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November 13, 2020

Waltz for Willow – Vi The Fiddler’s New Tune Challenge

Waltz for Willow New Tune Challenge

I wrote Waltz for Willow to celebrate the birth of my friends’ newest daughter. This is the second tune in my New Tune Challenge series. The goal of this project is to get you to respond. I’m going to play the tune, and then I want to hear your take on this tune. I want […]

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April 30, 2017

Tennessee Waltz – Free Fiddle Lesson

tennessee waltz fiddle lesson

Hi I’m Vi Wickam with myTalentForge.com and I have a free fiddle lesson for you today! This is a tune called Tennessee Waltz, it’s one of the most popular fiddle tunes you’ll ever hear. Now, it’s also a singing song, which makes it a great fiddle tune for you to learn. If you’ve not heard […]

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December 30, 2012

Redeemed – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 363

Redeemed is a beautiful old waltz. In recent years, it’s become a fairly common waltz in the open division at fiddle contests. It is my understanding that it’s a hymn. I haven’t done the research yet, but there is one thing I do know – It’s a very pretty melody. Oh, and it’s in Eb, […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / fanny crosby, fiddle contests, footsteps, happy in jesus, key of Eb, lamb 3b, verse 5, Waltz 5 Comments

December 26, 2012

Brown Kelly Waltz – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 355

Brown Kelly Waltz (also known as Kelly Waltz) is a pretty old double stop waltz. I first learned it from the Dick Barrett Waltz album that I played the heck out of when I was a kid. I had the whole series of Dick Barrett tapes. I still think that Dick’s versions of those tunes […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / brown kelly waltz, dick barrett, eck robertson, kelly waltz, key of G, Waltz Leave a Comment

December 23, 2012

Tennessee Waltz – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 352

I have been planning on playing Tennessee Waltz as part of Fiddle Tune a Day from the beginning. I also received a number of requests for the song. And with good reason. It’s a beautiful melody, and a Country and Western classic. I didn’t want to play it as just a fiddle tune, and since […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / fiddle, singer, Song, tennessee waltz, Waltz, wickam family 3 Comments

December 20, 2012

Midnight on the Water – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 349

Midnight on the Water is one of the Coolest Waltzes out there. And that’s not because there aren’t a lot of cool waltzes out there. It’s cross-tuned (DDAD), which is a great start. It has all sorts of open drones that ring beautifully in the cross tuning. It has a haunting melody, and it was […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / benny thomasson, brent hawley, cross tuned, ddad, fiddle whamdiddle, Luke Thomasson, midnight on the water, Videos, Waltz 7 Comments

December 1, 2012

Palm Trees of Kerry – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 334

Tonight, after I finished teaching my lessons, Palm Trees of Kerry was the tune that that was in my head. The reason it was in my head is that I learned it an hour and a half earlier when one of my students played it for me. Palm Trees of Kerry is a relatively simple […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / fiddle tune, Irish, kerry, mel bay, palm trees, peter cooper, simple tune, Waltz 7 Comments

November 29, 2012

Jole Blon – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 332

Jole Blon - Fiddle Tune a Day Day 332

As I get nearer to the end of this Fiddle Tune a Day Journey, there are some fiddle tunes that I want to make sure that I get in before the year is up. Many of these tunes define a style of fiddling. Jole Blon (or Jolie Blon) is one of these tunes. To me, […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / Cajun, cajun fiddle, cajun music, doug kershaw, jole blon, jolie blonde, Waltz 7 Comments

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 was kind of slidey. It was pretty. That was enough for me to decide that tonight’s tune would be Missouri Waltz (after I listened to […]

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

November 23, 2012

Chancellor’s Waltz – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 325

Chancellor’s Waltz is one of the prettier waltzes I know. It was written by Jim “Texas Shorty” Chancellor’s Dad. It’s not easy, but there are quite a few Waltzes that are more difficult. And, as I tell my students, the purpose of a waltz is to be beautiful, not to be difficult. I like how […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / chancellor's waltz, dick, fiddle contest, jim chancellor, texas shorty, Waltz 9 Comments

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