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943 srmpfan Send Email May 9, 2005
6:14 am
Hi Everyone. has this ever happend to you buy a new fiddle and it sounds great and loud. then a few months later your outher fiddle is cross tuned and you only...
944 Susan K. Bechler
susiecajun Send Email
May 9, 2005
12:18 pm
Hi, This is Sue. I've taught strings (public school) for 33 years and played for 44. There can be a lot of things going on with your instrument. It takes a...
945 John A
j69sunnerd Send Email
May 9, 2005
5:10 pm
I have noticed this sometimes. I think that if I put the fiddle in some other tuning, like FCGD or AEAE, it can improve the sound at times. Fiddles are funny...
946 cz fanatic
zydeholic Send Email
May 9, 2005
6:48 pm
... Sounds like you are in cross tuning. Calm down, chill out. Even your fiddle will like you better when you're not so cross. ;-) ...
947 cz fanatic
zydeholic Send Email
May 9, 2005
6:50 pm
What is cross tuning? Is that like AEAE? What cajun songs would you play in that tuning? Dwight PS learning Pa Janvier right now. I love those minor tunes. ...
948 kelli
srmpfan Send Email
May 9, 2005
9:06 pm
no my handmade fiddle is cross tuned this fiddle that sounds bad is tuned down G C D F Kelli ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
949 cz fanatic
zydeholic Send Email
May 10, 2005
2:52 am
I was kidding, making a word play on "cross". Check your system clock. This last message had a mar. 7th date on it, but the first one was ok. dwight ... ...
950 Rob Trahan
robtrahan Send Email
May 10, 2005
3:36 am
... As far as I know, that's what they call cross-tuning. That is, the generic term for an alternate tuning like ADAD and such. This is common in old-tymey...
951 John A
j69sunnerd Send Email
May 10, 2005
1:12 pm
There are several tunings that could be considered cross tuning. In Appalachian, the most common is AEAE, but there ARE others, like DDAD. It is also called...
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zydeholic Send Email
May 10, 2005
2:31 pm
... I call that tuned down. Makes it easier to play with a key of C accordion, which is most common. A key of D accordion is easiest to play with if you're...
953 John A
j69sunnerd Send Email
May 10, 2005
5:14 pm
I have been having a LOT of fun with that tuning. I have been playing blues with other musicians in that tuning, works well! Is it improper to call it "Cajun...
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zydeholic Send Email
May 10, 2005
6:05 pm
I would suggest you go for something like "The Carriere Brothers". They do creole/blues stuff, and can be considered one of the influences to modern zydeco....
955 Rob Trahan
robtrahan Send Email
May 10, 2005
11:46 pm
... A personal favorite in Zydeco is Chris Ardoin -- Gonna Be Just Fine and Turn the Page are great albums. The band is super tight, and Chris is a killer...
957 John A
j69sunnerd Send Email
May 11, 2005
1:18 pm
Are we speaking of Zydeco Stomp Artist: Fernest Arceneaux featuring Victor Walker? Thanks everybody for the ideas about Zydeco! I have been enjoying Stanly...
958 cz fanatic
zydeholic Send Email
May 11, 2005
5:32 pm
The name of the cd is "Zydeco Stomp". Its a compilation cd featuring numerous artists. Arceneaux might be on there. Fernest is the first artist on it, and...
959 Betsy Fuller
efuller585 Send Email
Jun 15, 2005
11:57 am
is anybody going to Augusta this year? I'll be taking Al Berard's class again, as my fiddle and I have not been communicating very effectively these days... ...
960 Blair Kilpatrick
blairkilpatrick Send Email
Jun 15, 2005
1:32 pm
Hi Betsy, Yes, Steve and I are going...will look forward to seeing you! Communication problems with your fiddle :-) That's a great way to put it! Hard to...
961 zydeholic Send Email Jun 15, 2005
3:30 pm
... Same with me on the fiddle. Seconding at the CFLFM jams, and never feeling like I've got it right, and seconding and "firsting"; at the slow jams (and...
962 Eugene N. Losey
elmchem Send Email
Jun 15, 2005
4:52 pm
Folks It's good to see a rise in excitement as Augusta approaches. Betsy, staying with Al is a great idea. He's such a great guy. Heck, I'm going to my fourth...
963 Betsy Fuller
efuller585 Send Email
Jun 15, 2005
7:40 pm
yeah, "communication problems" consists me of walking past the fiddle, shaking my fist and cursing at it. Had a similar experience to Dwight's and Blair's -...
964 zydeholic Send Email Jun 15, 2005
8:55 pm
... How are you at picking stuff out by ear, even if its only seconding? I'll have my accordion this time. Perhaps we can hole up somewhere some afternoon and...
965 Betsy Fuller
efuller585 Send Email
Jun 15, 2005
9:40 pm
Good idea! I would give it a shot. There's usually a slow jam following the afternoon class, too, where screwing up is allowed. Far as playing by ear, that's...
966 zydeholic Send Email Jun 16, 2005
12:51 am
I'm wondering, do they allow barbeques in that park in the front of the school. That might be a good way to get a bunch of folks together one afternoon or ...
967 Betsy Fuller
efuller585 Send Email
Jun 16, 2005
11:17 am
yeah, there is a lot happening - and I'm working, too, so between that and taking a class, it's hard to find time. We can find a litle spot on campus...
968 Blair Kilpatrick
blairkilpatrick Send Email
Jun 16, 2005
1:35 pm
It's funny, the one thing I'm pretty good at is picking up chords by ear on the fiddle, and doing a straightforward kind of seconding, with a basic shuffle...
969 zydeholic Send Email Jun 16, 2005
2:43 pm
... And if you're like me, playing along to cd's just doesn't cut it. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo!...
970 Rob Trahan
robtrahan Send Email
Jun 16, 2005
4:22 pm
... I haven't touched my fiddle in quite some time...more communication issues, but when I was crazy about it here's how I picked out songs by ear: I played...
971 zydeholic Send Email Jul 10, 2005
2:33 pm
Sitting here in a Pittsburgh hotel lobby on their computer, chomping at the bit to get down there and see everyone. Doing accordion this year, but will likely...
972 zydeholic Send Email Jul 22, 2005
2:42 am
I was just listening to some mp3's online, http://npmusic.org/artists.html#badeaux to learn some accordion licks, and the fiddle playing struck me as highly...
973 zydeholic Send Email Jul 22, 2005
2:44 am
144 members of this list. That sort of crept up on me. Well, say something....
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