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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 not showy, or fancy, just pure and authentic. Today, I got the opportunity to play on Pirate Radio, and when he asked me for a […]

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 6, 2012

Amazing Grace – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 307

Amazing Grace is one of the most memorable melodies I know. It has had tremendous emotional power, and has lasted the test of time better than just about any other. When I was asked to play at the Fundraiser to help the Gallegos family go to Rwanda to run an orphanage for the next year, […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / amazing grace, cowper, memorable melodies, orphanage, religious conviction, wikipedia 5 Comments

November 5, 2012

Devil Went Down to Georgia – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 305

It’s Halloween, and what better fiddle tune is there to play on Halloween than Devil Went Down to Georgia? Ben Alexander joins me today. I think that Ben looks a bit like Charlie Daniels, what do you think? As a side note, the main theme of Devil Went Down to Georgia comes from a tune […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Musings / charlie daniels, devil went down to georgia, fiddle, lonesome fiddle blues, own business, wikipedia 9 Comments

October 16, 2012

Take Me Back to Tulsa – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 280

Take Me Back to Tulsa is a great Bob Wills tune I always enjoy playing a little bit of Oklahoma Swing music. 😉     Take Me Back to Tulsa according to Wikipedia “Take Me Back To Tulsa” is a Western swing standard song. Bob Wills and Tommy Duncan added words to one of Bob Wills old fiddle tunes in […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / 1940, 1941, rich man, swing music, western swing, wikipedia 6 Comments

October 16, 2012

In the Good Old Summertime – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 278

I visited my Grandma in the assisted living place where she lives earlier this week, and my dad happened to be there playing some tunes. And, I happened to not have my fiddle with me. So, I borrowed a guitar from Wade, and accompanied my dad while he played some tenor banjo tunes. This was […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / assisted living, decades, gantry, piano score, various artists, wikipedia 2 Comments

October 11, 2012

Be Thou My Vision – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 272

I have long thought that Be Thou My Vision was a beautiful tune. I liked it enough that I put it on my Album, Long Time Comin’, in Eb no less. And, I got Kristianne Gale to sing it. She has a beautiful voice for this song. Today’s tune features me and Brent Hawley playing […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / baile, cork, elizabeth byrne, fiddle tune, thy presence, wikipedia Leave a Comment

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 books, including the copy of Dale Morris’ fiddle method that I’ve had since I was a teen. When I played it, I knew I had […]

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

September 30, 2012

Monymusk – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 262

I have recorded Monymusk once before, but it was years ago (long before the Fiddle Tune a Day Project.) Monymusk is an ancient Scottish tune, and it refers to a location if I my memory serves me. I worked up my version as inspired by the French Canadian Master Fiddler, Jean Carignan. I don’t claim […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / donegal, donna hebert, musk, perron, triplet, wikipedia Leave a Comment

September 22, 2012

I Can’t Give You Anything But Love – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 250

I really love these old swing tunes. I Can’t Give you Anything but Love is just a cool tune. The melody is playful and interesting, the chords are classic for a swing tune, and the lyrics are lighthearted and optimistic – even though they are talking about being broke. It’s great having David Wiatrolik around […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / circumstantial evidence, controversy surrounds, les ambassadeurs, richard rodgers, swing tune, wikipedia 7 Comments

September 20, 2012

Blue Skies – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 247

Blue Skies is such a sweet song. It’s got a beautiful melody, great chords, and cool lyrics. What’s even cooler is the tension between talking about how everything is turning around and positive, and the chords have a distinctly minor, saddish feel. I think that tension between the chords and the melody create a perfect […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / astaire, crosby, instant success, pop charts, western swing, wikipedia 20 Comments

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