Dusty Strings Jam, 2013/12/08

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Tunes played at the Dusty Strings jam this month:

  • Buffalo Gals (D)
  • Soldier’s Joy (D)
  • Tune of the Month: Cold Frosty Morning (A Dorian)
    (Download)
  • Moon and Seven Stars (D)
  • Matt’s Polka (Am)
  • Arkansas Traveler (D)
  • The Girl I Left Behind Me (G)
  • The Possum’s Tail is Bare (D)
  • Midnight on the Water (D)
  • Turkey in the Straw (G)
  • Elmer’s Waltz (Dm/D)
  • Rat’s Gone to Rest (G)
  • Swallowtail Jig (Em)
  • Cluck Old Hen (A dorian?)
  • Ragtime Annie (D/G)
  • Whiskey Before Breakfast (D)
  • Red-Haired Boy (A mixolydian)
  • Seneca Square Dance (G)
  • Fisher’s Hornpipe (D)
  • Angeline the Baker (A)
  • Carnival Polka (D harmonic minor)
  • Wind That Shakes the Barley (D)
  • Paddy on the Handcar (A Dorian)
  • Bill Cheatham (A)
  • Saint Anne’s Reel (D)

Sarah pulled up these videos of different interpretations of Cold Frosty Morning for us:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVes1imP19M

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf8satjBta0

Again, a nice age spread at this jam. We need more (read: some) banjos, though!