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Book Ideas:  Book Idea: Traditional Music  |
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FiddleChick
True Blue Farmgirl
78 Posts
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 Posted - Feb 10 2006 : 10:14:35 AM
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| Hi, the one thing I thought was missing from the last book (which I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, btw) was traditional music. Music was such a big part of farm life. My mom tells stories about how they used to push the kitchen table back against the wall and the fiddlers would sit on it and everyone else would dance in the kitchen. Kitchen music. I'd love to see it come alive again. |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Feb 10 2006 : 2:33:34 PM
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I love that! Welcome the the group fiddlechick!!
I have my grandpa's fiddle to restore...it needs some work..and then I plan to learn to play...hopefully someone will be able to teach this non music reader how to do it...I love the idea of some music in my home. My girls are taking piano..but I love old timey bluegrassy type music sometimes!!
Jenny in Utah
It's astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen...Frances Burnette
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Bridge
True Blue Farmgirl
814 Posts
Bridgette
Southern
Indiana
USA
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2006 : 10:34:48 AM
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Music is such a great way for people to get/stay together and have a good time doing it. We have an "old time fiddlers" group around here that gets together to jam on Tuesdays - I play the guitar, but have never dared to join them - I haven't picked it up in about 5 years or so, but I used to play in coffee shops during college for extra cash. I think a section on old music with a few old traditional songs would be really fun, too!
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
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FiddleChick
True Blue Farmgirl
78 Posts
78 Posts |
Posted - Feb 12 2006 : 05:40:44 AM
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[quote]Originally posted by Aunt Jenny
I love that! Welcome the the group fiddlechick!!
***Thanks!! Since I found MaryJane's Farm I feel like I've come "home".
hopefully someone will be able to teach this non music reader how to do it
***Personally, I think you're almost better off not knowing how to read music if you're playing traditional. I've played music (by reading notes) since I was about 8, mostly piano and guitar, and when I began to play fiddle I wasn't sure I could do it without music, but I decided to try. I'm so glad I did because it's so freeing to sit down with an instrument and just play.
My dream, someday, is to learn how to repair old fiddles so I can restore and reclaim them. It breaks my heart to see them at auctions, all lonely and neglected and silent. Imagine the music trapped inside! Each one has its own personality and voice. You are so blessed to have your grandfather's fiddle to play!!
Hugs,
FiddleChick |
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Terre
True Blue Farmgirl
97 Posts
Indiana
USA
97 Posts |
Posted - Feb 24 2006 : 05:20:25 AM
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Hi! I always enjoyed music growing up also, especially the backyard barbeques when everyone would come over in the afternoon and continue into the night while they smoked the pork and made homemade ice cream. The music was provided by my parents and the guests who brought their instruments with them and everybody singing. I didn't live on a farm, but most of the adults in my childhood life came from farms--and this is just one of the things they brought to the city with them. I never really knew that we didn't have much money growing up until I became a teenager. I learned how to do much from them that has helped me throughout my life, especially how to have a good time!
Be true in heart. |
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
2045 Posts |
Posted - Feb 24 2006 : 05:27:28 AM
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Yes, Yes, Yes!
We still do a lot of traditional music in this area. Malabar Farm State Park has been kind of a magnet for people with this interest. Their web site is http://www.malabarfarm.org From the event calendar here is their 2006 listing of barn dances:
Wildlife Weekend Barn Dance,Saturday, April 22nd, 2006, 7pm-10pm,
Sponsored by:
Mohican Lodge Resort and Conference Center, Perrysville, OH
Spring Dance, Saturday, May 27th, 2006, 7pm-10pm,
Sponsored by: Richland Bank, Mansfield
Liberty Dance, Saturday, July 1st, 2006 7pm-10pm,
Sponsored by: Pepsi Cola Bottling of Mansfield
Summer Dance, Saturday, August 5, 2006 7pm-10pm,
Sponsored by: Loudonville FFA Alumni Association
Heritage Dance, Saturday,September 23rd, 2006 7pm-10pm,
Sponsored by: Mohican Lodge Resort, Perrysville
Harvest Dance, Saturday, October 28th, 2006 7pm-10pm,
Sponsored by:: Angelwood Hideway B&B, Lucas
Come celebrate with us at our Tradtional Square Dances in 2005. Enjoy live music and square-dance calling provided by the Back Porch Swing Band (Web Site) (Email) and square dance caller Tom McConahay. Beginners and experienced dancers are welcome. Don't know how to dance? We have hundreds of folks to show you how. FREE event. Refreshments and food will be on sale by the Loudonville FFA Alumni Association during all dances.
I am trying to convince DH to go to at least ONE of these.
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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Terre
True Blue Farmgirl
97 Posts
Indiana
USA
97 Posts |
Posted - Feb 24 2006 : 05:28:11 AM
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I also think some old traditional music would be great included. Even if is only 1 or 2 songs. I forgot to tell you-- I also play piano and bowed psaltery. The piano I have played since a child and play by ear and sight read. The bowed psaltery I discovered just about 3 years ago and threw away the music and just play it which works better for me. So whether it's your fiddle, or whatever just pick it up and see what you can do. The key is to keep working at it. You'll be surprised what you can do! Start with something that you're familiar with. Amazing Grace is a really simple tune.
