Fleshing out sounds like what I'd do to a nice fat beaver or bob cat. Chubby Oregon Territories
On Jan 27, 4:49 pm, [email protected] wrote: > 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 <[email protected]>: > -------------- > > > > > 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
