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    An internet acquaintance recently requested that I record this tune. It was one that I'd never heard before. I usually prefer to learn tunes by ear as I believe the aural learning process helps with long-term retention and also enables me to pick up variations and stylistic nuances from other players. However in this case I cheated and played it from the dots on The Session (version 6). Even though I was essentially sight-reading it, I did take some liberties as I got going. It's definitely a fun tune and not particularly tricky to play. I especially like the key change from major to parallel minor in the B part. Thanks for listening!


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    Nicely done.

    I am used to hearing it as a fiddle, banjo & guitar mix, with me on banjo. I just got an Eastman octave mandolin and am looking for octo tune and arrangement ideas. I'm only one state over so maybe we may run into each other somewhere down the road.

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    Very nice. What is that round-bodied, bass-looking thing in the back?
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    Quote Originally Posted by jaycat View Post
    Very nice. What is that round-bodied, bass-looking thing in the back?
    That's a Frankenstein washtub bass a friend made for me, comprising a galvanized washtub with a turned wood top and the neck and fingerboard from an old upright bass of mine that got destroyed on the road.

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    fun! and, well done!

    I play it on my OM too. I like your approach for sure!

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    This tune is one that Matt Flinner included in a recent course and, like you, I’d never heard it. I agree that it’s a fun one on octave mandolin and I enjoy playing it on mandolin as well.
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    Nice, I was working with Fiddler Dave Roburst, we were doing a set of three - "The First of May" - "The Kitchen Girl"- "Old Mother Flanagan's (in A, I usually play it in G)".
    David Bromberg has a nice solo guitar version somewhere out there in the universe and is where I first heard it, might have been a Kicking mule record.
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    Kitchen Girl used to be played a lot. old time, celtic, bluegrass. usually sounds like this (Marcy Marxer and Cathy Fink): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qP0KeymSQI

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    I have found that most anything you do , that I have seen, is done well, sounds great! Thank you so much for all our contributions! That Pomeroy mandola has a wonderful sound, too!

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    I have heard that mostly by clawhammer players, but you fill it out very well. I think it’s not easy to make these simple dance tunes succeed as solo pieces, and great time must be part of it. What’s your next tune?

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    Quote Originally Posted by lowtone2 View Post
    I have heard that mostly by clawhammer players, but you fill it out very well. I think it’s not easy to make these simple dance tunes succeed as solo pieces, and great time must be part of it. What’s your next tune?
    Thanks so much, glad you liked it despite the "rough and ready" nature of that performance. Great question, I don't know what's next. Just have to wait for inspiration to strike.

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    Very nice playing.

    We play Kitchen Girl in a set, with Cold Frosty Morning and Paterollers. They all go into each other very easily almost intuitively, so the particular order doesn't matter.
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