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August 4, 2012

All of Me – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 212

All of Me is one of my favorite crooner tunes. I even sing it sometimes – but not this time. I need an accompanist to really do it justice. When I play a tune like All of Me, I really try to sing it through my fiddle. The notes to the melody aren’t that hard, […]

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June 17, 2012

Hotfoot – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 167

I don’t have a tone of history with Hotfoot. I have a few memories. I remember hearing some of my friends play it at Weiser when I was a teenager, and I remember Texas Shorty (Jim Chancellor) play a great version of Hotfoot at the Grand Lake National Fiddle Contest one year. I learned Hotfoot […]

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June 15, 2012

Red Skinned Gal – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 162

Red Skinned Gal is a fun and swingy tune (at least the way I play it.) I originally learned the melody from Tony Ludiker, but there is some Orville Burns in my arrangement as well. Red Skinned Gal is a variation based on the tune “There’s a Brown Skinned Gal Down The Road Somewhere,” which […]

Filed Under: Fiddling, Musician's Round Table, Videos Tagged With: american, american fiddle tunes, brown skin gal, eck robertson, fiddle, Gal, Red, red skin gal, Standard, yazoo records

April 11, 2012

Forester’s Hornpipe – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 100

It’s day 100 and the Fiddle Tune for today is Forester’s Hornpipe. I don’t have any fancy story for it. It’s just the tune I felt like playing to day. Forester’s is a tune out of Cole’s 1000 fiddle tunes, and I think it has a nice melody. Enjoy.   Get Sheet Music Learn to […]

Filed Under: Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos Tagged With: american, canadian maritimes, Companion, don messer, fancy story, fiddle, fiddle tune, fiddle tunes, Standard, today

April 5, 2012

Uncle Herman’s Hornpipe

I learned this tune from Eric Levine when I was just a kid. He called it Herman’s Hornpipe. And it looks like there are a couple of other names for it too. I can see how Herman could become Hiram or vice versa, but how do you get Herman out of Miss Supertest’s Victory? That’s […]

Filed Under: Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos Tagged With: american, american fiddle tunes, benny thomasson, fiddle, fiddle tunes, fiddler john, fiddler magazine, formal music education, hornpipe, Magazine, MISS, miss supertest, Music, Sarnia, Standard, SUPERTEST, ted sannella, Uncle, uncle herman

March 18, 2012

Bill Sullivan’s Polka – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 77

Bill Sullivan’s Polka (AKA Dennis Murphy’s Polka) is a tune I learned from Eric LeVine a long long time ago, but I hadn’t played it probably since junior high when Steve Eulberg reintroduced me to it. The A Part of Bill Sullivan’s Polka is pretty distinctive melodically, and the B Part reminds me of Boil […]

Filed Under: Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos Tagged With: cabbage down, Companion, Day, denis murphy, fiddle, fiddle tune, irish polka, Keeffe, leaving ireland, Standard, Teahan

February 7, 2012

Wilson’s Hornipipe – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 38

Wilson’s Hornpipe is a fun Old-Timey tune that I learned from Bob Zuellig at the Wednesday Night Avo’s Jam a while back. I really enjoy playing the high harmony to it, which you will hear me play in this recording. It looks like the oldest known recording of this was made by Clark Kessinger, who […]

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