I got mine as a quasi lesson tune a good while back..one of a few reels to try. I find its nice played not in first position in the A part. I have not seen the Christeson dots.
On Oct 18, 8:27 pm, Robin Gravina <[email protected]> wrote: > Winter in Vermont and ice on my car in Madrid this morning. > The A. Powers mandolin is very nice though, whether it's reeling or not. I > tried hitting the C natural on the A string too, in the B part which sounded > good to me. Where is the Tater version of one of the Old Virginia Reels to > be found? > Best > Robin > > On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Val Mindel <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 <[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]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<taterbugmando%[email protected]> > > . > > For 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.
