Cajun and Creole Fiddle 101
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- These tunes are pretty much all played in Cajun tuning (DGCF smallest to largest) which is one whole step down from standard tuning (EADG). Each string is called out by its standard tuning name.
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I really think the foot stomping is being under utilized. That helps immensely
Love the Cajun head swing, really does add to the sound. Only thing to add is the old Cajuns didn't just tap their toes they "tapped" their whole foot. I love that sound. Alot of the old Tex-German fiddlers did foot stomp also. My grand uncles played fiddle, they learned from their father. I remember when my großmutter died and all the kinfolks came to our house. My uncle Pete played so long he stomped about a foot square area in Daddy's prize carpet grass. I remember watching them play. They were tall men with huge fingers that never seemed to have trouble hitting the exact spot although they only used 3 fingers. The only trouble they had was sometimes at a party, towards the end of the night, everyone would be dancing and the song would go on and on and on. It wasn't until I was grown that I realized they had had a little to much "fun" and couldn't find the end of the song.
Haha! That had to have been a common problem in those house dance days as well.
Terrific - now if only I could afford to have two bug-eaten bows restrung!!!!
Love your channel
Thanks! Very helpful for adding that Cajun flavor.
Just keep this music going to my ears, please. I'm lovin this.
Oh my! I love that sound!
Thanks!
This gave me a ton of warmup/exercises ideas. Thanks!
That's great! Let me know if you have any questions.
this is the best god damn way to play
Right on
thank you
Wow . . Thanks very much for this, really helpful advice. I'd almost given up trying to play Cajun style . . just couldn't get "the feel". Will get my fiddle out tomorrow and give it another go!
Thanks again.
That’s great! Let me know if you have any questions. I’m glad to help.
Cajun music with a Welsh flag on the t-shirt. Yessir.
Brilliant stuff love it
Thanks so much.
Great video! Thanks Mitch
I appreciate your feedback, Mike!
I like your Welsh dragon t shirt, plus the music of course.
Thanks, Alison! The shirt's from the Red Dragon in Baton Rouge...great venue!
This is very strange. I am a Welshman (from Cardiff, Wales) and I play the fiddle. So I have this traditional Welsh tune, nice but quite simple, called 'Bardd Dinbych' ('The Poet of Denbigh') and I don't know how I should play it, and I'm sitting at home trying to figure it out when I get a call from a friend to tell me that there's a film showing at the local film club about cajun music ('First Cousins' by Moriah Istre). So I go along and watch the film, and I get one of those 'eureka' moments - 'That's it! That's how I should play it. Give it a bit of the cajun treatment. Suits it down to the ground.' So I go home and get to work. A GDGD tuning seemed to work best. Then I thought, 'What's the cajun bowing technique?' So, Google 'cajun bowing', and this is what comes up - Mitch with his Welsh Dragon T-shirt! Weird!
Sounds like back home. Thanks, man
Glad you enjoyed, Jake.
Mitch, where would you say the shuffle bowing technique came from? I once had a blue grass fiddler ask me but I couldn't pin point it with a single fiddler. Leo Soileau? Doc Guidry? This guy told me he didn't think Dennis McGee was a Cajun fiddler at all because he didn't have that shuffle beat, but he was thinking about Doug Kershaw and Diggy Liggy Lo, Louisiana Man. I replied that if Dennis McGee isn't Cajun fiddling then nobody is! Ha!
I just heard some cajun fiddling last night and wanted to know what makes it cajun. You helped me out! Thanks, I love the sound.
PS That's my real name.
That’s great...especially your name! 🎻
I love the foot stomp. Better than a standup bass for keeping the beat. I hope you have good wood floors in Maine, otherwise you might have to move back down South.
Oh, Vikki! That really made me laugh! Thanks for tuning in.
Hey! Da Iawn! Un dragon du Pays de Galles! Un beau salut du Québec! Let us know next time you are passing through: Great music!
Thanks, JJ! I’ll be headed up north in the spring and again in the summer...not Québec, but Nova Scotia and Ontario. I can’t wait...
I love your playing. I am taking all your lessons. You are great..do not stop giving us videos.
More to come!
