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April 27, 2012

Topeka Polka – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 117

The first time I heard Topeka Polka was at Weiser, and it was Carol Ann Wheeler playing it. I thought it was dumb, and annoying, and repetitive. At some point, I realized that it was in Bb and I tried to play it, and my perception shifted. It’s really a fun tune to play. So, […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / american, american fiddle tunes, carol ann wheeler, fiddle, fiddle tune, Major, perception, Spade, spade cooley, Weiser 4 Comments

April 25, 2012

Allentown Polka – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 115

I don’t remember where I first heard Allentown Polka, but I do remember that it was being played by someone who was competing against me in a fiddle contest. And, that’s why I learned the tune. I can’t say that I ever played it in a fiddle contest, or that I have played it with […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / american, american fiddle tunes, american polka, best guess, contest, fiddle, fiddle tune, Key, mark o connor, Song 7 Comments

April 20, 2012

Draggin’ The Bow – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 110

WOW! Another crazy time trying to find out the history of a tune. Who would have thought that a tune like Draggin’ the Bow was so poorly documented online. Just finding the author was a crazy chore. As it turns out Curt Massey wrote the tune, but I couldn’t find the exact date. I did […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / american, american fiddle tunes, Bow, bruner texas, cliff bruner, Curt Massey, Draggin, Draggin' the Bow, fiddle, Kurt Massey, recording, texas wanderers, Wanderers, wednesday night waltz 11 Comments

April 19, 2012

Rickett’s Hornpipe – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 108

The first memory I have of hearing Rickett’s hornpipe was Ricky Selman playing it at the Colorado State Fiddle Contest, back when it was held at Keystone. I was probably 17 or so at the time. I’m pretty sure I learned it out of Cole’s 1000 fiddle tunes. I don’t really have any cool story […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / alan jabbour, american, american fiddle tunes, breakdown, century, college hornpipe, Day, fiddle, john bill ricketts, robert aldridge 5 Comments

April 19, 2012

Brilliancy – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 107

I learned Brilliancy originally from Dale Morris about 3 weeks before I went to Weiser for the first time. And, I played it at Weiser in my first (and only) round that year.  I have more about my first year at Weiser in my post about the Great Western Clog, and more about my week […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / american, Brilliancy, Day, Drunken, eck robertson, fiddle, fiddle tune, fiddle tunes, liverpool hornpipe, stacy phillips 2 Comments

April 11, 2012

Forester’s Hornpipe – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 100

It’s day 100 and the Fiddle Tune for today is Forester’s Hornpipe. I don’t have any fancy story for it. It’s just the tune I felt like playing to day. Forester’s is a tune out of Cole’s 1000 fiddle tunes, and I think it has a nice melody. Enjoy.   Get Sheet Music Learn to […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / american, canadian maritimes, Companion, don messer, fancy story, fiddle, fiddle tune, fiddle tunes, Standard, today 5 Comments

April 10, 2012

Redneck Mother – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 99

Ah, the mysteries of finding the origin of a cool fiddle tune. Here is the story of Redneck Mother – the best I can remember it: Tony Ludiker and Megan Lynch, around the same time, heard an old recording of Terry Morris playing this tune. There was no name of the tune on the cassette, […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / american, Day, fiddle, fiddle music, fiddle tune, heritage music, jana jae, karl farr, main street rag, Mother, Music, origin, recording, Red, Redneck, redneck mother, tune 8 Comments

April 5, 2012

Uncle Herman’s Hornpipe

I learned this tune from Eric Levine when I was just a kid. He called it Herman’s Hornpipe. And it looks like there are a couple of other names for it too. I can see how Herman could become Hiram or vice versa, but how do you get Herman out of Miss Supertest’s Victory? That’s […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / american, american fiddle tunes, benny thomasson, fiddle, fiddle tunes, fiddler john, fiddler magazine, formal music education, hornpipe, Magazine, MISS, miss supertest, Music, Sarnia, Standard, SUPERTEST, ted sannella, Uncle, uncle herman 5 Comments

March 23, 2012

Virginia Moonlight – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 83

Today, I tried to record the tune myself without any assistance. I was in Denver on business, and after my meeting, I found a nice place on the South Platte River Greenway, and rigged up a makeshift stand on a picnic table, and went to work.  I have done this a couple of times before, […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / american, american fiddle tunes, assistance, dawn waltz, fiddle, fiddle contests, Greenway, moonlight waltz, recording, south platte river 11 Comments

March 16, 2012

Irish American Reel – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 76

I saw this tune, and I thought that Irish American Reel would be a great tune to play as part of my Saint Patrick’s Day collection of Fiddle Tune a Day.  I sight read the tune 2 days ago when I decided to read the first page of Cole’s 1000 fiddle tunes. I figured that […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / american, andy mcgann, beginning, fiddle, fiddle tune, fiddle tunes, irish american reel, reason, Saint, york musician 4 Comments

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