The Devil went down to Georgia (fiddle lesson)

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  • In this fiddle lesson I do a step by step walkthrough of The Devil went down to Georgia. Using on-screen sheet music I show all the different sections-with Charlie Daniels' original fiddle parts, plus some alternatives (including backup ideas for the verses).
    Below are details of further fiddle resources from Chris Haigh
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    1. PATREON
    This is a platform where anyone can directly help to support creative artists and get closer access to their work. You can join me on Patreon at three levels, for £4, £10 or £40 per month.

    At the lowest level you get access to all my pdf’s and tune collections, plus many exclusive tuition videos not available to the public.
    At level 2 you can join also me once a month for a group Zoom chat, and can request three backing tracks each month.
    Level 3 gives you all the above plus a free lesson once a month, and access to all my backing tracks.
    You can find me on Patreon at
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    2. BOOKS
    I have eight fiddle tuition books published by Schott, all widely available from the publisher, from Amazon, and many other outlets. All come with audio tracks illustrating the tunes and exercises.
    Exploring Jazz Violin
    Beginning Jazz Violin
    Discovering Rock Violin
    Exploring Folk Fiddle
    Exploring Klezmer Fiddle
    Hungarian Fiddle Tunes
    French Fiddle Tunes
    Exploring Country and Bluegrass Fiddle
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    MUSIC GURUS- Exploring Jazz Violin. Based on my Schott book
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ความคิดเห็น • 91

  • @pacificbeachmedspa2709
    @pacificbeachmedspa2709 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Brilliant! Glad to have joined. I'm a classical / rock / gospel violinist - now expanding my horizons to learn to play, "fiddle style."

  • @kevinsmith1644
    @kevinsmith1644 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I'm playing the fiddle part on guitar, so thanks for the melodic help.

  • @deborahstilt9116
    @deborahstilt9116 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is an AWESOME tutorial!!! The best I've seen for this tune. THANK YOU

  • @high12art36
    @high12art36 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What an iconic song! Can’t wait to start learning this one!

  • @cindyboyd6248
    @cindyboyd6248 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love watching your techniques and hints!...Mainly cause you have so much fun playing!

  • @MusicRepo
    @MusicRepo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brilliant tutorial! Thanks. The Yorkshire accent adds a new twist to an old classic 😉

  • @Badgermanpeveril
    @Badgermanpeveril 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You are a legend. If I can manage to play this I can die a happy man.

    • @TheFiddleChannel
      @TheFiddleChannel  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks Darren! The trouble with this song is that you have to play it fast!

  • @beatricer1414
    @beatricer1414 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you very much for those phantastic pieces and explanations! Very inspiring!

  • @sheilaryan5548
    @sheilaryan5548 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Way to go Chris! Thanks for a super video. Full of ideas, suggestions and inspiration!

    • @TheFiddleChannel
      @TheFiddleChannel  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Sheila!

    • @Alan-yd5ng
      @Alan-yd5ng 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not to my knowledge I am on the other side of the country but as you know everybody’s related over there. I certainly would’ve known people he would be connected with.

  • @fiddlestudio
    @fiddlestudio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This one is such a universal favorite!

    • @TheFiddleChannel
      @TheFiddleChannel  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, everybody loves this song (apart from maybe the Devil)!

  • @AndreaZelones
    @AndreaZelones 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    WOW...great tutorial. Thanks for posting.

  • @Djangs
    @Djangs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks so much been playing this for so long .you’ve given me so much inspiration

  • @johntait491
    @johntait491 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great tips and explanation of the tricky parts of this iconic fiddle tune. Well done Chris..!! 👍

  • @asid2burn
    @asid2burn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great break down of this song. thank you for this

  • @coreykirschnik476
    @coreykirschnik476 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Every time I watch this, just wow!!

  • @garylovini
    @garylovini 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great lesson on this tune. Best tutorial and clearest instruction yet. Thank you. Gary

  • @BRIAN_IVERSON_20
    @BRIAN_IVERSON_20 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    you’re a legend

  • @ogstopper
    @ogstopper ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fantastic!
    I can just about play Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star on the violin. Subscribed, anyway! 😂🤣

  • @RollerCoasterLineProductions
    @RollerCoasterLineProductions 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great tutorial, always wondered how hard it was, if it was easy everybody would do it…

  • @malcolmmyatt9092
    @malcolmmyatt9092 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant. Far more difficult than one could imagine .

    • @TheFiddleChannel
      @TheFiddleChannel  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I remember playing this for the first time, many years ago. It felt like playing something by Genesis!

  • @dukepeterson
    @dukepeterson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    excellent video and fiddling! And your accent is awesome!

  • @domenickriggio684
    @domenickriggio684 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thank you im using this to play lead on bass!

  • @Alan-yd5ng
    @Alan-yd5ng 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is a great channel I’m picking up a good few tunes off it thx

    • @TheFiddleChannel
      @TheFiddleChannel  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Alan. Are you any relation to Breandan, the writer on folk music? I had to learn to pronounce his name for a video a few weeks ago. Not easy to guess for an Englishman!

  • @dustinadair7893
    @dustinadair7893 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just started playing fiddle a few weeks ago I hope I can get to this some day haha.

    • @TheFiddleChannel
      @TheFiddleChannel  ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Dustin. It's very useful to have something like this as a goal, but don't expect to get there too soon!

  • @jezfogaty1359
    @jezfogaty1359 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ha ha!...what a hoot!...looks like you're having fun with this one !....

