Belle of Lexington-Fiddle (Standard tuning: key of D)

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When I first jammed this tune, I immediately recognized that the tune was essentially the old-time version of the Irish hornpipe Kitty’s Wedding. The source is often attributed to VA fiddler Emmett Lundy. This piece uses a wide range but is straightforward in its “question and answer” or “call and response” construction. We cover 3-1 bowing, Nashville shuffle, a 4th finger unison, and the simple use of open strings as drones.

Here's What You Get:

$15 (Sheet music PLUS video lessons you can watch over and over, and play-through videos to practice along with)

Videos Included

A part
B part
Slower Play-through
Faster Play-through

Videos can be streamed, downloaded, or viewed in the Gumroad App on mobile devices. Watch your email for instructions after purchase

The Sandbridge Old-time Fiddle Video Project

For the last few years, I have run a 3.5-day old-time fiddle retreat for intermediate level players in Sandbridge VA – The Sandbridge Old-Time Fiddle Retreat. https://www.sandbridgedulcimer.com/the-sandbridge-fiddle-retreat We hold the workshop in a couple of beautiful oceanfront houses. We focus on a variety of bowing systems to create a solid groove, left-hand techniques (chording, slides, ornaments, 4th finger unisons etc), altered tunings, chord theory and more. For all the tunes, we prepare summary videos and provide written transcriptions with all bowings and notation of the left-hand techniques. I am pleased to now make many of these recordings available for everyone. The scope of material presented for each tune is comparable to several private lessons.

Topics covered in most of the videos include the following:

Basic melody broken down phrase by phrase

Bowings for all phrases

Bowing ideas include 3-1 bowing, Nashville shuffle, bow pulses, ghost bows, bow rocks

Rationale for bowing

Altered tunings include ADAE, ADAD, AEAE, AEAC#

Description of all chording

Left-hand techniques

Discussion of the chord progression

Variations

Written transcriptions with bowings and chords

Practice tracks along with a play-through of the full tune

See also Ken’s book Old-time Fiddle Style (Mel Bay, 2010) https://shop.kenkolodner.com/store/old-time-fiddle-style-book-mp3-set

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