Today, I didn’t have any specific tune in mind to play, so I went to Cole’s 1000 Fiddle Tunes, as I often do when I’m lacking tune inspiration. I played through a handful of tunes before coming to this one. It has a memorable melody, and I liked the fact that the B Part is […]
Hot Springs – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 192
Hot Springs is considered a breakdown by most fiddlers that I’ve talked to, even though the verses are 16 bars instead of 8, and it follows a chord pattern almost identical to I Don’t Love Nobody (when you play it in C and play the A minor part.) Regardless of whether you consider it a […]
Swedish Rhapsody – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 188
I have heard Cody Stadelmaier play Swedish Rhapsody probably 50 times over the years, but until tonight, I had never tried to play it. It’s kind of a fun tune to play, and there are definitely some parts of it that don’t go where my fingers expected them to, but overall Swedish Rhapsody isn’t a […]
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. […]