Soul isn’t really a fiddle tune, know this: Fiddle Tune a Day is my game and I get to make up the rules. 🙂 And, for the purposes of this game, Heart and Soul counts.
Moving on. I had a great time down at the Avaiya Studios in Boulder, CO working on a couple of soon to be released films, The Gratitude Effect, and Power of the Portrait. While I was there, I got to meet the lovely Jean Trebek, wife of Alex Trebek. As you probably know, I like to have other people join me on Fiddle Tune a Day from time to time, and when you get an opportunity to have Jean Trebek on Fiddle Tune a Day, you don’t pass it up, and Heart and Soul was one of the only tunes she knows on piano.
We had a great time goofing off. I think you will enjoy it too.
Heart and Soul (1938 song)Â From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Heart and Soul” is a popular song, with music by Hoagy Carmichael and lyrics by Frank Loesser, published in 1938. The original 1938 version was performed by Larry Clinton & his Orchestra featuring Bea Wain. The song’s A-section is often simplified as a repeating I-vi-IV-V progression and taught to beginning piano students as an easy two-hand duet ( example (help·info)). Much like the song “Chopsticks,” this (somewhat inaccurate) version became widely-known, even to those who have never studied piano. The chord progression, often referred to as the “’50s progression,” later became very common in the doo-wop hits of the 1950s and 1960s.
In 1939, three versions charted: Larry Clinton (reaching #1 on the chart), Eddy Duchin (reaching #12), and Al Donahue (reaching #16). The song later charted as #11 in 1952 by The Four Aces, as #57 in 1956 by Larry Maddox, as #18 in 1961 by The Cleftones, and as #25 in 1961 by Jan and Dean. Many other versions have been recorded.
I dodn't know what makes a fiddle tune, but I thought that was just fine! Thank you.
Don't you turn those pegs on the handle?
I like it… that is exactly what I want to learn. LOL
Hey Laura, the cool thing about Fiddle Tune a Day is that I get to decide what is and isn't a fiddle tune. 😉
Paul, I only turn the pegs when it's out of tune.
Thanks, Liz. Good luck with it!
LOL Thanks, Vi. My sister and I used to play this on the piano together as kids. Our favorite!
Reminds me when my niece used to make up games when she was little- I can still hear her saying- Let’s play a game I made up, and “THESE are the rules”…
…Jessica can do this, Uncle Pat can’t do that, Jessica can do this, Uncle Pat can’t do that…needless to say, it was Jessica’s game and Jessica always won.
That’s a great story, Patrick! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Deborah! It was a fun day to share this tune with Jean Trebek.
Lovely musical performance !
This was special. Wifey just happened to have her accordion out and played along. What a treat. Glsd you are making the rules, this turned out great. Thanks!
This was special. Wifey just happened to have her accordion out and played along. What a treat. Glsd you are making the rules, this turned out great. Thanks!
I love these old tunes on fiddle . . . because I'm OLD. Keep 'em comin'
I love these old tunes on fiddle . . . because I'm OLD. Keep 'em comin'
Thanks, Michael.
That's fantastic. And that's what music is all about – enjoying it with those we love.
Thanks, David. You aren't even at the half way mark. 🙂