Check out this: http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/OLDNA_OLY.htm
It explains some things. On Sun 10/17/10 8:39 AM , Val Mindel [email protected] sent: > I've got the same two cuts, but also have Charlie Walden (master > Missouri fiddler) at my house right now, so I asked him. He believes > Bob Christeson took his version of Old Virginia largely from memory, > which might explain differences. There are lots of differences between > the Powers family (even when you get to the actual bit where they're > playing the tune) and Hartford. Who knows? I like the way Tater plays > it, which is the way I'm trying to play it on the mandolin. Meanwhile > is it Audrey or Aubrey on the Powers cut doing the slice of mandolin > rehearsal? That tune is definitely not Old Virginia unless she/he is > living in some other universe. Meanwhile there's snow on Mt Snow so I > guess winter is officially here in Vermont.... best, val > > On Oct 16, 12:09 pm, Robin Gravina robin > [email protected]> wrote:> I'm flicking through the Christeson Fiddle book > and > did 'Old Virginia reel',> but when I looked for it on my ipod, I found > Hartford and the Fiddling> Powers Family but the tune seems to be completely > different... Is it my> ears? my reading? or a different tune? > > Best > > Robin > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Taterbugmando" group.To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] unsubscribe from this group, send email to > taterbugmando+ > [email protected] more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. > > > -- 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.
