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16 Jan 04 - 10:18 AM (#1094136) Subject: Fiddle Forum - where can I find one on t From: MickyMan I'm a middle school orchestra director and I teach lots of fiddle tunes to intermediate level violinists (First three years of study). I can't help but think that there may be a message board out there that may help me source out some new tunes that don't require any great facility to sound good. I've got some of my own to share, too. Can somebody point me in the right direction? [PM's also appreciated] |
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16 Jan 04 - 10:38 AM (#1094154) Subject: RE: Fiddle Forum - where can I find one on t From: greg stephens Well, I share a house with a fiddler who does a bit of teaching, so I spend a certain amount of time lurking upstairs hearing some godawful beginners scraping away downstairs. And from the evidence of my ears, the tunes that seem to have a built in capacity to sound vaguely like enjoyable music (even when played excruciatingly out of tune by cloth-eared kids) are Cripple Creek in A and Winster Gallop in G(the normal key) or D(beginner's key). |
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16 Jan 04 - 11:15 AM (#1094191) Subject: RE: Fiddle Forum - where can I find one on t From: GLoux Are you familiar with David Brody's Fiddlers' Fake Book on Oak Publications? In addition to lots of tunes, it has a somewhat dated discography for each of the tunes (a lot of the vinyl recordings are out of print). -Greg |
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16 Jan 04 - 11:44 AM (#1094222) Subject: RE: Fiddle Forum - where can I find one on t From: Peter K (Fionn) For Celtic dance music you might start at The Fiddler's Companion. Thousands of tunes are listed with published sources, and if you click on "tunes" you will find links to many sites offering tunes in a variety of formats - GIF files, MIDI, ABC etc. French traditional dance music, as heard at sessions in south and southwest England for instance, is perhaps a little easier for starters, though a bit more rhythmically complex. But maybe you're looking for classical tunes, or something else. If you would like to be more specific, I might be able to provide appropriate links. |
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16 Jan 04 - 12:23 PM (#1094237) Subject: RE: Fiddle Forum - where can I find one on t From: wysiwyg HETZLER'S: Fiddle tunes in MIDI, slowdown/practice tools, AND message board. Here at Mudcat we have Mudcat MIDIs. These are mostly tunes for lyrics that have been posted; see FAQ (link, top of page) for submission info. Welcome to Mudcat! Good number of fiddlers here. ~Susan |
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16 Jan 04 - 12:40 PM (#1094245) Subject: RE: Fiddle Forum - where can I find one on t From: Sorcha Tell me which ones you have and I'll try to come up with some more easy ones. |
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16 Jan 04 - 02:02 PM (#1094317) Subject: RE: Fiddle Forum - where can I find one on t From: Zhenya This is a good source for Irish tunes: http://www.thesession.org/ Look in the tune section for music (notes and abcs) and discography. Search in the discussion section for threads about "basic tunes" or "beginner tunes", etc. |
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16 Jan 04 - 02:30 PM (#1094349) Subject: RE: Fiddle Forum - where can I find one on t From: Bardford There is also the fiddle-L listserv at: Fiddle-L A list of tunes posted there will be found at : Fiddle-L archives |
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16 Jan 04 - 05:22 PM (#1094441) Subject: RE: Fiddle Forum - where can I find one on t From: open mike this is the best fiddle lresource i can think of: http://www.fiddle.com/ and the national championships are held here: (in Weiser Idaho) http://www.fiddlecontest.com/ where are yo located? here is the CALIF old time fiddle association page http://www.fiddle.com/calfiddle/ do yo ever encourage your students to go to festivals and contests and join in the jams that might happen in the parking lots of camp grounds? this is the best way to experience the music! is there an fiddler organization or group near you? join in! |
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16 Jan 04 - 05:26 PM (#1094446) Subject: RE: Some great ideas From: MickyMan I just checked back. Thank you all for those leads. Brody's Fiddler's Fakebook is geat, but what I need are very easy tunes that don't require great speed to get a good sound. My current first year tune with the best success is "Walkin'In The Parlor" in a very simplified form. During the second school year of instruction I teach simple versions of Mississippi Sawyer/Flop Eared Mule and Cripple Creek / Angeline The Baker. So many tunes require speed to sound decent. I'm looking for other moderate speed winners that teachers have had success with. Keep the info coming, especially message boards where I may talk to other violin teachers who take fiddle seriously at an early stage of student development. |
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16 Jan 04 - 06:05 PM (#1094480) Subject: RE: Fiddle Forum - where can I find one on t From: Sorcha Boil/Bile them Cabbage Down Old Joe Clark Almost any slow aire in an easy key like D or G Swallowtail Jig Cripple Creek Simple arrangement of Golden Slippers Simple arrangement of Turkey in the Straw Road to Lisdoonvarna I (in Fakebooke w/o ornaments) You Are My Sunshine Will The Circle Be Unbroken When the Saints Go Marching In Liberty Hornpipe |
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16 Jan 04 - 07:39 PM (#1094549) Subject: RE: Fiddle Forum - where can I find one on t From: Peter K (Fionn) MickyMan, Carolan tunes should be perfect for you. The link is to midi files at The Contemplator website. It's well worth following the link, if only to appreciate midis created by the peerless Barry Taylor. The rest of The Contemplator site is worth exploring at your leisure, but I think you'll find that Carolan's tunes are perfect for your immediate need. When you've decided which tunes you like, you'll easily find the sheet music via Google. |
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16 Jan 04 - 08:55 PM (#1094591) Subject: RE: Fiddle Forum - where can I find one on t From: open mike and here is a friend and neighbor who is a fiddle teacher Pamela Kather |
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17 Jan 04 - 12:49 AM (#1094692) Subject: RE: Fiddle Forum - where can I find one on t From: GUEST,Al Make 'em learn by ear, not by note, or they'll never learn how to play the fiddle. |