Re: Approach to tunes

[secsc2]

Fatten up is the best phrase to describe it. I was looking for a good way to describe this recently and all I had was "flesh it out", which sounds like something I would do to a shitty project plan at work.

 

-------------- Original message from 14strings <perrypale...@gmail.com>: --------------


>
> Hmmm I may be preaching to the choir here....
>
> But to me one of Senor Tater's unique talents is stripping down fiddle
> tunes to their bare essence so what is left
> is pure melody and rhythmic drive. Kind of like just leaving just the
> eyes, ears, nose and mouth on Mr Potato Head :)
>
> If I'm reading you correctly..... I agree that some of the fiddle
> tunes have gone through a game of "telephone" in that today's version
> have been mutated through the years. Not always for the better. Case
> in point...does it get better then Eck's "Sally Goodin"?
>
> M.C. has helped me straighten out and fatten up some fiddle tunes via
> the webcam lessons.
>
>
> On Jan 21, 12:36 pm, Nelson wrote:
> > I have been working on taking some fiddle tunes as they existed in the
> > old-time era (beginning of the recording age) and trying to find the
> > way that I like to play them best.
> >
> > Something that I have noticed, particularly with "Old Joe Clark" is
> > that the OT version seems quite different from the BG/modern version
> > we are used to.  It almost seems like slowing down the BG version and
> > playing it in an OT context does not sound right.
> >
> > Does anyone have any advice?  It is because of added harmony notes?
> > Has the root melody itself evolved?
> >
> > I am trying to learn enough tunes that are suitable for playing with
> > an OT band, in a BG environment and in the contest arena, but one size
> > doesn't seem to fit all.
> >
> > Thanks any advice you may have to offer,
> > Nelson
> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
> "Taterbugmando" group.
> To post to this group, send email to taterbugmando@googlegroups.com
> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
> taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
> For more options, visit this group at
> http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en
> -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
>