Slow Jam, August 18, 2012
It’s the second Slower Than Dirt Old-Time Jam! We’ve shifted the time by an hour, so it’ll be from 2-5 instead of 1-4. We’re still at the Lake City Library, though. At the last jam, folks were interested in playing …
Author: Josh
52 Tunes From Fiddle Hell
Fiddle Hell is “an informal gathering of fiddlers to meet, jam, learn, and have fun.” It’s named after the Saturday night jam session, which looks to be a large room full of (mostly) fiddlers all playing together. Here’s a sample: …
Needlecase
Also known as: Needle Case, Needle In The Case There’s an interesting version in the Fiddler’s Companion, but this is the version from the Tractor Tavern book: Download: Compressed MusicXML Banjo tab: Download: TablEdit (tef) Videos: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_Xk8sgT-TA
Frosty Morning
Also known as: Frosty Morn’, Cold and Frosty Morning This is mostly David Brody’s version from the Fiddler’s Fakebook: Download: Compressed MusicXML Banjo tab: Download: TablEdit (tef) Videos: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Sg2QKwE-6M httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVes1imP19M
Grasshopper Sitting on a Sweet Potato Vine
Dan Levenson’s version from Old-Time Festival Tunes: Download: Compressed MusicXML Banjo tab for Dan Levenson’s basic arrangement: Download: TablEdit (tef) Videos: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKFC45JWg7o
Too Young To Marry
Also known as: Sweet Sixteen, My Love is But a Lass, My Love is But a Lassie Yet Dan Levenson’s version from Old-Time Festival Tunes: Download: Compressed MusicXML Banjo tab for Dan Levenson’s basic arrangement: Download: TablEdit (tef) Videos: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1uLnLqmfwU
Johnny Don’t Get Drunk
This is Tony Mates’ version from the Tractor Tavern book: Download: Compressed MusicXML Here’s Dan Levenson’s version from Old-Time Festival Tunes: Download: Compressed MusicXML Banjo tab for Dan Levenson’s basic arrangement: Download: TablEdit (tef) Some videos: Fiddle: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XINdEfKfsb4 Banjo: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKXJdaUpsVM
Slow Jam, July 21, 2012
It’s the first Slower Than Dirt Beginner Jam! We have the meeting room at the Lake City branch of the Seattle Public Library from 1pm to 4pm on July 21st, 2012. That sounds like a long time, and it is, …
Slowing music down
There are a number of utilities to help you learn music from recordings by slowing them down while maintaining the pitch. The one I’ve been using recently is Anytune, an iPad app. The free version has degraded audio quality after …
Old-Time Festival Tunes
Old-Time Festival Tunes, by Dan Levenson This two-volume set is available for clawhammer banjo in one volume and fiddle/mandolin in the other. Both books contain the same repertoire of 117 tunes, in a “basic” and “advanced” arrangement in standard notation …