Kitchen Girl
This has been one of my favorites. We play it in the Bay Area Fiddlers Association, too. The version here is not advanced, but, it’s not easy either. I’d call it intermediate. This hoe down has a catchy change of chord in the first two beats, then goes back to A A lot can be […]
Smash the Windows
Here is another tune from my book that I’m revising. A slightly simplified version replaces a couple of rolls and an idiosyncratic little walk up on the repeat of the B section. I’ve been penciling these changes in for my studio students. Now you can see what I do. The tune is also called Roaring […]
Flop Eared Mule
This tab chart is a revision of the chart in 43 Fiddle Tunes in Tab. When I revised it for a new student, the thought suddenly hit me, “I can put this online on my new fiddle tune blog!” And so, here it is. The revisions are changes I’ve been penciling in for my studio […]
The Hunter’s Purse, an Irish Reel in Music Notation
Even today a purse is not just a small bag for carrying money. It can be the prize in a contest. The hunter may think of his quarry as a prize. But a animal taken by the hunter may not fit into a small bag. The hunter’s purse may be the small bag he made […]
The Dutchman’s Pipe, a Grassapelli Tune on Video
This is just the tune by itself. I play through it a couple of times on video.