On the first day of the Fall Practice Challenge, I wrote a new tune which I called Branching Streams. It seemed like a good way to practice certain intervals, like A0-D3, D0-G3 and A0-3 which are challenging but good practice for students. So I’m sharing a recording and TABS below:
Branching Streams
A PART:
First quarter: A0-D3-2-A0-D3-2 D0-G3-2-D0-G3-2
Second quarter: A0-D3-2-A0-D3-2 A0-1-D3-A0
Third quarter: A0-D3-2-A0-D3-2 D0-G3-2-D0-G3-2
Fourth quarter: A0-D3-2-A0-D3-2 A0-1-D3-A0
B PART
First quarter: (A0)-A3-2-0-3-2-0-3-4-2-3-2-0
Second quarter: A0-D3-2-3-2-0-2-3-A0-D3-A0-2
Third quarter: A3-2-0-3-2-0-3-4-2-3-2-0
Fourth quarter: A0-D3-2-A0-D3-2 A0-1-D3-A0
Remember, if you ever have an idea for a fiddle tune, record it IMMEDIATELY. Then record it again as you refine it. Don’t stop to wonder if it’s worth recording because then you’ll probably just forget the tune.
As beginner, this is the kind of tune that keeps me feeling inspired to keep plugging away, slow and steady. Thank you!
You’re welcome! It’s a good beginner tune if you’d like to try it out.
I like it very much. Thankyou. This piece reminds me of a stream in upstate NY my husband and i canoed and it literally did branch out. Sometimes it ended in dead ends and we paddled back to the main stream. It was lovely.
I hear Ireland in it….very nice piece; thanks
David
i just listened – so interesting! I am excited to try and work it out . . . . sitar sound/India . . . thanks – you’re inspirational. I relish the accessibility of your work.
I love to hear something that I’ve never heard before and make see what my first impression is, and for this one, I like it a lot! I’ll try it soon.
Thank you Jason, Very nice, even if you don’t have the speed to follow you easily just drone along and it sounds great.
Beautiful!!! Intervals transformed. Thanks Jason!
thanks Anita. It’s always fun when there’s a good tune to learn a particular thing.
Love the sound and feel the drone creates. It’s not just in the background but part of the tune.
Thanks David. I’m working on ideas for an album in which the drone evolves along with the tune…