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Hi Megan, this is Claude Sevigny. Do you have any recommendations for selling an Italian fiddle by Maggiali circa 1932?

Everyone played this when I was a kid. Love it

I just started learning clawhammer after spontaneously buying a banjo as one does, I love it so muchhhhh I've gotta make it to something like this. sneeeeee

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Looks like I missed a great one!

I'm well into middle age and recently decided to try my hand at violin/fiddle, as I play several other instruments and figured I'd see if I can tackle my favorite yet hardest of all. I've purchased all of the fiddle books I could find with your name on them, though that was before I realized you also have a TH-cam channel. I appreciate your dedication to and love for teaching. Thank you. :)

Great ideas

These are great suggestions l Love it

Worth noting that the Turkey in the Straw melody is closely linked to older British Isle fiddle tunes that predate the blackface minstrel song - so you can think of it more as appropriation rather than purely racist origins. Not trying to to downplay the core issue though - blackface/minstrel shows were a huge part of 19th Century American popular culture and perpetuated racist stereotypes that are still present today. There are plenty of straight up racist social relics that have gone unchallenged for too long.

Great tribute and wonderful lesson!

Sure would like to find music notation for this tune. A great tune.

Wonderful job, Megan 🩵

One time of meeting and fiddling with him changed my perspective and gave me more confidence to play MY way. I can only imagine the influence he'd have getting to sit with him multiple times. He was super nice too. What a great way for you to pay tribute to him.

Thank you! I am trying to learn this by ear with Strum Machine as my accompanist and This is perfect!

Thanks Megan! What would you recommend for selling a 1932 Italian fiddle Maggiali32?

Megan, thank you for this lovely tip of the hat to Bobby. I tip my hat to you both.

So good!!

Great tag!

Millers Reel and how to master bowing

Camden locks I found fascinating watching a boat navigating and operating the locks. We found Camden a nice change of pace .

I like this simple circular tag. I feel validated in making up tag variations. Thanks!

It may be because I don't have a therapist and I am mentally unwell but you brought me to tears, beautiful playing.

It'll be nearly 40 years since I heard Rudy Meeks play this. What a treat! You're fantastic.

Where can i find music to this tune

Love you, Megan! meg eldridge here!

Good stuff, as always.

you are amazing! Happy Fiddling indeed. More B content please

Awesome! Fiddle barking and biting!

This is delightful both the tune and the banter 😂❤

Ohhh Yes!

Love that you included marking the 1, passing, and 4 chords. I think it helps when youre learning, for that to be pointed out so that the brain begins to process it. Especially when its chords other than G, C, and D (1/3 chords) Maybe its just me. I can hear the melodies fine. As an adult learner coming from a lifelong background of rhythm guitar by ear, I find that on rhythm guitar i always know what chord im in at any given time. But sometimes on a lead on the fiddle, in one of the not 1/3 chords, I might not realize just at any random point in it, what chord it might be in at that place in the piece without doing some thinking. Great piece and great instruction! Thank you!!

Yes! Everyone wants to sound cool. That makes a fun song kickoff too.

Lovely 😊😊

Nice!

Those half steps are killing me! Sounds great though, thanks for sharing :)

Very nice.

you are amazing!!

Lovely

Is there any way I could get the sheets of this song? Thankyouu

This one is going to take a bit longer. Glad you split it up. Sounds awesome though!

Thanks for transcribing and demonstrating this Megan. Much appreciated. Practising now..!! 😂 Sister Sadie are on at The Station Inn tonight. 😉

WOW .. Very helpful, thanks!

I can hear some of John Hartford's style in the tune. I guess the only place it was studio recorded is the Cadillac Rag LP. I'm surprised it didn't show up in his Mammoth Collection book.

Sweet!

Cool! Thx

From Texas Time Travel: (The intrique continues indeed) Fiddler Cotton Collins first heard the catchy waltz in Germany during World War II, bringing it back to play in the halls across Texas with his band, the Lone Star Playboys. It was after a show at Westphalia Hall in 1946 that hall manager B.J. Lignau suggested calling it the Westphalia Waltz.

Didn't quite catch that name!

very nice!

I learned this in the car on the way to a contest and played it the next day, thank you for the fantastic recording!

Thank you for your generosity!!!