Publishing 100 Fiddle Tunes in a Year
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The latest post on Ebeneezer is to be found at the new site:
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Future posts will be there, too.
In fact, it’s all over there right now.
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Here’s yet another jig with updated endings. That original idea was economical, but confusing. This way is the standard approach in music notation for endings and repeats. Let’s go with it!
And Off She Goes pdf.
In the present edition of 43 Fiddle Tunes in Tab, I have ornaments as inserted alternatives to certain bars. When I [...]
As long as I’m updating those ending transitions of Irish jigs from my book…..
Here is O’Keefe’s Slide.
And a nice little pdf of O’Keefe’s Slide.
Last year at this time, I was doing a little recording for Ricko Donovan. I have some counterpoint on his My Darling Asleep from the Lucky Sevens album.
He told me that Lisdoonvarna has a meet up once a year that attracts hundreds of single men and women. Going to the big social gathering may be [...]
There is more than one way to play a fiddle tune. You probably know that.
Sometimes a small change can make a tune easier to play. That’s the cause behind this little revision to my currently published version of St. Anne’s Reel.
St. Anne, in the Christian tradition, is the mother of the mother of Jesus. This [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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