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April 23, 2012

The Gypsy Jew – Fiddle Tune A Day – Day 113

Today is April 22. Some of you may know it as Earth Day, which it is. And, it’s my girlfriend, Christina’s birthday. As such, I thought it was fitting to play a song that I wrote for her. She is of Romanian and Jewish heritage, and we have joked about how there has been no group as persecuted as the Gypsy Jews.

One day, as I started my practice, I was thinking about what a Gypsy Jewish song would sound like – a little bit of the Gypsy Hora, and a little Klezmer harmonic minor scale. This is what I came up with…

 

 

Happy Birthday, Christina!

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / Day, Earth, earth day, fiddle tune, girlfriend, harmonic minor scale, jewish heritage, jewish song, Klezmer, Song 4 Comments

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Comments

  1. Michael Friedman says

    April 5, 2014 at 11:57 am

    Beautiful musical performance !

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  2. Vi Wickam says

    April 11, 2014 at 7:11 pm

    Thanks, Michael. It's good to be inspired.

    Reply
  3. Francis Meador says

    May 22, 2014 at 1:32 pm

    You are inspired. This definitely has the "flavor" of both. Nice writing and nice playing.

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  4. Vi Wickam says

    May 26, 2014 at 12:55 pm

    Thanks, Francis. It's good to have a muse. 🙂

    Reply
  5. Vi Wickam says

    May 26, 2014 at 12:55 pm

    Thanks, Francis. It's good to have a muse. 🙂

    Reply

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