The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #65731   Message #1086744
Posted By: Sorcha
05-Jan-04 - 08:41 PM
Thread Name: good fiddle tunes
Subject: RE: good fiddle tunes
Some of my favorites that I don't think are too difficult...Swallowtail Jig, Over the Waterfall, Road to Lisdoonvarna (w/o ornaments--with is a little more tricky)Gal/Girl I Left Behind, Salley Gardens (the aire, not the reel), Redwing, You Are My Sunshine, Snow Deer, Old Joe Clark, Shady Grove, Angeline the Baker, Westphalia Waltz, Red Fox Waltz.

For now, tend to stay away from Rags and Shetlands tunes...the beat is NOT where you expect it to be...and syncopation can be a bit difficult, esp. if you have no way to hear the tune....hornpipes are also tricky with the long/short rhythm. I STILL haven't mastered the Scotch Snap (short/long) of strasthpeys.....

Don't go for speed, go for accuracy of notes....