I tried going to this site: cajunmusicforum.com, but was denied entry. :-( I'm looking for the words to La femme qui jouait aux cartes. I've looked at...
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zydeholic
Mar 19, 2007 4:36 am
... I've never even heard of that song, but if you find the lyrics somewhere, please add them to the cajun-lyrics site. Only one or two other folks have ...
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Sue
susiecajun
Mar 19, 2007 11:58 am
Hi, Chad closed the CajunMusicForum late in 2006. After solving one tech problem in the late summer/fall, he said he got a huge virus not too much later, and...
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Sue
susiecajun
Mar 19, 2007 12:03 pm
Could someone give the full name if the Cajun lyrics yahoo group referred to earlier? I checked the home page and links, but it wasn't immediately apparent to...
... Well, there were already a couple of existing discussion groups that covered the same topics. My yahoo groups have little traffic too, for event...
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Jan Schelpe
jan_schelpe
Mar 30, 2007 7:44 am
Hello, I have a (simple) question: I'm not sure what fiddle (standard or one down tuning)to use on the song Mardi Gras when it is played in the guitar chords...
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hyldemoer
Mar 31, 2007 11:14 pm
Bonjour Jean, Like you, I am trying to learn Cajun tunes on the fiddle without a direct contact to the culture. No one has answered your question yet, so I...
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Jan Schelpe
jan_schelpe
Apr 4, 2007 1:35 pm
Hello, thanks for the reply. You're right about the facts that there probably isn't any cajun tuned that is twice played just the same by various performers. ...
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tcplayboys
Apr 4, 2007 5:11 pm
Jean, hi. you could use a standard tuned fiddle or if you're comfortable playing on a tuned down fiddle that would work too. Playing in Am will be easier on...
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tcplayboys
Apr 4, 2007 5:27 pm
Jean, hi. you could use a standard tuned fiddle or if you're comfortable playing on a tuned down fiddle that would work too. Playing in Am will be easier on...
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Jan Schelpe
jan_schelpe
Apr 4, 2007 6:36 pm
Hello Kevin, Thanks for your answer. I always used a tuned downed fiddle while playing along in the Am chord. Got used to that but wasn't sure I did the right...
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zydeholic
Apr 4, 2007 7:11 pm
This book might help as a resource, I don't know, but on the cd that comes with it, their playing does not sound cajun. ... ...
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Sue
susiecajun
Apr 6, 2007 2:15 pm
Hi all, Lots of interesting commentary about tunings! Jean, also to consider: if you also have an accordion player, a number of those folks only own a C...
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Vincenzo
apovi
Apr 6, 2007 2:58 pm
HI all, I'm intersting about the different tuning. Usually I play with standar tuning, but only for "tigaloup pour mamou" I use chage E in D, because so I can...
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Jan Schelpe
jan_schelpe
Apr 11, 2007 6:34 pm
Hello, I found this interesting site about chords : http://chordlist.brian- amberg.de/en/mandolin/standard/ It's actually for mandolin but I could be very...
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Sue
susiecajun
Apr 12, 2007 2:30 pm
Ciao, Vincenzo! Not sure if this is the info you are wanting, but here's what I have heard about tunings, mostly from Mitch Reed. In Louisiana, many or even...
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Vincenzo
apovi
Apr 12, 2007 2:52 pm
Ciao Sue! Thank you for the information. I haven' study classic violin. I begin to study irish fiddle and so on to arrive to cajun, so I don't know the history...
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zydeholic
Apr 12, 2007 3:08 pm
Vincenzo, Regarding the lack of cajun fiddle teachers, have you considered Michael Doucet's Cajun Fiddle instruction materials. He has a DVD, and he has a set...
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wjthibodeaux
May 17, 2007 4:41 am
Hello I'm new here. I have taken classical violin lessons for a couple of years while living in Houma. I haven't played the fiddle/violin in about 2 yrs. Any...
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tomandsusan@...
slb22000
May 17, 2007 5:33 am
Hey WJT, I do know that one of the first steps is to listen to the music until you know it by heart, almost. And move to it, as well, so that you can mimic ...
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Linda
nctferplayer
May 18, 2007 1:54 pm
Buffalo Jambalaya Dance and Music Camp will be held in Darlington, MD (1 hour north of Baltimore directly off I95 N) August 9-12, 2007. This is an extended...
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gregsonnier
May 18, 2007 3:03 pm
Susan could't be more right IMO. Listening to as much as you can over and over is helpful to get the rythem down of the seconding and prep for the melody....
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etchisonmichael
May 25, 2007 2:23 am
... Dead link, at least when I tried it just now. Michael Etchison...
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etchisonmichael
May 25, 2007 2:23 am
JC's ABC Tune Match lists some -- and PDFs and GIFs and PS . . . --, responding to a search of that marvelous site for "Cajun." ...
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hyldemoer
Jun 5, 2007 2:36 pm
They mentioned this video <http://gerarddole.free.fr/mazurkala/mazurkala.html> over on Fiddle-L and few days back. I don't hear 5 string banjos in the...
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zydeholic
Jun 5, 2007 3:47 pm
I don't know about the lineage, but I heard a banjo on the "Les Haricot Sont Pas Sale" cd on one track, I think with the Balfa Brothers, and Christine Balfa...
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slb
slb22000
Jun 25, 2007 6:59 am
Hey y'all, I just attended a double-header. BeauSoleil performed once at 7 and again at 9 o'clock Sunday evening. What a treat. And I talked to Mitch for...
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tcplayboys
Jun 25, 2007 12:45 pm
susan, comment ca va? i was also at that show last night (the 9pm) at table 183. Here's some info for you that you might find interesting about stuff in your...
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slb
slb22000
Jun 26, 2007 7:13 pm
Merci, Kevin. je connais Betsy's Back Porch mais mon ecrir club est reunion tout samedi. Haha. I've been teaching myself French for quite a while, but trying...
