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December 9, 2012

Silent Night – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 341

I love Christmas music, and Silent Night has long been one of my favorites. It’s peaceful and beautiful. Silent Night is clear and has no false pretense to it. It’s […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / charlie wrobbel, christmas carol, christmas music, gruber, melody, nicholas parish, pirate radio, silent night, wikipedia Leave a Comment

November 28, 2012

Missouri Waltz – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 330

The only things I could remember about Missouri Waltz before I looked it up tonight so that I could play it were: I played it once as a kid. It […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / 2c i, fiddle tune, melody, missouri, president truman, Waltz 2 Comments

October 3, 2012

Fascination – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 266

I have no idea where I first heard Fascination, but it’s a beautiful melody. I didn’t have a specific tune in mind to play tonight, so I thumbed through some […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / best seller, dale morris, fascination, fiddle tune, kay francis, melody, Waltz, wikipedia Leave a Comment

October 2, 2012

Twinkle Little Star – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 263

The first time I heard Twinkle Little Star I was just a kid at a fiddle contest. I remember an older guy (adult) announce that he was going to play […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / adults, banjo, john hartford, marches, melody, vivian williams 6 Comments

August 26, 2012

Texas Schottische – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 229

I don’t know where I learned this tune, but I’ve known it for a long time. It wasn’t one of our family band tunes, so I probably heard an older […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / c major, generations, melody, schottische, Scottish, scottish dance, syncopated tune, tanz 15 Comments

June 5, 2012

Tarantella – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 154

I love playing at weddings, and it’s even more fun when you have things to make the wedding more interesting. This weekend, I had the pleasure of playing at a […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / american viewers, ball, cables, camera, camera man, chance, citation, Courtship, Dance, Day, different folk dances, family, fiddle, fiddle tune, fun, having a ball, italian wedding dance, melody, microphone, Music, pleasure, reception, region, Tarantella, tarantella napoletana, tarantella napolitana, tune, upbeat tempo, wedding, wedding dance, wedding music, weddings, Weekend, wikipedia the free encyclopedia, wolf spider, youtube video 11 Comments

March 2, 2012

Shenandoah – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 61

There is only one way about it, Shenandoah is a beautiful melody. My primary memory around this song is hearing my Dad sing it as a kid. What a great […]

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

January 4, 2012

Great Big ‘Taters in Sandy Land – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 4

I first heard Great Big Taters in a Sandy Land played by Dick Barrett. It’s an oldtime fiddle tune with a similar melody to Sally Ann. Since I happened to […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / Big, Great, great big taters, great big taters in sandy land, great sand dunes, great sand dunes national park, melody, oldtime fiddle, Park, Sand 14 Comments

January 16, 2010

Can you hear music before it happens?

I know it sounds like time travel, but most of us can do it to some extent…  As a musician, I am acutely aware of melody. I am always listening […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Music / extent, headphone socket, human tendency, melody, Music, musical experience, Read, sciencedaily com, time, travel, vi wickam, wickam Leave a Comment

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