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------------------------------------------ Round Robin of Favorite You-Tube Fiddling Videos Send in a favorite so we can post it... "Avalance" twists and turns from the master blues and jazz inspired fiddler, Vassar Clements "Ashokan Farewell" definitive version by composer Jay Ungar "the Blackest Crow" Bruce Molsky, Julie Fowlis, Aly Bain and friends -one of a long series of fabulous vids from Aly's 1985 "TransAtlantic" sessions. John Bekoff and friends zone out at Black Creek Fiddle Reunion - one of the underground legends of old time music filmed by Boston fiddler Alan Kaufman... I think this tune is a version of 'Sally Johnson'... Alison Kraus, Mark O'Connor, Ed Meyer and YoYo Ma play a restrained version of Fisher's Hornpipe in F, D and G, proving that speed isn't everything! "Jenny on the Railroad" Alan Kaufman, leader of the weekly jam at the Skellig Pub in Waltham, MA and Leo Grassi play twin fiddles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aee1D9OVhcU "Jerusalem Ridge" classic Bill Monroe tune played by Kenny Baker and Bill - fiddling doesn't get much sweeter than this! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpzoLAwZ-gs&feature=related Pre-1939 audio only files - Les joyeuses Quebecois ("Joys of Quebec") from the 1938 RCA Victor recordings by the great French Canadian fiddler Joseph Bouchard. In the Archives of Canada website ("Virtual Gramophone") this tune is listed as composed by F. Malouin. This is a nice three part version with very sweet fiddling and fun variations. The flip side of the record was Galop de la Malbaie, known in English as Mackilmoyle's Reel. And just for good measure, here's the legendary Joseph Allard playing a 1930s version of St Anne's Reel "Sally Gooden" great western style fiddling from a master, Junior Daugherty. "Schindler's List" theme - Itzhak Perlman with composer John Williams "Temperance Reel, Lord McDonald's, High Road to Linton" Aly Bain and friends "Tiffany Kid (tribute to Vassar Clemens) " by Psychograss, Darol Anger, "Wild Rose of the Mountain" Aly Bain and J.P. Fraley "Ways of the World Medley" Andy Reiner and Fiddlefoxx "Working on a Building" Tim O'Brien, one of the String Nation series - Tim sings the Bill Monroe classic with solo fiddle - brilliant!
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The Quiet Corner Fiddlers have been getting together weekly since June 2005 and we've grown from 4 or 5 fiddles at each session to as many as 20 or more! We have practice sessions, workshops taught by visiting fiddlers, and some public performance dates. We generally hold weekly fiddle sessions on Tuesdays from 7:00 to 8:30 in the Willimantic CT area. The purpose of the sessions is to have fun playing fiddle tunes together and to improve our fiddling skills. The following is our usual schedule: 1st Tues - E-mail photopunky@aol.com to inquire; 2nd Tues - Fred's Brick House Cafe, 1691 West Main St., Willimantic (call first); 3rd Tues - Email photopunky@aol.com to inquire; 4th Tues - Chuck's place (email chuckmrgn@att.net to confirm). We often play at other times and locations, so check with us to see what's happening.
--------------------------------- Here's our new PLAYLIST 2/2010 (Here is the playlist.doc as a Word document for printing) Here's a link to our SLOW JAM page with lots of tunes to practice. Here's a link to our Workshop Page with some Nominations for Future Workshops and Many QCF fiddlers also play with Old Fiddlers Club of Rhode Island Here's a link to more photos Some folks play from written music and some play by ear. We often choose new tunes to learn from the David Brody Fiddler's Fakebook which nearly all of us own and use. Sometimes we have copies of this book available for new members to buy. Some people find this large book awkward to handle and a bit too large to carry around, so we have been discussing what other tune books might be a good choice... Two other tune books than many fiddlers like are Randy Miller's "New England Fiddler's Repertory" which has many traditional tunes, and Susan Songer's "Portland Collection" which has both traditional and recently composed tunes.
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