We play and promote fiddle tunes and other acoustic music around Cape Cod
Some of us met in luthier Jim Boyce's
http://www.schoonerflagpoles.com/jcboyceguitar.html
Fiddle Classes at Falmouth Night School
[Fall - beginners, Winter - intermediate]
http://tinyurl.com/FalNightSch
http://tinyurl.com/FiddleWinter09
or were inspired by his former cable TV show "Fiddlin' in Falmouth"
We founded and sponsored the Cape Cod Fiddle Contest (1998-2003) and from 2004 have helped with the Rochester Country Fair Fiddle Contest,
the 6th Annual was Sunday afternoon 8/23/09
http://www.rochesterma.com
PLAY WITH US!
1st Fridays 7-9pm North Falmouth 508-564-4202
All are welcome at our jam sessions (call to confirm and for directions) and usually when we perform at local festivities: http://www.schoonerflagpoles.com/falmouthfiddlers.htm or for more info: 508-563-9494 or FalmouthFiddlers@comcast.net
(mostly) Irish sessions and events around Cape Cod:
http://www.capeirish.com
Bluegrass jams and events in greater New England:
http://www.bbu.org/webcalendar/month.php
Contra dances are great for listening - even better dance (it's easy) and get more feeling for the music:
http://www.CapeContra.org
http://www.neffa.org/invite.shtml
some Tune sources:
JC's ABC tune finder (Old Time, Traditional, Celtic, Contra Dance)
http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/tunefind
The Fiddlers' Companion
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/index.html
The Session (Celtic)
http://www.thesession.org
[greater] RI ROOTS MUSIC (includes jams, organizations, and much more):
http://mmcconeghy.com/RIMUSIC
Barb Diederich's Bluegrass Lyric Index
http://home.comcast.net/~barb923/lyrics
Chords for Songs
http://folkguitar.us
http://www.chordie.com