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| penelippy |
 Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:29 pm |
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Charlie
Joined: 06 Oct 2007
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Location: on the road
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| My dad told me that he has my great grandad's fiddle...now how do I finagle this outta him? |
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| The whistle knows my name |
| Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:42 pm |
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Thousandaire
Joined: 21 Apr 2008
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Any way you can, Penelippy.
Started playing myself a year ago and it's quickly becoming my favorite instrument.
Especially since my friends are limited to the guitar/banjo.
*grin*
It's fun being needed. |
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| pittsyltucky |
| Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:54 pm |
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*Johnny*
Joined: 15 Sep 2006
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Location: Pigg River District, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
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No doubt!!! GET THAT THING!!! Oh how I wish I had my great-uncle's banjo!! Got sold at his estate sale back in the 40's...
Funny story about Soldier's Joy -- my son and I were at this canoeing event back in June and they had a "bluegrass" band playing -- a bunch of old fellas... so I go up and ask if they know Soldier's Joy or the Hanged Man's Reel - they agree to play Soldier's Joy -- they got this octogenarian on the fiddle who gets ready to start it off -- guitar man asks "what key's this in?" and the old fella says "C" -- he saws the first chord and the guitar man says "sounds like "D" to me" -- so he says ""D" it is, then" and just goes to TOWN... blew my mind -- my boy and I are kickin' heels and they played it for all it was worth. Later on every one of them old-timers came up to us and said they hadn't had such fun in a long time, having folks dance while they played -- they said they'd much rather play the "old stuff" than the "bluegrass" sh*t - especially when "young" folks like us kick up the dust for them... made my day and theirs, too... |
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| Kitty |
| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:54 am |
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*Mrs. Kitty*
Joined: 23 Oct 2006
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Location: Durham, NC
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| That is a great story there P-tucky!! |
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| kg |
| Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:14 pm |
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*Data Miner*
Joined: 30 Jun 2007
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| Someone's blog entry about the song |
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| Indiana Girl |
| Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:03 pm |
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Old Crow
Joined: 28 Aug 2006
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Location: A flatlandah in NH
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| That is my absolute favorite clip. I send it to anyone who asks me who Old Crow is. What I can't figure out is how kayakgrl was able to hold the camera steady! I can't sit still just watching it on the computer screen! AWESOME! |
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| Gitjoe |
| Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:42 pm |
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Lil' Birdie
Joined: 28 Jan 2008
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Location: Smyrna,TN.
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| ...and for the Bluegrassers if you play "Bile the Cabbage Down" backwards......youhave "Soldiers Joy"! |
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| pittsyltucky |
| Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:43 pm |
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*Johnny*
Joined: 15 Sep 2006
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Location: Pigg River District, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
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| didn't even notice the first time that the OCMS highlight was a link to kayaksquirl's video... pretty neat!! anyone notice that the lyrics someone posted in her comments are not really correct? |
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| GumboStu |
| Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 4:10 am |
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*Irish Stew*
Joined: 03 Oct 2007
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Location: Joe's Cornfield
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| jkorp |
| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:24 pm |
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Charlie
Joined: 22 Feb 2007
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Location: The Right Coast
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Here is my first try at a fiddle tab. This is a bastardized version of tab notation, kind of like that on fiddle hub and kind of my own. Read the key to understand the notation. I am not using note timing like the guy does on fiddlehub, but more or less dashes inbetween notes to kind of tip you on how they are played. Once you play around with it I think you'll get the feel for it.
This is how Ketch plays it (or close to it), not how you will hear many others play it. I will try to get a clip up for you to hear soon.
