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New Fiddle Lesson by Vi Wickam

05 Dec
New Fiddle Lesson by Vi Wickam

by Steve Eulberg

The Arkansas Traveler is one of Vi’s favorite old-time tunes, and crosses several different genres from old-timey Ozark style to Texas style, and even to bluegrass.

The version in this lesson is on the beginner level.  This is also a tune that was featured on Fiddle Whamdiddle’s Not My Monkey recording.   

Vi has taught a brand-new lesson on this tune for DulcimerCrossing.com here.

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Vi plays his favorite variations from Major Franklin for
the inaugural video of his Fiddle-Tune-A-Day in 2012.

 
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Posted by on December 5, 2018 in fiddle, history, lessons, subscriber news

 

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New Fiddle Lesson!

17 Nov
New Fiddle Lesson!

by Steve Eulberg

Vi Wickam has created a new Fiddle Lesson for the Scottish tune Miss McLeod’s Reel.  that he and I like to play in our duo Fiddle Whamdiddle.  I have already created a mountain dulcimer lesson in the Galax style for this tune on DulcimerCrossing here.

You can also watch a couple of versions of this tune below:

Steve & Vi playing a hammered dulcimer and fiddle duet at the former Caffe Olé in Fort Collins, Colorado: (under the title “Have You Ever Gone to Meeting, Uncle Joe?” filmed for Vi’s Fiddle-Tune-A-Day project in 2012.)

And Steve playing Galax style with Vi and another DulcimerCrossing teacher, Don Pedi, at a house concert at Steve’s former home in Fort Collins, Colorado.

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Posted by on November 17, 2018 in fiddle, hammered dulcimer, lessons, mountain dulcimer, subscriber news

 

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New Fiddle Lesson: Boil Them Cabbage

15 Sep
New Fiddle Lesson: Boil Them Cabbage

by Steve Eulberg

We are pleased to share a new Fiddle Lesson by Vi Wickam from mytalentforge.com.

This is a tune that he and I play on our Old-School Old Time recording because it is one of the first tunes that we both learned in a traditional style.

This lesson set features the Single or Common Shuffle bowing technique and a demonstration of what happens when a “singing song” gets transformed into a fiddle tune.

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Posted by on September 15, 2018 in fiddle, lessons, subscriber news

 

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Introducing New Fiddle Instructor

11 Apr
Introducing New Fiddle Instructor

by Steve Eulberg & Linda Ratcliff

DulcimerCrossing is pleased to introduce our newest instructor: Vi Wickam  (Learn more about Vi on the Teacher’s Page or click on the video below:

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Vi Wickam is a 3rd generation fiddler from Colorado. He has finished in the finals at the Grand Master Fiddling Championship and has also taught there. Together with Steve Eulberg, he is the other half of the band, Fiddle Whamdiddle. He is also the host and owner of mytalentforge.com which features in-depth fiddle lessons, guitar (and some dulcimer lessons by Steve.) Click HERE to see Vi’s introductory video.

Vi is starting off by teaching several of the fiddle tunes that were recorded on the Old School Old-Times albumn by Fiddle Whamdiddle.
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Are you saying, “I know what a fiddle is but what is a whamdiddle?”  The whamdiddle is a slang name for the hammered dulcimer; “hog fiddle” is a slang name for the mountain dulcimer, both are traditional American folk instruments.  Together with the fiddle they make for a porch-picking, knee-slapping good time.

 

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Here is the list of the fiddle lessons uploaded so far.

 

 
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Posted by on April 11, 2017 in fiddle, lessons, special event, subscriber news

 

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