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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Nollman View Post
    Valse a deux temps
    Any links to that specific tune? Valse a deux temps seems to be a generic term for a waltz in two beats. I like your taste in tunes which is why I am bothering you.
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    Hi Jim, I have tried, although so far, failed to locate a recorded source for this cajun waltz, at least not on spotify or itunes. I haven't been overly thorough, so it may be there but hidden. Ironically, I have found several tunes with this name, but none of them are actually waltzes. Go figure.

    The fiddler in my band found the tune in a book of old time waltzes last week. The rest of the band has been quick to figure out parts, to create a stomping groove to it. The fiddle plays the melody straight, and I add a syncopated harmony on mandolin that instills some of that essential Cajun rhythm. Our banjo player, who usually dislikes waltzes because she only ever gets to add a simple chord rhythm, really likes this one because the Cajun groove opens it up to her clawhammer style.

    If we ever get around to recording it, I'll post it here.
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    Well, you gave me a hint, that it is a Cajun tune. The French name or term for the dance indicates that it is a Two-Step Waltz whch is why it is not the usual kind marked in 3 beats per measure. I assume it is this one:

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    It is not that one. But thanks for educating me to the existence of the two step waltz. I've only ever associated waltzes with 3/4 time.

    Here's the tune I learned, from Youtube. I have attached that website address, since I simply can't figure out how to embed the video via the Cafe's Youtube button.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le9d-dk0QYc
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    Hah! Actually that is a 3 beat Cajun waltz, at least the way I hear it. The emphasis is probably different than standard contradance waltzes. Nice tune!

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    Oh, I love to play Snake Hunt (aka L’Ville) on fiddle (I. Cross-A). I just tried it on my mando, which made me realized it’s a great exercise for alternative picking because it’s so syncopated. The B part is especially tricky, rhythmically. It can be a real jam buster because the B part ties everyone in knots.

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    The Salvation Reel is a great tune, composed by Simon Bradley, one of the many great 'Manchester Irish' musicians on the current British Isles folk scene. The second tune in the Wrigley Sisters' set is also of English origin, the Hawk, composed by the great (long dead) Tyneside fiddler, James Hill.
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    Lots of good tunes in here!

    Pikes Peak
    Loat Indian (in D, ala Foghorn Stringband)
    Take Me Back to Georgia
    Texas Fair (Leake County Revelers)

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    snake hunt
    That's a good one. And this recording even has mandolin.

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    Who's the mandolin player in the recording (above) of Snake Hunt. Is the tune French Canadian?

    I'm also playing the heck out of Pikes Peak in gigs. It sounds especially good as a duet between mandolin and banjo. I expect we'll perform it as part of a C set of our next Contra dance. The set is: Denver Gals/Pikes Peak/Saturday Night Breakdown.
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    Who's the mandolin player in the recording (above) of Snake Hunt. Is the tune French Canadian?

    I'm also playing the heck out of Pikes Peak in gigs. It sounds especially good as a duet between mandolin and banjo. I expect we'll perform it as part of a C set of our next Contra dance. The set is: Denver Gals/Pikes Peak/Saturday Night Breakdown.
    Usually Lynn "Chirps" Smith plays mandolin IIRC. He also is an ace fiddler for the Volo Bogtrotters, a Chicago-based old time band. I believe that Fred Campeau wrote the tune and is another member of the band.

    This would not be an ideal tune for a contra dance.

    Here is another wonderful tune, Fancy Creek, also composed by Fred Campeau and played by my good friends and occasional band members Harry Bolick and Brian Slattery.

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    My current tune to work on is Grey Owl by John Arcand. Another thread reminded me how much i like this tune. Another delightfully crooked tune.

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    Who's the mandolin player in the recording (above) of Snake Hunt. Is the tune French Canadian?

    I'm also playing the heck out of Pikes Peak in gigs. It sounds especially good as a duet between mandolin and banjo. I expect we'll perform it as part of a C set of our next Contra dance. The set is: Denver Gals/Pikes Peak/Saturday Night Breakdown.
    Ahh yes! Saturday Night Breakdown is one I've been meaning to learn. Those Mississippi tunes are a hoot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Nollman View Post
    I'm also playing the heck out of Pikes Peak in gigs. It sounds especially good as a duet between mandolin and banjo. I expect we'll perform it as part of a C set of our next Contra dance. The set is: Denver Gals/Pikes Peak/Saturday Night Breakdown.
    I play Pike's Peak and Saturday Night Breakdown but what is Denver Gals? Is it the same as Denver Belle?
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    I play Pike's Peak and Saturday Night Breakdown but what is Denver Gals? Is it the same as Denver Belle?
    Sorry, yes, it’s denver belle.
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    Sorry, yes, it’s denver belle.
    One of my favorite versions on mandolin as played by Marc McGlashan:

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    Yes, I’m pretty sure that’s Chirps playing mandolin on that L’Ville recording. Chirps is great. He’s a regular every summer at my local old-time festival (Rocky Mountain Old-Time Music Festival, “CROMA”) and jams with everyone. Here’s one from couple summers ago:
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    Yeah, I met him and played in some jams at Wheatland and Hiawatha Festivals in Michigan in the 1980s. Nice guy, too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Denny Gies View Post
    Attempting to learn New Camptown Races.
    Does this song count as a fiddle tune? If so, it's the only one that I have ever played:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT0unfsVgy4

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