What's your new fiddle tune?

[Jim Nollman]

Gotta learn Bunch of Keys. Don't know Jenny, but sure do know Paddy on the Railroad. That one drives like a jet engine. My own favorite old time "bluegrass" tune to play is Sourwood Waltz. In F. OK, maybe not precisely bluegrass, but you know what I mean.

[Sandy Beckler]

It's not really a fiddle tune....and really doesn't fit the genre...but it sure is fun to play.

Anna's Dance by Laurence Rosenthal (a contemporary American composer) it can be found on Mandozine where John has it classified as "Early Classical".

Sandy

[Loretta Callahan]

Swinging on a Gate and Wind that Shakes the Barley ... maybe it's the right forum after all.

[Joe F]

I've been working on a Ward Jarvis tune, "Head of the Creek." Fun tune to play, and crooked enough to keep things interesting.

[Mike Snyder]

I came home from Winfield with a bushel basket full of work;
Johnny, Johnny, Don't get Drunk
Celebrated Opera Reel
Banish Misfortune
John Stinson II
Evite Gabriel
Julia Delaney
Morrisons' Jig
The Pirates' Dance and
Coffee

[woodwizard]

Durang's Hornpipe, Quincy Dillion's High D, & Jimmy in the Swamp ... cool tunes

[AKmusic]

Black Snake Bit Me On The Toe
Callahan
Goin' Where I Ain't Never Been Before

[mandolirius]

I just learned "The Squirrel Hunters". While looking around for versions of it, I came across this site that explains who the Squirrel Hunters actually were. I had assumed it was named for the activity of hunting squirrels. I found out differently.

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=635

[Mike Bunting]

I just learned "The Squirrel Hunters". While looking around for versions of it, I came across this site that explains who the Squirrel Hunters actually were. I had assumed it was named for the activity of hunting squirrels. I found out differently.

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=635

Damn, I've been making up stories about it to lead into the next song on our list,
Squirrel Heads and Gravy. I'd better not let the truth interfere with a good story!

[mandolirius]

Damn, I've been making up stories about it to lead into the next song on our list,
Squirrel Heads and Gravy. I'd better not let the truth interfere with a good story!

Yeah, it makes for a good chronology....hunt the squirrel then cook it up in some nice gravy. But I thought the truth was a pretty good story, too.

[mandolirius]

Doing a bit more reading, I came across this quote:

For about two weeks, military authorities tried to make soldiers of this independent lot. Finally, the rebel threat passed. General Smith wrote to General Lew Wallace in Cincinnati on September 17. "Reports from the front state that the enemy are in full retreat...Cannot I get rid of the Squirrel hunters? They are under no control."

Be careful what you ask for

[woodwizard]

Half Past Four... is my most recent favorite tune to play! Great fiddle tune that sounds pretty good on the mando too.

[walt33]

Korolenko: http://mustrad.udenap.org/tounes/TQ487_korolenko.html

In a set with Louis Cyr: http://mustrad.udenap.org/tounes/TQ215_louis_cyr.html

and Reel des menteries: http://mustrad.udenap.org/tounes/TQ1...menteries.html

I already know Louis Cyr, so that's only two new tunes to learn.

[woodwizard]

I'm on a roll!..... just learned: Jump Fingers, Jimmy in the Swamp and Old Virginia Reel

[theCOOP]

Been learning out of Mandolin Picker's Fakebook. From the OPs original post...June Apple still alludes me.

Recently picked up Whiskey Before Breakfast, and now just about have Staten Island Hornpipe pegged.

Been revisiting another half dozen or so including Fisher's Hornpipe, Liberty, Girl I left Behind (Waxie's Dargle) and Golden Slippers, etc. This is over and above 8 or 9 I can already play through.

Ain't had any luck yet with Rocky Road to Dublin or Paddy on the Railway

[Loretta Callahan]

Also using Fiddler's Fake Book along with a couple Sessions books: the latest: Kesh Jig and The Earl's Chair Reel

[theCOOP]

Also using Fiddler's Fake Book along with a couple Sessions books: the latest: Kesh Jig and The Earl's Chair Reel

I learned Kesh Jig from the Fakebood too, but modified it to sound like what someone else was playing, I think Barb Shultz' video. The version she played sounds more like what I'm used to, from some song The Pogues play it to. I dunno if it's more simple or more complex (simple I think). I found parts of the Fakebook version to be cumbersome to play through.

[woodwizard]

"Jordan is a Hard Road to Travel"

[Jim Nollman]

Those of us who follow this thread can adequately play lots and lots of fiddle tunes. In my own pursuit to master as many of these tunes as finger memory permits, some of the best known tunes have, so far, evaded my attention. Right now, I'm spending the time learning Red Haired Boy and Cherokee Shuffle.

[Steve Cantrell]

Willot's Horpipe
Frisky Jim
Burt County Breakdown

That's my current three.

[fatt-dad]

I came home from Winfield with a bushel basket full of work;
Johnny, Johnny, Don't get Drunk
Celebrated Opera Reel
Banish Misfortune
John Stinson II
Evite Gabriel
Julia Delaney
Morrisons' Jig
The Pirates' Dance and
Coffee

is that really "Coffee" or is it "Cuffey?" Never heard the former, but play the latter.

We'd have a fun jam if we could all get together!

f-d

[Scott Holt]

My new tunes are Lonesome Moonlight Waltz, and Road To Columbus! I love all the tunes on "Kenny Baker plays Bill Monroe", and my goal is to learn all these tunes well.

[sgarrity]

Those of us who follow this thread can adequately play lots and lots of fiddle tunes. In my own pursuit to master as many of these tunes as finger memory permits, some of the best known tunes have, so far, evaded my attention. Right now, I'm spending the time learning Red Haired Boy and Cherokee Shuffle.

I'm with ya there. I don't play Cherokee Shuffle or Bill Cheatem. Need to learn 'em!

[Mike Bunting]

Crossing the Cumberland.

[mando_dan]

Maggots In The Sheep Hide. Hideous image, lovely tune.