Be true in heart. |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Feb 25 2006 : 3:12:19 PM
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i couldn't 'carry a tune in a bucket' .. but sure do love listening to it! i ADORE the twangy, whiney sound of mountain women singing ballads carried from generation to generation! xo
True Friends, Frannie |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Feb 25 2006 : 8:35:37 PM
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I don't know that much about "uncommon" (at least to me!) instruments - what is a bowed psaltery? Terre, it sounded so interesting - I've never heard of it before.
XOXO, Libbie
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Terre
True Blue Farmgirl
97 Posts
Indiana
USA
97 Posts |
Posted - Feb 26 2006 : 12:51:47 PM
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Hi Libbie! A bowed psaltery some people think is related to a dulcimer, but it's really related more to the harp family. It is a primitive instrument that is played with a bow. You may have seen something similar on a Christmas card where an angel is holding a stringed instrument usually up against her shoulder and it's kind of rounded on the end towards her waist. Sorry--this is the best description I can do. It's really easy to learn to play. They can come in different sizes. Mine is a smaller one and has aprox. 2 octaves. If you are familiar with a piano--- The full notes would be on one side of the bowed psaltery with the sharps and flats on the other side of the psaltery.
Be true in heart. |
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bohemiangel
True Blue Farmgirl
2087 Posts
Bridget
Ligonier
pa
USA
2087 Posts |
Posted - Nov 09 2006 : 11:52:23 AM
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OMgosh fiddle chick!! me too and I totally agree. Have you ever heard of Augusta Heritage Center? Check it out:) We go there every year since I was 6 (I'm 24 now). It's great. Music is my thing too. I also have a degree in Music Education. :)
"... to thine ownself be true." |
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Photobugs
True Blue Farmgirl
363 Posts
Pamela
Post Falls
Idaho
USA
363 Posts |
Posted - Apr 09 2007 : 08:54:18 AM
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I'd love to see a section on the old-timey mountain instruments and the players of them. Blue grass is my favorite music. Oh I wish I could play a tune or 100 on the fiddle! I love to sing and do so whenever I get the chance. One thing I'd like to do is sing (just for fun) with a bunch of blue grass jammers!
When my hubby and I took our trip back east last fall we happened upon a group in a music shop in Gettysburg on a Friday night. There were about 20 musicians playing all of the stringed instruments...the winey mountain tunes could not have been more appropriate for the setting. I was in heaven. It was a highlight of my trip. They have been meeting there for 5 years, one of the listeners told me. They had set up chairs all around the store allowing about 50 people to enjoy the tunes. If you are ever in Gettysburg on Friday night...look them up. They were on one of the little streets off of the town square. I am sure any local could direct you.
Pamela
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OregonGal
True Blue Farmgirl
511 Posts
Chris
No. IL
USA
511 Posts |
Posted - Apr 09 2007 : 7:23:03 PM
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| I like that old time music and we have alot of back porch pickers that play around in the various towns here....nice to go and listen to. I don't too much about how to play instruments - I blow on the harp a little but only at home. I do know the difference between a violin and a fiddle tho - a violin has strings, and a fiddle has strangs.lol :-) |
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Kim
True Blue Farmgirl
146 Posts
Kim
Pflugerville
Texas
USA
146 Posts |
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Carolinagirl
True Blue Farmgirl
486 Posts
Kim
Rutherfordton
NC
USA
486 Posts |
Posted - Apr 09 2007 : 7:29:36 PM
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Okay, y'all... start naming some traditional music cds/artists... I have a hard time finding them because they are so oddly classified in stores/online. Most of what I listen to are the ballads of the Appalachians, which are usually creative "distortions" of the Irish/Scots ballads. Local musicians/artists I enjoy are Doc Watson (of course)- Husband Dear's father knows him, and he knows us in turn. Wonderful to hear him play and sing! Another newish band I like is called the Reeltime Travellers. They're from over the ridge, in Johnson City TN, I think. They play lots of trad music and their own as well. Oh- another good one is Johnny Staats, out of West Virginia. His first album is called Wires and Wood, and there's another one I can't remember the name of. He plays the best madolin. Another good album is Doc and Dog- Doc Watson and David Grisham.
SO, who else do y'all listen to?
Kim in NC
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Kim
True Blue Farmgirl
146 Posts
Kim
Pflugerville
Texas
USA
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Kim
True Blue Farmgirl
146 Posts
Kim
Pflugerville
Texas
USA
146 Posts |
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Kim
True Blue Farmgirl
146 Posts
Kim
Pflugerville
Texas
USA
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dayspringacres
Farmgirl at Heart
3 Posts
J'Anette
Colville
WA
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Posted - Apr 07 2010 : 4:11:55 PM
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I am a dulcimer player in Washington state who wants to play. Is there anybody out there who can come out to play?
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Sheep Mom 2
True Blue Farmgirl
1534 Posts
Sheri
Elk
WA
USA
1534 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2010 : 4:43:28 PM
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Mountain dulcimer or hammered? I play around with a hammered dulcimer.
Blessings, Sheri
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Book Idea: Traditional Music
