dylanblawrence

dylanblawrence started the topic Mace Bell's Civil War March in the forum Student Videos 2 years, 9 months ago

Howdy folks. I came across this tune a few weeks ago while listening to Spencer & Rains, and it is now my favorite Old Timey fiddle tune. It is called Mace Bell’s Civil War March. I am obsessed with it so thought I would share. -Dylan

dylanblawrence replied to the topic One-year anniversary in the forum Student Videos 3 years, 4 months ago

All, thanks for the kind words, and sorry for my delay in responding. In answer to the questions:

1) For the sheet music for Niel Gow’s Lament, I believe I obtained it from the abcnotation.com/tunes website. The sheet music is pretty basic.

2) For the embellishments, that is mostly based on my listening to various versions of the song…[Read more]

dylanblawrence replied to the topic One-year anniversary in the forum Student Videos 3 years, 4 months ago

Thanks so much for the kind words. Not like I am some grizzled veteran or anything, but if I can offer one piece of advice, it would be to take videos of yourself playing the fiddle, and then go back and really study them. When I did this, I realized I was often rushing through certain parts of tunes, and was consistently too sharp on the third…[Read more]

dylanblawrence started the topic One-year anniversary in the forum Student Videos 3 years, 4 months ago

I first picked up a fiddle on Dec. 5, 2019, and wanted to commemorate my one-year anniversary of playing the fiddle by playing the tune that convinced me to try this instrument in the first place. It is the Scottish tune, Niel Gow’s Lament for the Death of His Second Wife. Certainly not perfect, but hey, it’s gritty and…[Read more]

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