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 […]
Shortnin’ Bread – with Matthew Hartz
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Say Old Man – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 177
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 […]