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    Here is a gem. Slippery Kate, written by a fiddler/mandolinner friend of mine. Play it a few times and you will not be able to stop.

    I can easily imagine this tune taking over the fiddle tune universe.

    There is a section in the tune, I won't point it out, where the mandolin can do things the fiddle can't - to amazing effect. That is something I like to take notice of. Its an effect I hear in the "Dallas Rag", another amazing tune, and an effect I will be incorporating into my repertory of fun licks.

    Enjoy.

    I have the composer's permission to post, and you have the composers permission to play the tune, just please attribute it to her in any public performance or recording.
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    Oh, I'd love to have a go-by recording. Always interested in captivating tunes!

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    I like it.

    Thanks, Jeff!

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    OK a fiddle friend told me that what I said is, strictly speaking, not entirely true. What the mandolin can do, the fiddle could do, but... it would not be something a fiddler would think of, and it is much easier on the mandolin.

    Have you found it? No?


    In the fourth measure of the A part, keep your finger on the G# and let it sustain through while you pick that A. Yea. Yea. Bet you can't stop playing it now.



    You can also do it on the last measure each section, but it goes by so fast it almost doesn't matter.


    I would be thrilled to know where this tune gets played. Let me know. I will pass it on to the composer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JeffD View Post
    OK a fiddle friend told me that what I said is, strictly speaking, not entirely true. What the mandolin can do, the fiddle could do, but... it would not be something a fiddler would think of, and it is much easier on the mandolin.

    Have you found it? No?


    In the fourth measure of the A part, keep your finger on the G# and let it sustain through while you pick that A. Yea. Yea. Bet you can't stop playing it now.



    You can also do it on the last measure each section, but it goes by so fast it almost doesn't matter.


    I would be thrilled to know where this tune gets played. Let me know. I will pass it on to the composer.
    I'd like to hear someone play it or post a YouTube vid. I learn by ear, can't read music. I love learning little known tunes and sharing them though.
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    Could someone please tab it out for us muppets, sounds like a good tune but I have no idea.
    cheers bruce

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    I would suggest grabbing a fiddle friend. The tunes are not super hard to get the feel of by sight reading, for those who read. A fiddle friend could play it through for you a few times and you would be off to the races.

    I have heard, (rumor warning), that the tune will be included in the much awaited third volume of the Portland Collection. Woo hoo if its true.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bfc View Post
    Could someone please tab it out for us muppets, sounds like a good tune but I have no idea.
    cheers bruce
    My TablEdit skills are pretty shoddy and I can't make it display exactly the way I'd like, but this should get you going.
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    Way to go, thanks Tobin.
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    Attended my first Jam this past weekend (what a great experience!), ordered my fakebooks, listening to plenty of fiddle tunes and standards, gearing up for the next one, and will certainly be following this thread.

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    red haired boy is a constantly played fiddle tune that is in the key of A and is easy to play

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    Been working on John Reischman's version of "Little Maggie", and "Side By Each" both songs on his latest recording Walk Along John.
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    A tune I learned off a banjo recording entitled: Walking the Dog. No, it's not the Rufus Thomas version. This has one of the catchiest melodies I've learned in quite a while. Sticks like chewing gum

    Other tunes our Contra dance band has recently started to play publicly include Richmond Cotillion, Silver and Gold, Going to Boston, Hangman's Reel, Ookpik Waltz, Jenny Lind Polka.
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    Still stuck in Grismondo land

    Tipsy Gypsy is a fun one and a fair test of sobriety.

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    Revisiting Blake's March on my A4 (1918)

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    We've got everyone in the fiddle club working on Britt Haas' Down The Hatch, off Britt's album with Paul Kowert and Jordan Tice. Works well on mandos, too.

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    so I won't forget, "Roscoe."

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    p.s., the a4 sounds great. Well played too!
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    Just finished a re-visit of Jerusalem Ridge, and now on Tipsy Gypsy (thanks tmsweeney)....
    NEED MORE TUNES

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    Usually, I like vocal songs better than fiddle tunes. But the last week was consecrated to Red haired boy, that I played on various instruments.
    Bluegrassers like to play this tune at breakneck speed, but not being much of an instrumental wizzard, I opted for a different approach: I played it as a slower hornpipe with swing eights. I also tried to give it a little classical feeling, more like Sor&Carcassi than Blake&Rice.

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    I found this video while working up The Red Haired Boy and use his idea for playing lower double stops for backing when not playing the melody. Sounds good imo on a lot of songs when tempo allows.

    Skip to 2:00 to hear it:


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    After months of procrastination, finally got Banish Misfortune down proficiently. Goodbye Liza Jane, too.

    Now to have a go at Slippery Kate.

    You know what I mean.

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    Having trouble starting a thread here. I am looking for a good string player, fiddler, banjo or madolyn. Have a show at Mohegan Sun in December. If anyone is close to Sandy Hook CT here who can help, we would love to speak with you 203-788-9942

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whiskey & Rye View Post
    Having trouble starting a thread here. I am looking for a good string player, fiddler, banjo or madolyn. Have a show at Mohegan Sun in December. If anyone is close to Sandy Hook CT here who can help, we would love to speak with you 203-788-9942
    Hey W&R, you might want to contact a moderator to see if you can get this moved into its own thread. I doubt you'll see much response with it buried deep in our "introverts welcome" fiddle-tune thread.

    Fyi, you should see a "POST NEW THREAD" black oval button in the upper left corner of any sub-forum (Not within a thread, but on the page where you see the listing of threads.) Click on that to post a new topic in whatever sub-forum you want. Maybe this one: http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/fo...To-Meet-Others

    Good luck!

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    My joy lately has been Strangeland's Old Time tab of Cold Frosty Morning. Loads of fun! Thanks for starting the thread, Mike, and for all the great ideas. Do you have a good tab of Cherokee Suffle?

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