Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Soldier's Joy

Soldier's Joy is a fun tune I'm looking to learn the melody to.

Here is the melody (from a Bluegrass Jam led by Jason Homey):





Here is a link to a free fiddle lesson on Soldier's Joy from Matt Hartz at MyTalentForge.com:
Soldier's Joy Lesson at MyTalentForge.com

Chords:
D D D D
D D D D
D D D D
D G D D

D D G G
D D A A
D D G G
D A D D

There are actually various chord progressions used on this song.  Here's a texas backup chord progression:

D D    D D
D D#o  A A/c#
D D/f# G G#o
D A    D D

D D/f# G G#o
D D#o  A A/c#
D D/f# G G#o
D A    D D

Sunday, March 15, 2015

Durang's Hornpipe

Here is some sheet music for the tune:
Durang's Hornpipe Sheet Music

Here's a video of Daniel Carwile playing Durang's Hornipe


And here's an audio recording of Tony Ludiker playing it in 1988:
Tony Ludiker playing Durang's Hornpipe

The texas backup chord progression (We usually play this as AABBAA):
D D/f# G G#o
D D/f# A A/c#
D D/f# G G#o
A walk D D/f#

D A/c# Bm Bm/f#
G G#o  A  A/c#
D D/f# G  G#o
A walk D D/f#


Sunday, March 8, 2015

Rosebud of Allenvale - Waltz 3/4

Here's a link to the melody:
http://abcnotation.com/tunePage?a=www.alfwarnock.info/alfs/abc/accw03/0065

And here is Robyn and Grace playing it at the Idaho Open Fiddle Contest in 2012



The chords:
A  E7   A  A/c#
D  A    E7 E/g#
A  A/c# D  D#o
A  E7   A  A
----------
A7 A7    D  D/f#
B7 B7/f# E7 E/g#
A  A/c#  D  D#o
A  E7    A  A


Sunday, March 1, 2015

Grey Eagle - Standard A progression

Grey Eagle uses a very standard fiddle tune progression

Here's my daughter Robyn playing Grey Eagle at the Idaho Open Fiddle Contest in 2012:



This video has her entire round, so it also includes Grey Eagle, Chancellor's Waltz, and Beaumont Rag.

Here are the basic chords:
A A D D 
A A E E
A A D D 
E E E A

And

Texas Style chord progression:
A A/c# D D#o
A A/c# E E/b
A A/c# D D#o
E E/b walk A

where the walk would be (f#, g#)