The Tunes of the Month

Welcome to the Tunes of the Month page. Each month the Fiddler's Support Group will feature one or two new tunes. Our supporting expert fiddler, Mary Caraher, will teach some tunes or our Featured Guest Fiddler of the Month will teach us a tune. We will post a recording of the tunes in this page so that you may down load them to reenforce learning them. All tunes are in standard tuning unless we indicate otherwise.

September - 2008

Vernon Burky's The Helvetia Polka (Key of D)

• Finale File
• MP3 File

October - 2008

Melvin Wine's Waiting for the Boatman (Key of D)

• MP3 File

Art Stamper's Chinquapin Hunting (Key of D)

• MP3 File

November - 2008

Ernie Carpenter's Horny Ewe (Key of A)

• Finale File
• MP3 File

December - 2008

Mary Caraher's Version of Martha Campbell (Key of D)

• MP3 File

Wilson Douglas' Version of June Apple played by Margo Blevin (Key of A)

• Finale File
• MP3 File

May - 2009

Mary Caraher's Version of Waynesboro (Key of G)-

• MP3 File

June - 2009

Dave Shombert's Version of Going Across the Sea (Key of D) based on fiddling of Bruce Green. Tuning is High Base (ADAE - low to high)

• Finale File
• MP3 File-slow version
• MP3 File-up to speed version

December - 2009

Mary will teach Breakin' Up Christmas. It is an ancient tune collected from Henry Reed. It came from the old custom of celebrating Jan. 8th as Christmas by holding dances in advance. It is crossed tuned to GDGD.

• Finale File

August - 2010

Mary taught Pam and me Pretty Little Dog at Clifftop this year. It is a modal West Virginia tune she learned from Dave Bing.

• Finale File
• PDF File of notation

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