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November 9, 2020

Vi The Fiddler’s New Tune Challenge – Jumping Jenny

Jumping Jenny New Tune Challenge

Hello, my friends! This is the start of a new project. This is going to be a series, I don’t know how long. I’m going to post about one original tune a week for you. This first one is called Jumping Jenny. I just wrote it recently, and it’s a fun reel. The goal of […]

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December 22, 2012

Incandescent Reel – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 351

Early on in Fiddle Tune a Day, I put out a request for original tunes that I could play as part of Fiddle Tune a Day. Linda Relph was the first to respond. She sent me sheet music to this cool reel in F – Incandescent Reel. It’s pretty tricky, and it fits together so […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / Key of F, linda relph, original, Reel, relph, sheet music 3 Comments

December 10, 2012

Hangman’s Reel (Le Reel du Pendu) – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 342

Jean Carignan was an AMAZING fiddler. Henry the Fiddler Introduced me to Jean’s playing on Youtube about 5 years ago, and I became an instant fan. Jean’s bow work is fantastic. I don’t know if I have ever heard someone play with as cool of bowing rhythms, while still being spot on precise. Two other […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Colorado Music, Fiddle Tune a Day, Videos / canadian, chris ricker, french, hangman's reel, jean carignan, Reel, reel du pendu Leave a Comment

November 7, 2012

April’s Reel – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 309

I learned April’s Reel from Aubrey Haynie’s Bluegrass Fiddle Album. He’s the only person I had ever heard play it, so I assumed that he wrote it. It’s a cool tune, and one of the few bluegrass reel’s in the key of Bb. I contacted Aubrey to see if he wrote it, and he told […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / aubrey haynie, bluegrass, bluegrass fiddle, breakdown, day 309, kenny baker, Reel 8 Comments

July 20, 2012

Big John McNeil – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 197

The only thing I know about Big John McNeil is that it’s a popular Canadian fiddle tune. It’s a fun tune to play, not too difficult, but when you play it as fast as they do, just about anything can tie your fingers in a not. It also has some similarities with Durham’s Bull. I […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / american, canadian fiddler, Day, fun, john mcneil, lord ramsay, opium addiction, Reel, Scottish, scottish fiddler 4 Comments

July 19, 2012

Fairy Dance Reel – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 195

One of the fun things about teaching fiddle camps is that the other teachers bring tunes to teach too, and sometimes I don’t know them. And when that happens, I can make it my fiddle tune a day. And, It’s especially cool when I can do it on the last day of fiddle camp and […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / breandan breathnach, Day, fairy dance reel, fiddle, fiddle camp, fiddle camps, mac, nigel gatherer, Reel, stranger 2 Comments

July 6, 2012

Daley’s Reel – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 187

What can I say? I have a special place in my heart for tunes in the key of Bb, even if they aren’t hornpipes. I found Daley’s Reel in the book “Hot Licks for Bluegrass Fiddle” by Stacy Phillips. I hadn’t looked at that book in a while, and thumbed through it, and found Daley’s […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / AABB, american fiddle tunes, fiddle, fiddle tune, heart, Hot, joe greene, master fiddler, Reel, stacy phillips 11 Comments

May 27, 2012

Have You Ever Gone to Meetin’ Uncle Joe Uncle Joe – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 147

This REALLY has to be some kind of record. I have played so many old-time fiddle tunes in this last week. This is crazy! I remember having this tune stuck in my head for weeks about a year ago. The tune was there, and I couldn’t think of the name of it. It was quite […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / cake, Day, fiddle, fiddle tune, hanging on the wall, kind, list, Music, old sheet music, old time fiddle, old time fiddle tunes, Piper, REALLY, Reel, vance randolph 3 Comments

May 6, 2012

Durham’s Bull – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 126

I don’t remember where I first heard this tune, but I remember that I didn’t think it was all that cool at first. I didn’t bother learning it at that time. What changed my mind was hearing Dale Morris play it on New for ’78. Dale really played it cool. So, just hearing a song a […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / american fiddle tunes, benton flippen, Bull, Day, fiddle, lyman enloe, New, new lost city, old time fiddle, Reel 3 Comments

April 2, 2012

Ostinelli’s Reel – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 93

This is a great story if I have ever heard one. There is an Italian violinist who is a bit of a snob. So much so that there is a story of him intentionally cutting his strings to avoid playing for a dance. And…his lasting legacy is that a couple of tunes he wrote ended […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / fiddle tune a day, Reel 2 Comments

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