Hi, Mitch, thank you for this video! There isn't much on Cajun fiddling on youtube, so this gives a nice free intro. Do you have to tune down or can you play in standard tuning if you want?
I can play standard but I tune down because it compliments the Cajun feel. It's the traditional way to play and I'm all about traditions.
bro, thanks for the video! this is the first of your videos that i have watched! i hit "subscribe" in like 2 nanoseconds. what are the names of the tunes you used in the g chord demo and waltz demo? i trained classically as a teen but got bored or burned and havnt played in years. you just saved my violin from ebay (serious) thanks
Awesome...Thanks for the great feedback! The first tune I'm playing is called Les flames d'Enfer (The Flames of Hell) and the waltz is called J’ai passé devant ta porte (I Passed By Your Door). Let me know if you need anything else, Mike!
Nice tutorial. Left out that you are tuned 1-step down.
You're right, Steve. In nearly all of my videos I'm tuned down one whole step from Standard tuning (EADG) to Cajun tuning (DGCF). Check out this link for more about that: th-cam.com/video/VCWuuqUwckA/w-d-xo.html. Thanks for the input!
Could you post a video on what a good bow does for tone? Thanks Mitch
Great suggestion. I have a video you might enjoy called "The Right Bow at the Right Time": th-cam.com/video/Q0aQD8IkxOY/w-d-xo.html
Really good tutorial Mitch! Thanks for your time and effort!! The tune down is to accommodate the accordion?
Thanks for the feedback, 1cleandude! When we tune down we can play with accordion a lot easier. Although there are folks who don't tune down, that is not really a traditional Cajun style of fiddling.
Great stuff Mitch! I just learned a basic version of "Cajun Fiddle" from "Fiddlehed". You've given me some terrific ideas! Unless I missed it, you and he did not discuss slurring. How important is this?
I love Fiddlehed's stuff. I call slurs roll-ups and they definitely have their place in Cajun music. Check out my post called Ornamentation at th-cam.com/video/7Xvin0btitg/w-d-xo.html and let me know you have any questions about it.
your tuning is the standar of violin? GDAE?
Great question. I'm tuned down one whole step from Standard tuning (EADG) to Cajun tuning (DGCF). Check out this link for more about that: th-cam.com/video/VCWuuqUwckA/w-d-xo.html.
Wouldn't that be FGCD? What's EADG?
This is cool. Are your strings tuned differently?
Yes, I’m tuned down one whole step to Cajun tuning. Check out this link to another video called “Talk About Cajun Tuning” for more on that: th-cam.com/video/VCWuuqUwckA/w-d-xo.html
Mitch do you give lessons in the Baton Rouge area?
I was based out of Scott (it’s just west of Lafayette, about an hour west of BR) for years but I’m doing most of my lessons online now. Check out my website for more information (MitchReedMusicLessons.com) and let me know if you have any more questions. Thanks!
Great video Mitch. Are you tuned GDAE?
I'm tuned down one whole step from standard tuning (EADG) to Cajun tuning (DGCF). My video called Talk About Cajun Tuning has more info on that. Let me know if you have any more questions. th-cam.com/video/VCWuuqUwckA/w-d-xo.html
Hey Mitch, stupid question for you... can a no experience beginner learn to play Cajun fiddle without lessons? Or is that too much to hope for? Thank you for any advice.
Hey Rick!
It is completely possible to learn on your own, but you will probably want at least some materials for guidance. If you are looking for private lessons, or just lesson videos, I offer a variety of options for picking up the fiddle!
www.mitchreedmusiclessons.com
Thanks!
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Reed, huh. I bet we're cousins.
you really might mention that you aren't tuned standard thx cu
I do mention it, just not in every video...gets to be a bit redundant, imo. So, yes, I'm tuned down one whole step from standard tuning (EADG) to Cajun tuning (DGCF). My video called Talk About Cajun Tuning has more info on that. Thanks for watching! th-cam.com/video/VCWuuqUwckA/w-d-xo.html
Where do I buy one???
Hey, Justin! If you're looking for a violin, I'd suggest starting with your local luthier. I can recommend a couple, depending on what area you're in. They're your best bet to build a relationship with so that you're getting quality instruments and they'll be able to teach you how to take care of your investment.
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