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 […]
Cumberland Gap – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 89
Who would have known that there are 6 distinct tunes called Cumberland Gap? Not me, at least not until just now. The tune I play by this name, I learned from an Orville Burns recording, and it’s really fun to play. It goes back and forth between G and E minor, and it’s really GROWLY. […]