  • @michaelhoard7024
    @michaelhoard7024 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great lesson

  • @aranos6269
    @aranos6269 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sounds way better in Yorkshire accent! 👍😉

  • @keithwaddell2714
    @keithwaddell2714 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Chris, I was so surprised & fortunate to find your book “The Fiddle handbook” in an Ollie’s bargain store here in the states. And what a bargain it was! I’ve had it for a few years before discovering the TH-cam channel.
    Loving your tutorials. Thanks for doing it… but … did you just sing ‘and he WERE willing to make a deal’?🤭
    😉keep up the good work!

    • @TheFiddleChannel
      @TheFiddleChannel  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi Keith. Glad you are enjoying the videos. I've no idea what I sang, but I seem to remember I wasn't being too serious about it!

    • @keithwaddell2714
      @keithwaddell2714 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheFiddleChannel I was just teasing about your proper English. Charlie Daniels sang ‘he WAS willing to make a deal’.
      My dad is from Virginia and me mum from Liverpool, so I pick up on those details rather easily.

  • @NorthCountryOutlaw
    @NorthCountryOutlaw 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thinking about learning to play the fiddle what are some good brands to look at, That are budget friendly but still decent ?

    • @TheFiddleChannel
      @TheFiddleChannel  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can get good Chinese violins for around £200.

    • @TheFiddleChannel
      @TheFiddleChannel  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can get good Chinese violins for around £200.

  • @mandofrog
    @mandofrog 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great tutorial Chris. Although I'm a little disappointed that no mention was made that Charlie Daniels "borrowed" the main riff from "Lonesome Fiddle Blues" by the great Vassar Clements. I play Lonesome Fiddle Blues occasionally and get the inevitable comment, "Oh yeah! Devil Went Down To Georgia!"

    • @TheFiddleChannel
      @TheFiddleChannel  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Randy. You're right, I should have mentioned that! The story I heard is that Daniels wrote the song so fast he didn't even realise he's pinched the tune. When he found out later, he agreed to split the copyright with Vassar. I suspect Vassar made a whole load more out of The Devil than he did from Lonesome Fiddle Blues!

  • @kartavianmacrath7219
    @kartavianmacrath7219 ปีที่แล้ว

    What in the blank is the riff at the end of this song called? I know several songs that end the exact same way, a hard run down a chord, but I cannot figure out what it is called or how to learn the technique.

    • @TheFiddleChannel
      @TheFiddleChannel  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Give me a time point (eg 19.22) so I can tell which bit you're talking about

  • @GabyRodriguez-dd3my
    @GabyRodriguez-dd3my ปีที่แล้ว

    Dónde puedo conseguir el backing track sin violín???

    • @TheFiddleChannel
      @TheFiddleChannel  ปีที่แล้ว

      todas mis pistas de acompañamiento están disponibles si te unes a mí en Patreon en el nivel 2 o 3
      www.patreon.com/thefiddlechannel

  • @lucius79blues
    @lucius79blues 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank for the lesson ¡

  • @essafaal4677
    @essafaal4677 ปีที่แล้ว

    where do you get the sheet music for this one, im just finding knock offs

    • @TheFiddleChannel
      @TheFiddleChannel  ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Essa. Send me an email to haighchris@hotmail.com

  • @carriedye7258
    @carriedye7258 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Many liked

  • @johnwhite5818
    @johnwhite5818 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love it!

  • @davidbingley6734
    @davidbingley6734 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Could you, in another video, break down just the devil's part and explain it in terms of music theory? It almost sounds like overlapping pentatonic scales though I could be mistaken.

    • @TheFiddleChannel
      @TheFiddleChannel  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi David. Are you referring to the underlying riff of the Devil's solo, rather than the fiddle part? The riff is based on the minor blues scale (pentatonic plus a flattened 5th). I think the fiddle solo is pretty random and not based on any scale!

    • @davidbingley6734
      @davidbingley6734 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheFiddleChannel
      Thank you for your reply. 80)
      I get the pentatonic blues in the riff, since you explained it. If, however, the fiddle part is random, how did he keep reproducing it?

    • @TheFiddleChannel
      @TheFiddleChannel  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      On the Devil's solo there are two fiddles playing simultaneously, so he wouldn't have reproduced this live.

    • @davidbingley6734
      @davidbingley6734 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheFiddleChannel OK, that explains
      why it sounds so intricate. Thanks for explaining it.

  • @nicolegrillo5128
    @nicolegrillo5128 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where can I get this specific sheet music?!

    • @TheFiddleChannel
      @TheFiddleChannel  ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Nicole. Send me an email to haighchris@hotmail.com

  • @Mk-ly9re
    @Mk-ly9re ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My hand is cramping just watching but my mom said no more recitals if I get it down, so here I go

  • @gazyflower3054
    @gazyflower3054 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ty!

  • @coopermyers2517
    @coopermyers2517 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do I get a gold fiddle if I learn it.

    • @TheFiddleChannel
      @TheFiddleChannel  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Only if you learn it better than the Devil!

  • @orleebuchanan5151
    @orleebuchanan5151 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    WOW

  • @strad1973
    @strad1973 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Get ready for a ton of views on this one! If I had a nickel every time someone asked me if I can play this...

    • @TheFiddleChannel
      @TheFiddleChannel  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Strad. Yes, I think this will be a popular one!

  • @fayesmith6710
    @fayesmith6710 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just wanna be able to okay devil went down to Georgia:( lmao.. are you in the UK?!and do you teach aha.. I'll travel and pay!

  • @ritabeazley5481
    @ritabeazley5481 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ace!

  • @TheFiddleChannel
    @TheFiddleChannel  ปีที่แล้ว

    🤣🤣🤣

  • @markthatcher6844
    @markthatcher6844 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Charlie Daniels kind of ripped this off from Vassars Lonesome Fiddle Blues.

  • @orleebuchanan5151
    @orleebuchanan5151 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    wv

  • @sophiaray3614
    @sophiaray3614 ปีที่แล้ว

    why is he british