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...
... 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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
