Bonapartes Retreat on Wine Box Fiddle

Diane in Chicago June 6, 2013 at 10:12am

Nice for Midnight on the Water! Easier to get those minor chords on the B part so it sounds sad. Took me ages to figure that out, and I still have not nailed it yet.

Jim Morris June 6, 2013 at 9:47am

Thanks Diane. Yeah, I love this tuning but I only know about 4 tunes using it. Still it's worth tunig down if only for one or two.We play that hootchie version around here too but prefer to only do the snake charmer bit 1 time in the middle somewhere.

Diane in Chicago June 5, 2013 at 9:05pm

DDad! Love that drone! Around here, folks play the weird hootchie kootchie B part and then the C like you did. Gak.

Jim Morris June 5, 2013 at 8:49pm

Thanks Unc, hmm a CB piano? Maybe a CB kalimba which is also known as a thumb piano. Thumb pianist envy?

Uncle John June 4, 2013 at 7:02pm

Man, that is pretty and I have fiddler envy. Not at all the same as pianist envy.

Jim Morris June 4, 2013 at 6:22pm

Thanks all. You might like to know this was take #6 on a moonshine night before I could play halfway in tune!

Clock The Wolf June 4, 2013 at 3:28pm

Wonderful!!!

Maddog June 4, 2013 at 12:42pm

I always look forward to your vids Jim, such a treat for the listener. :-)

Ear Candy!

the anonymous pick June 4, 2013 at 7:42am

cool .. i did a quick simple version of this tune the first time i ever tried a ducli scale guit .

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Jim Morris June 4, 2013 at 7:34am

Thanks James,Randy and RTZ. Yeah Randy that drone comes from tuning the G string (lowest on fioddle) down even further to D an octave below the next string. Is the bowed instrument you're playing like a cello what you're referring to? It's got a cool sound. Oh, and the vids with you and your wife were great!

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