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25 Oct 98 - 05:13 PM (#43184) Subject: Native American Fiddle Music From: Chicago's Fiddlin' Turtlers Hi, I'm new to the forum and have a doozie of a question for ya'll... A few yrs ago, when I was taking fiddle lessons, I was introduced to two Native American fiddle tunes. The teacher had learned them at a camp he'd gone to, where ~ I forget. He couldn't pronounce the name of the Nation.... something with "a lot of vowels... mostly O's" The 2 tunes were.. "Off She Goes" in the key of D and Squash Fields... Any idea where I could get a recording or lead on these? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Lisa. |
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25 Oct 98 - 06:56 PM (#43191) Subject: RE: Native American Fiddle Music From: Bruce O. "Off She Goes" is undoubtably not native American. Here's a copy from a book of mixed Scots and Irish, and a very few English tunes (this apparently being Scots). There's an earlier Scots copy (1789), but I don't have it. [Campbell gave a different one of this title in his 19th book, but this is the only one that lasted.]
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26 Oct 98 - 11:05 AM (#43248) Subject: RE: Native American Fiddle Music From: Jerry Friedman I wonder whether the name of the nation was Onondaga. They're in New York (and Ontario?). |
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26 Oct 98 - 02:12 PM (#43261) Subject: RE: Native American Fiddle Music From: Barbara Lisa, I wonder if your teacher was also a tale teller? (or a leg puller) There are some songs in circulation that either tell the NA point of view, or have tunes that come close to Indian chants, but I have not run into any information on fiddle crossover tunes. Just offhand, I wouldn't think that NA tune structures would lend themselves to fiddle. Possible some of Carlos Nakai might translate. Anyone? Blessings Barbara |
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04 Nov 98 - 11:02 PM (#44289) Subject: RE: Native American Fiddle Music From: Fiddlin' Turtlers Thanks, folks.... Will have to look into these further. :-) Lisa. |