Publishing 100 Fiddle Tunes in a Year
This one proved to be a toughie. One of my online students, Bob Evans, asked about this tune when he ordered. I knew I had the chart in my archives, so i said I’d send it along.
When I looked at it, I realized it was only the verse. No chorus was tabbed out. And I [...]
This has been one of my favorites. We play it in the Bay Area Fiddlers Association, too. The version here is not advanced, but, it’s not easy either. I’d call it intermediate.
And here is the pdf of Kitchen Girl in fiddle tab.
Here is another tune from my book that I’m revising. A slightly simplified version replaces a couple of rolls and an idiosyncratic little walk up on the repeat of the B section.
I’ve been penciling these changes in for my studio students. Now you can see what I do.
And, finally, here is a pdf for better [...]
This tab chart is a revision of the chart in 43 Fiddle Tunes in Tab. When I revised it for a new student, the thought suddenly hit me, “I can put this online on my new fiddle tune blog!” And so, here it is.
Also, here is the pdf of Flop Eared Mule. As usual, right [...]
Even today a purse is not just a small bag for carrying money. It can be the prize in a contest.
The hunter may think of his quarry as a prize. But a animal taken by the hunter may not fit into a small bag. The hunter’s purse may be the small bag he made out [...]
This is just the tune by itself. I play through it a couple of times on video.
There is a favorite trick fiddlers do in jigs. We change the accented rhythm to imply a time of 3-4 instead of the normal 6-8 jig rhythm.
This lasts for only a few beats. Rock players and jazz cats do this to. So did classical music composers. It’s a good trick.
In the video performance of Ten [...]
Curtis Baldwin asked for this fiddle tune tag in tab. I said, send me a SASE and I’ll do it up in hand drawn tab and send it.
Then, I got into it and made the CAD version for online publication. I could easily do a whole lesson on fiddle tune endings, and probably will.
This is a jig I wrote recently. I like to play it in a medley with Connaughtman’s Ramble and The Northern Jig.
You can download the Dutchman’s Pipe pdf.
Inspired by Liz Carroll’s playing of The Northern Jig on the In Play album, I use a long linear figure to connect the parts from low high as [...]
Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar. These bits were parts of a dollar, pieces of eight. Each one was worth about 12.5 cents. When one of them got really worn, you had a Ten Penny Bit.
Download the tune as a pdf file.
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