Go high tech grandpa! My father-in-law is 80 and he doesn't even know what YouTube is. The only time he's shown any interest in the computer is asking if I can "fax him an email" or "show him some of that porn".
On Mar 11, 3:53 pm, [email protected] wrote: > I've had this problem for years, pounding tunes into my head from books is > much like breaking rocks. I've learned some from books, but most of the > tunes I know now have come from jam session. I've been going to an old time > jam for the past couple of years with some very good old fiddlers. Last week > one of the old guys came up with a new tune that we all liked. He is in his > 80s and still very sharp. Says he can't learn from books as he doesn't read > music. We asked where he got the tune, which he couldn't remember the name > of. He says, to the surprise of us all. "Off YouTube". > > Clyde Clevenger > Just My Opinion, But It's Right > Salem, Oregon > Old Circle > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "MinnesotaMandolin" <[email protected]> > To: "Taterbugmando" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 7:02:28 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific > Subject: on the subject of books... > > Hey all-- > > I'm curious how others handle this dilemma of mine, or if it's even an > issue. When I practice tunes out of books (my primary books are the > Phillips vol. 1, O'Neils music of Ireland and the Fiddler's Fakebook) > I struggle to make the tune sound "informal." I have a classical > background, on guitar and the oboe, and it's hard for me to play off > of sheet music without sounding like a presentation. > > When I learn a song from a person, I don't have this problem. Same > with the handful of tunes I've written. But out of the dozens of tunes > I've worked on out of books, only a few don't sound like a recital > when I play them. I've actually hit a point where the fiddle tune > books aren't that much more fun than exercise books, for how stiff > they can sound under my fingers. I keep coming back to them though, > because I figure it's good for me to work on 'em anyway. I also got a > few classical mandolin books so I could read through some sheet music > and be happy with the "formality" of my playing. > > I got a hunch the answer to my question is "practice," but I wonder if > anyone has some other tips or suggestions. > > I normally don't think of myself as a stiff player, but most of my > focus is on creating rhythm parts for the original songs my band does. > > On a related note, how do folks decide to "set" a tune where all the > information that might be available about it is its title and the name > of the fiddler the book's author collected the song from? > > just curious, > > erik- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
