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Old Virginia, Part 1

This lesson is part of the course Old-Time Fiddle with Bruce Molsky.
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Get deep into the roots of Southern Appalachian old-time fiddling. Bruce breaks down the melody, bowing patterns, rhythms, and embellishments of each tune he teaches so you can really learn to play like Bruce and the old masters he learned from.
 
 
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West Virginia fiddler Edden Hammons was recorded in 1947 by a collector named Louis Chappell. Hammons’s playing has a Scottish influence, with strongly detailed phrases and an old-fashioned style of intonation. You’ll learn his version of “Greasy Coat” in this lesson. “Greasy Coat” is in A E A E tuning, and Bruce starts by playing the tune through a couple of times, before breaking the melody down for you phrase by phrase. He also shows you how Hammons often played thirds and sevenths slightly flat, and trilled the third. You’ll learn the melody of both the A and B parts in this video.
 
 
 
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SINGING AND FIDDLING: “OLD VIRGINIA”  
 
SINGING AND FIDDLING: “OLD VIRGINIA”  
 
Old Virginia, Part 1
Old Virginia, Part 1
 
The beautiful old love song “Old Virginia” is a great song to sing with the fiddle. You’ll learn a few different ways to accompany your singing in this lesson, starting by just doubling the melody on the fiddle. Bruce plays and sings the first verse and then breaks each line of the verse down, showing you how to match the phrasing of your voice with the fiddle. Then Bruce gives you an exercise in which you sing and play the notes of the G major scale.

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