> = slide up
1L = first finger (1st fret or 1/2 step from open)
1 = first finger (2nd fret or whole step from open)
2L = second finger (3rd fret or 1/2 step up from 1)
2 = second finger (4th fret or whole step up from 1)
3 = third finger (5th fret or 1/2 step up from 2)
4L = fourth finger (6th fret or 1/2 step up from 3)
4 = fourth finger (7th fret or whole step up from 3)
Cross D tuning : ADAD
PART 1
D|----------------0-0--------------------------------------0-0->201-0-----0
A|-0-1-0-------0-----0-1-0---------------0-1-0--------0--------------0-1--
D|-------2-0-2--------------2-0-2-3-1-1--------2-0-2----------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|----------------0-0------------------------------------------0-0->201-0------0
A|-0-1-0-------0-0-0-0-1-0----------------0-1-0----------0-0-0--000--0-0-1-0
D|-0-0-0-2-0-2-------0-0-0-2-0-2-3-1-1-0-0-0--2-0-2--0----------------0-0--
A|--------0-0-0---------------0-0-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-------------------------
PART 2
D|-2-3-4-2-1-2-3--2-3-4-2-1210-----2-3-4-2-1-2-3--2-3-4-2-3->201-0-----0
A|----------------------------------210---------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-2-3-4-2-1-2-3--2-3-4-2-1210------2-3-4-2-1-2-3--2-3-4-2-3->201-0----0
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0000-210-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0---000-0----0
D|-----------------------------------000--------------------------------------------
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
Last edited by jkorp on Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:13 am; edited 4 times in total |
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| pittsyltucky |
| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:35 pm |
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*Johnny*
Joined: 15 Sep 2006
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Location: Pigg River District, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
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| awesome -- nice work, j |
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| jkorp |
| Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:16 am |
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Charlie
Joined: 22 Feb 2007
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Location: The Right Coast
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| Anyone tried the fiddle tab yet, I like to hear how it worked. |
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| Makinbacon |
| Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:59 am |
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Old Crow
Joined: 24 Sep 2008
Posts: 567
Location: Bacon's Castle, Virginia
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I like fiddles but cant play one...yet.
The satisfaction of vanquishing your enemy. |
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| indeedinoditsistern |
| Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:43 am |
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*Garfunkled*
Joined: 22 Jan 2008
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Location: Hokes Bluff AL.
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| i play around with a fiddle but that stuff (including guitar tabs) look like binary code to me. my brane is not programmed for that stuff. 
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| pittsyltucky |
| Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:07 pm |
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*Johnny*
Joined: 15 Sep 2006
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Location: Pigg River District, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
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| I can't BELIEVE nobody's put this up yet... LMAO!!!!! |
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| Kitty |
| Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:05 pm |
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*Mrs. Kitty*
Joined: 23 Oct 2006
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Location: Durham, NC
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Well - I knew you loved it so much, I thought I would let you do the honors....
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| Makinbacon |
| Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:46 pm |
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Old Crow
Joined: 24 Sep 2008
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Location: Bacon's Castle, Virginia
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| Best super bowl commercial i saw! |
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| Indiana Girl |
| Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:58 pm |
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Old Crow
Joined: 28 Aug 2006
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Location: A flatlandah in NH
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pittsyltucky wrote: I can't BELIEVE nobody's put this up yet... LMAO!!!!!
I was impressed that my husband recognized the tune. I must play it too often.  |
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| LucyStag |
| Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:00 pm |
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*Cruel Lucille*
Joined: 20 Mar 2008
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indeedinoditsistern wrote: i play around with a fiddle but that stuff (including guitar tabs) look like binary code to me. my brane is not programmed for that stuff.
I fear I may never learn the fiddle, cause I can't figure them out either.
And I usually got enough of an ear to figure out exactly HALF a song. |
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| booher07 |
| Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 9:39 am |
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Lil' Birdie
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GDAE - Standard Tuning Fiddle Tab for "Soldier's Joy"
Did this from memory, I'll double check later when I get my fiddle out. You should be able to drone the A and D in Part 1 and E and A in Part 2 for the most part. I didn't indicate sharps and flats, but "/" = slide up in part 2. Let me know how it goes.
Part 1
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-3-1-0--------0--------0-1-0-2-3---3-1-0--------0--------------------
D|--------2-0-2---2-0-2----------------------2-0-2---2-0-2-3-4-3-2-1--
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------1-3-1---0-2-0---1-1-1-1-
A|------0--------0-------0-1-0-2-3--0-3--------3--------2-3-3-3-3-
D|-2-3---2-0-2---2-0-2----------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------
Part 2
E|-/1-0-1-2-3--1-0---0-1-2--/1-0-1-2-3--1-0-----------
A|-------------------3----------------------------3-2-1-0--
D|-----------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------
E|-/1-0-1-2-3--1-0---0-1-2--/1-3-1---0-2-0---1-1-1-1-
A|-------------------3------------------3-------2-3-3-3-3-
D|-----------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------
Since I still have a lot of free time, I'll be working on more of these this summer hopefully. |
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| pittsyltucky |
| Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 10:50 am |
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*Johnny*
Joined: 15 Sep 2006
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Location: Pigg River District, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
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| By all means... Thanks! |
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| booher07 |
| Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 10:56 am |
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Lil' Birdie
Joined: 26 May 2010
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pittsyltucky wrote: By all means... Thanks!
No problem, looking through the forums for other songs ppl want fiddle tabs for. May be able to do some, given some time. |
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| The whistle knows my name |
| Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 5:45 pm |
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Thousandaire
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| Thanks! New tabs are always welcome. |
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