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January 28, 2013

Leather Britches – Featuring Matthew Hartz

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Leather Britches is a great old breakdown, and one of the classic breakdowns in the key of G. I hope you enjoy this video of Matthew Hartz playing the heck out of it.     If you would like to learn to play fiddle tunes like this one, and… If you are looking to study […]

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January 27, 2013

Shortnin’ Bread – with Matthew Hartz

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Shortnin’ Bread is an old time breakdown that was popularized in the Texas Fiddling Tradition by Orville Burns, one of my favorite breakdown fiddlers. It really has that bump, like an angry rooster strutting around a barnyard!     If you would like to learn to play fiddle tunes like this one, and… If you […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddling, Videos / breakdown, matthew hartz, orville burns, talent forge, texas style 8 Comments

December 26, 2012

Choctaw – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 356

Choctaw has long been one of my favorite breakdowns to listen to. It’s about time I worked it out, and I didn’t want to miss out on having Choctaw be a part of Fiddle Tune a Day. I love the way that Orville Burns played it. It has all kinds of soul, and growl to […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / breakdown, choctaw, Favorite, hoedown, orville, orville burns 1 Comment

December 21, 2012

Bitter Creek – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 350

Bitter Creek is a cool breakdown in the key of G. I have some good memories of playing it with Bill Jones and Ed Carnes at the Indiana State Fiddle Contest a few years back. It’s fairly straight ahead as a tune. I didn’t realize it at the time I wrote it, but Harlaxton Hornpipe […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / bill jones, bitter creek, bittercreek, breakdown, ed carnes, fiddle tune, key of G 1 Comment

November 28, 2012

Sally Goodin – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 331

Sally Goodin truly is THE Texas fiddle breakdown. Really. It’s the one. The melody is simple as all getout, but playing Sally Goodin the way it’s supposed to be is anything by simple. Eck Robertson set the bar high with his recording of Sally Goodin. It’s smooth, fast, and has the rhythmic bump like a […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / breakdown, hoedown, sally gooden, sally goodin, sally goodwin, texas 6 Comments

November 11, 2012

Walk Along John – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 313

Tonight, I met Betse Ellis. She plays fiddle for The Wilders, and was opening for Finnders and Youngberg at Avogadro’s Number tonight. I heard that she was playing there from a couple of my students, so I stopped in to say “Hi!” on my dinner break. I brought my fiddle with me because you never […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Musings / betsy ellis, breakdown, Ozark, texas style, the wilders, youngberg 1 Comment

November 7, 2012

April’s Reel – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 309

I learned April’s Reel from Aubrey Haynie’s Bluegrass Fiddle Album. He’s the only person I had ever heard play it, so I assumed that he wrote it. It’s a cool tune, and one of the few bluegrass reel’s in the key of Bb. I contacted Aubrey to see if he wrote it, and he told […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / aubrey haynie, bluegrass, bluegrass fiddle, breakdown, day 309, kenny baker, Reel 8 Comments

August 29, 2012

Dusty Miller – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 232

Dusty Miller is one heck of a Texas Breakdown. I’ve never really worked up something specific with it, but it’s a fun one to jam with. There is another tune that some people call Dusty Miller, but I call that tune Miller’s Reel, and it’s a very different tune altogether. I was so tickled to […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / breakdown, dusty miller, morrell, texas, texas style fiddling, totfa 5 Comments

July 15, 2012

Hot Springs – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 192

Hot Springs is considered a breakdown by most fiddlers that I’ve talked to, even though the verses are 16 bars instead of 8, and it follows a chord pattern almost identical to I Don’t Love Nobody (when you play it in C and play the A minor part.) Regardless of whether you consider it a […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / 16 bars, bluegrass breakdown, breakdown, chord pattern, cool, fiddle, fiddle tune, flat keys, minor, Nobody 2 Comments

June 28, 2012

Say Old Man – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 177

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WOW! I’m posting this fiddle tune a day as the LOST Fiddle Tune from Fiddle Tune a Day. Somehow I posted the Video, but I never made a blog post for it…until now. Say Old Man (Can You Play the Fiddle?) is one of my 5 favorite breakdowns for sure. It’s got a serious attitude, […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling / breakdown, eck robertson, hoedown, say old man Leave a Comment

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