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February 27, 2012

Buttered Beans – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 58

Buttered Beans is a old-time sounding tune I wrote rather recently. It has a pretty simple AABB structure, and chords  (just G and D). There isn’t any deep meaning to […]

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February 26, 2012

Irish Washerwoman – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 57

The Irish Washerwoman is one of the first jigs that many fiddlers learn, and I think the reason is because its melody is so catchy. It’s the kind of tune […]

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February 23, 2012

Liza Jane – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 54

Today, we remember a legend in fiddling. Dick Barrett was a great fiddler. He was a four time National Grand Champion, and one the Senior, and Senior-Senior Categories of the […]

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February 22, 2012

Back Up and Push – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 53

When I was a kid I used to play this song ALL the time. My dad thought it was great since it has the Georgia shuffle in it, so he […]

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February 18, 2012

Jesse Polka (Jesusita en Chihuahua) – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 49

I originally learned this tune when I was about 12 from Heather Humphries, who was my first “real” fiddle teacher. Before Heather, I had violin teachers trying to teach me […]

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February 17, 2012

Temperance Reel – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 48

I first learned Temperence Reel, because my mom was learning it on the hammered dulcimer, and I had to learn it so that I could help her learn it. I […]

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February 16, 2012

Shortnin’ Bread – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 47

The first time I heard a recording of Orville Burns playing Shortnin’ Bread, my fiddling life was changed. Orville’s bumping breakdowns had awesome drive, without really being very fast. He […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / american fiddle tunes, fiddle tune a day 7 Comments

February 15, 2012

Polly Put the Kettle On – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 46

This is one of the many tune known by the name “Polly Put the Kettle On”. This is the version that they play in Texas, Oklahoma, and Southern Missouri. There […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / fiddle tune a day 3 Comments

February 10, 2012

Stool of Repentance – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 41

One of the really fun things about the Fiddle Tune a Day experience is learning the history of the tunes I have played for a long time. This tune has […]

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February 9, 2012

Colorado Waltz – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 40

I wrote the Colorado Waltz when I was 12 years old. That was way back in the 1980’s for those of you young whipper-snappers. I was fooling around on my […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Music / colorado waltz, fiddle tune, fiddle tune a day, original tune, wickam 14 Comments

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