Re: Fiddle tunes that sound great slow
With my duet partner, we play most of our, "Fiddle Tunes" at a moderate pace. We are playing arrangements of rehearsed music. As an example, the following:
Campbells Farewell to Red Gap
Rye Straw (Mandolin fakebook)
Swinging on a Gate
Maggie Brown's Favorite
Jack Broke da Prison Door
Waynesboro
The Morning Dew/King of the Fairies
Home with the Girls in the Morning
Chinquipen Hunting
Off She Goes
The Maid Behind the Door
Harvest Home
Sally in the Garden
Falls of Richmond/Goodby Liza Jame
Congress Reel
Cold and Frosty Morning/Kitchen Girl
Panxty George Brabazon
Dubuque
Midnight on the Water
When you hear these tunes at jams many will speed up, beyond what anybody practices at home. You see. . . to me, we all practice our own expression to the melody. Dude with Coleman's March did a great job showing his expressive approach to that tune - well done! Nothing to do with jam pace. The jam must strive for consensus. Otherwise, you are hoping beyond hope that everybody else will accompany YOU! It will never work like that. So, each of us needs to learn to control tempo and be prepared to dial into the will of the mass.
At home, I play most everything slow, intentional and as accurate as possible. i strive for dynamics and expression. I'm happy with my progress. Nobody really can sense any of that in a 20 person old-time jam - and they're fun!
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