I have recorded Monymusk once before, but it was years ago (long before the Fiddle Tune a Day Project.) Monymusk is an ancient Scottish tune, and it refers to a location if I my memory serves me. I worked up my version as inspired by the French Canadian Master Fiddler, Jean Carignan. I don’t claim […]
La Grande Chaine – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 254
About 6 years ago, I met French Canadian style fiddler Donna Hebert on the Fiddle-L email listserv. And, about 5 years ago I had the pleasure of hiring her to judge the Indiana State Picking and Fiddling Championships. While she was visiting Indiana, I got the great pleasure of learning a handful of French Canadian […]
Moneymusk Hornpipe
Moneymusk hornpipe is a fun oldtime fiddle tune. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I did working it up. I got the inspiration to record it watching Jean Carignan videos here on youtube. I couldn’t figure out how Jean got his triplets to pop, and I learned from Donna Hebert that […]
Fiddling Master Class at UE
Come one, come all. The University of Evansville is featuring renowned fiddler Donna Hébert as a guest artist. Here is the basic event information: Fiddling Workshop Thursday, August 28, 2008 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Wheeler Concert Hall Krannert Hall of Fine Arts Admission: Free – no reservation necessary Open to all string players, guitarists, banjo […]