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2:53

Tam Lin

3:00

Over the Waterfall

A sweet and energetic little tune.
Form: AABB
Tune History: Originally from fiddler Henry Reed (Glen Lyn, VA) who may have heard it playing from a steamboat or calliope, popularized by Alan Jabbour. Possibly adapted from an Irish source. Earliest recording is from the 1920s.
Link to Sheet Music PDF: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1h4im4tML1UbAF8fREzy8Q9ahFuZplDqU?usp=sharing
Happy Fiddling,
The FLU Board

มุมมอง: 13

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2:53

Sandy River Belle

มุมมอง 46614 วันที่ผ่านมา

This is one of my favorite tunes, but for some reason I forgot to repeat the B part the very last time. Whoops! Form: AABB Tune History: Also known as Stony Ridge Stomp or Tugboat and Pineywoods. Comes from the American old time style, and probably originated in West Virginia. Earliest recordings are from the nineteen-teens and -twenties. Sandy River Belle might refer to the name of a tugboat. ...

3:00

Tam Lin

มุมมอง 2014 วันที่ผ่านมา

Fiddle Club's favorite game to play with this tune is start veeeeery sloooowly and then speed up gradually each time through until it's so fast no one can play it anymore. Form: AABB Link to Sheet Music PDF: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1h4im4tML1UbAF8fREzy8Q9ahFuZplDqU?usp=sharing Happy Fiddling, The FLU Board

3:08

Salt Spring

มุมมอง 4114 วันที่ผ่านมา

Another excellent tune, this time of bluegrassier (is that a word?) origins. Form: AABB Tune History: Written about Salt Spring Island in British Columbia. Link to Sheet Music PDF: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1h4im4tML1UbAF8fREzy8Q9ahFuZplDqU?usp=sharing Happy Fiddling, The FLU Board

3:24

Donnybrook Fair

มุมมอง 2114 วันที่ผ่านมา

A chill ensemble performance of this groovy tune! Form: AABB Tune History: Named for the Donnybrook Fair, a fair that was held in Donnybrook, Dublin for centuries. Link to Sheet Music PDF: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1h4im4tML1UbAF8fREzy8Q9ahFuZplDqU?usp=sharing Happy Fiddling, The FLU Board

5:08

Shetland Rose

มุมมอง 1414 วันที่ผ่านมา

Fall term backlog time! Form: AABB Tune History: written by Esko Järvelä, a Finnish musician. The tune is inspired by the Shetland Islands in Scotland and was written in the style of a Scandinavian polska (with some reel rhythms for added flavor). Key: A A Part Chords: ADDE | ADDEA B Part Chords: DAF#mDA | DAEAEDA Link to Sheet Music PDF: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1h4im4tML1UbAF8fREzy8Q9ah...

3:11

Ganivelle

มุมมอง 372 ปีที่แล้ว

Second tune of the term, recorded with Elliot on piano, and off-screen chair percussion ghosts (Matthew and Alex)! Let's pretend that we've been intentionally experimenting with weird camera angles for these past two recordings...it's for art, guys... Form: AABB Tune History: This tune has been called a reel and a schottische. It was composed by Frédéric Paris, who is French. Key: G major A Par...

1:50

Tommy's Tarbukas

มุมมอง 2252 ปีที่แล้ว

First tune we learned this term, guest starring everyone who learned it! Form: AABB Tune History: Alasdair Fraser wrote this tune in the 80s, and it has been variously titled (Old) Sparky and Bang on the Floor (apparently the original title). When Alasdair Fraser recorded the tune for the album The Road North, the arrangement featured Irish percussionist Tommy Hayes. Alasdair re-christened the ...

1:28

Peacock Follows the Hen

มุมมอง 422 ปีที่แล้ว

Hellooooo week 9 fiddlers here is the vid from week 8! (end of term...amirite) Our special guest from the last video taught us a fun tune this week! Happy listening. Please ignore the sounds of a sax quartet setting up in the background. We were on borrowed time... Form: AABB Tune History: AABB tune in A dorian. This tune goes by a variety of names, but a popular alternate name when in Scotland...

2:02

Ewie wi' the Crooked Horn

มุมมอง 902 ปีที่แล้ว

Our week 6 tune (posted week 8, whoops), recorded with special accordion guest Matthew! Form: AAB Tune History: Club members learned this tune for the first time at a workshop taught by Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas in winter term 2020. The tune dates to around 1780, and was written by Scottish historian and songwriter John Skinner. The title is a euphemism for a whiskey still. The tune has ...

1:50

Snake Hunt (L'Ville)

มุมมอง 1612 ปีที่แล้ว

Pretend we aren't swaying in and out of frame the whole time. (Whoops.) Form: AAB Tune History: This is a crooked tune written by Fred Campeau. He was trying to remember a different tune with a very similar name (Snake Chapman's Tune), but it came out this way instead. The second name, pronounced "ell vill," comes from an abbreviation of the town name Libertyville, where Campeau was when he cam...

2:18

I'm Not Fed Up with the Pacific Ocean

มุมมอง 2022 ปีที่แล้ว

FALL TERM WEEK THREE YAY! Form: AABBCC Tune History: Written by Swedish fiddler Ola Bäckström. Audiences in California asked him on tour if he’d like to visit the beach again, and his reply became the title of the tune. Key: D A Part Chords: D G A D B Part Chords: D G D G D G D A D C Part Chords: D Bm A D Link to sheet music PDF: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1h4im4tML1UbAF8fREzy8Q9ahFuZplDqU?...

1:31

Cavers of Kirkcudbright

มุมมอง 1822 ปีที่แล้ว

Here's our fall term week one tune! Hope you enjoy. Form: AABB Tune History: this tune was written in 2017 by Scottish composer/arranger Mike Vass for his album "String Theory." Key: F A Part Chords: F Bb Dm Bb B Part Chords: Bb C F Bb C Dm Bb C F Bb Link to sheet music PDF (credit Mike Vass): drive.google.com/drive/folders/1h4im4tML1UbAF8fREzy8Q9ahFuZplDqU?usp=sharing Edited badly in iMovie by...

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