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May 9, 2012

Heart and Soul – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 129

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) 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.

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / alex trebek, Avaiya, bea wain, heart, hoagy carmichael, piano, Song, soul fiddle, Studios, wikipedia the free encyclopedia 16 Comments

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Comments

  1. Laura Hodges says

    May 19, 2013 at 6:21 pm

    I dodn't know what makes a fiddle tune, but I thought that was just fine! Thank you.

    Reply
    • Paul Stephens says

      May 20, 2013 at 11:25 pm

      Don't you turn those pegs on the handle?

      Reply
    • Liz Rose says

      May 29, 2013 at 2:24 pm

      I like it… that is exactly what I want to learn. LOL

      Reply
    • Vi Wickam says

      June 5, 2013 at 12:32 pm

      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!

      Reply
  2. Deborah Dea Cushman-Johnson says

    December 10, 2013 at 2:15 pm

    LOL Thanks, Vi. My sister and I used to play this on the piano together as kids. Our favorite!

    Reply
  3. Patrick Dooley says

    December 15, 2013 at 7:25 am

    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.

    Reply
    • Vi Wickam says

      December 15, 2013 at 3:08 pm

      That’s a great story, Patrick! Thanks for sharing.

      Reply
  4. Vi Wickam says

    December 15, 2013 at 10:10 pm

    Thanks Deborah! It was a fun day to share this tune with Jean Trebek.

    Reply
  5. Michael Friedman says

    April 21, 2014 at 12:26 pm

    Lovely musical performance !

    Reply
  6. Francis Meador says

    June 7, 2014 at 5:51 pm

    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!

    Reply
  7. Francis Meador says

    June 7, 2014 at 5:51 pm

    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!

    Reply
  8. David Benson says

    June 8, 2014 at 2:49 am

    I love these old tunes on fiddle . . . because I'm OLD. Keep 'em comin'

    Reply
  9. David Benson says

    June 8, 2014 at 2:49 am

    I love these old tunes on fiddle . . . because I'm OLD. Keep 'em comin'

    Reply
  10. Vi Wickam says

    June 25, 2014 at 8:41 pm

    Thanks, Michael.

    Reply
  11. Vi Wickam says

    June 25, 2014 at 8:42 pm

    That's fantastic. And that's what music is all about – enjoying it with those we love.

    Reply
  12. Vi Wickam says

    June 25, 2014 at 8:42 pm

    Thanks, David. You aren't even at the half way mark. 🙂

    Reply

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