To me, you have to go back to the original tune to truly learn it. Learning an already ornamented tune as the original leads to some pretty outlandish further decoration that usually starts a much larger departure from the true original. As to Sally Goodin', it does get better than Eck. Benny Thomassonn cleaned it up and Terry Morris (to my ears) perfected it. Since then, I think we've seen a de-evolution of the tune. There are some pretty good licks that get shoved in there, but nothing that really adds to the tune.
To the original post, I think it is always best to go back to the oldest, cleanest version you can learn. Personalize it from there. Mark On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 6:43 PM, 14strings <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 <[email protected]> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
