Hey all you fiddlers, I'm trying to get a set of jam songs going and could use some help. If you could share the fingering for basic chords you use for any of ...
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zydeholic
Nov 4, 2005 1:52 am
... Yeah, I'm real confused. I should be referencing the G/D strings here, not the C/G (as in FCGD). Sorry. __________________________________ Yahoo!...
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jane
janepaints
Nov 7, 2005 6:09 am
Hi all, I joined this list yesterday. Besides a general interest in fiddling, I joined in hope of meeting a fiddler (or other multi-instrument string-band...
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zydeholic
Nov 7, 2005 6:14 am
Hi Jane, Welcome! There are a couple of links on the webpage for this group. They are both for accordion discussion lists. However, you might also try there...
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Linda Schoenbrodt
nctferplayer
Nov 7, 2005 2:43 pm
Hello All, I am also new to the group and am looking for a fellow fiddler in my area, anyone near Greensboro NC? Linda _____ From:...
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jane gilday
janepaints
Nov 7, 2005 8:32 pm
hmmm.... are the Karas brothers (from the hartford ct. area) on this list? they're old friends of mine, i used to play in bands with 'em many years ago. ...
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Leon Reisner
hq2ndbn12thmar
Nov 8, 2005 1:11 am
Jane, Lived in Trenton and had worked at the NJDOT Maintenance yard on 179. Way back, I think it was around the time they had the houses explosion in town, I...
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jane gilday
janepaints
Nov 8, 2005 1:24 am
hiya ted... oh, you were in lambertville WAY back....happily no row-house blow-ups recently ;) i performed many times at Albert Music Hall in Waretown NJ in...
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Robin Bruck
robinbruckti...
Nov 13, 2005 4:27 am
Hey everybody I started a group on yahoo.com called:North Carolina Cajun Please check it out and join if you want. Thanks Robin ...
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zydeholic
Nov 14, 2005 6:11 pm
http://willshare.com/creolefiddle/index.htm...
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fiddlincissy
Dec 19, 2005 4:45 am
Hi fiddlers, I just ordered a brand new DVD featuring Mitch Reed teaching Cajun Fiddling... it is awesome.. he's teaching a waltz, a two step, a Blues tune,...
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Susan K. Bechler
susiecajun
Dec 20, 2005 1:23 am
Dear Cissy, Mitchell has two DVD's out, so once you do the beginner one, you can order intermediate. Mitch is a wonderful teacher and performer in person, too....
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billboardbillboard
billboardbil...
Dec 21, 2005 3:13 am
Just wanted to post an intial message to announce my membership in the group "cajun-fiddlers". I began learning fiddle a month ago and have been practicing on...
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billboardbillboard
billboardbil...
Dec 21, 2005 3:14 am
I have been looking myself, but I do have some popular tunes that was handed to me to learn in "Note" format. It's not tab or staff music but notes. Like CC DD...
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billboardbillboard
billboardbil...
Dec 21, 2005 3:15 am
You can see samples of fiddle tab here http://fiddlerwoman.com If you think of the first 3 pieces of tape when beginning this would be equal to frets....
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Hugh Robertson
scrooge753
Dec 21, 2005 4:02 am
You don't need to do anything special to play 'tuned down' except know that the key of D on the fiddle is not the key of C etc. Use regular notation and just...
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zydeholic
Dec 21, 2005 4:46 am
I've already got an octave fiddle (GDAE, but an octave lower), but am wondering how to set up a fiddle that would be easy to play with a Bb accordion. Anyone...
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Betsy Fuller
efuller585
Dec 21, 2005 12:55 pm
... Thank you, Hugh! The fact that the melody comes out of the chords and rhythm is one that's far too often overlooked. Your choice of words, "the real...
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Linda Schoenbrodt
nctferplayer
Dec 21, 2005 1:54 pm
I believe the B flat accordion is used for mostly playing zydeco music. Sometimes you will see (hear) creole style music that has a zydeco flavor played with a...
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Rob Trahan
robtrahan
Dec 22, 2005 6:46 am
... A friend of mine told me he was talking to one of Horace Trahan's fiddle players (years ago, I forget who), but he had one fiddle tuned 2 steps low. So I...
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fiddlincissy
Dec 23, 2005 2:36 am
Hi, can someone explain the shuffle technique for a cajun two step song.. "Old time" fiddle is "long,short,short". bowing.... can you explain the cajun...
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zydeholic
Dec 23, 2005 2:53 am
I could probably get a set of strings for a 6-string violin, and just use the FCGD strings, and tune them down one step. Probably don't have a whole lot of ...
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zydeholic
Dec 23, 2005 2:53 am
... I realize that, but the C box doesn't fit my vocal range for some tunes, and I'm also wanting to experiment with fiddling styles that will work for zydeco....
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zydeholic
Dec 23, 2005 2:57 am
... I've been thinking of trying to contact some of the fiddlers in Louisiana and see if they'd be willing to lay down some tracks of seconding rhythm styles. ...
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Hugh Robertson
scrooge753
Dec 23, 2005 3:37 am
This is exactly the right approach. For seconding kind of treat the fiddle or the guitar as being in the role of the rubboard or snare drum. Percussive bowing...
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Susan K. Bechler
susiecajun
Dec 24, 2005 10:09 pm
Hi, You might try JustStrings.com for suitable strings. They have strings for a looong list of conventional and ethnic stringed instruments. I've bought...
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fiddlincissy
Dec 25, 2005 12:27 am
... for a two step song ?...old time shuffle is "Long, short, short....what would the cajun shuffle be....in those terms, thanks...
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fiddlingranny
Dec 26, 2005 2:02 pm
Hi, I am new to this group, does any one have any used Al Berard or Joe Carr cajun fiddle instructional vhs or dvd for sale ? I have read where they teach...
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Kitti Bear
kittibear
Dec 26, 2005 7:15 pm
i havent heard of theirs yet, but i do know mitch reed has a fiddle from scratch set that can be bought from his gift shop...La Heritage and Gifts....you can...
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ssvines48@...
fiddlincissy
Dec 26, 2005 8:30 pm
I have that CD ,but it doesn't have any "cajun" instructions, thanks [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
