Sally Growler is just plain hard to play. On it’s face, it doesn’t sound that tricky, but it sure feels that way to my fingers, especially the B part. Sally Growler is another hornpipe that I learned during my infamous week at Dale Morris‘ house. That week, he gave me a bunch of hornpipes to […]
DeGolyer Hornpipe – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 111
Inspired by Mark O’Connor’s definition of a breakdown in the infamous thread on the Facebook Fiddler’s Association that began with my post of Cumberland Gap asking the question, who is your favorite breakdown fiddler. I should have known better than to ask a question like that to 200 ravenous fiddlers. 😉 I think I had […]
Staten Island Hornpipe – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 22
Today, I stopped into Gib’s New York Bagels, and thought, “This would be a great place to play my fiddle tune a day.” So after grabbing a half-dozen chocolate chip bagels, I asked the girl at the counter if she minded if I recorded my fiddle tune a day there. Of course, she said sure, […]