Tunes

Tune : The Jig Is Up

I wrote this jig with mixed meters while teaching the Irish Ensemble at FSU in 2003. I recently revised it.

Tune : Washington's March

"Washington's March" is a tune recorded by West Virginia, East Kentucky fiddler Edden Hammons on the Smithsonian recording Edden Hammons Vol. 1. The Hammons family were all musical but Edden was the prodigy. Gordon Scott became fascinated with the tune, learned it, and taught it to me. A friend recently asked if I knew the tune. He'd heard a recording of an Irish band called The Immigrants. It's available on thesession.org but this version is more like how Edden Hammons played it. I've included two settings and Edden played it differently every time through on his recording.

Tune : The Huron Carol

"The Huron Carol" is a Canadian Christmas Carol.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Tune : Sinead's Waltz

Gordon Scott wrote this waltz for his wife Jane who he calls Sinead.

Tune : Cold Frosty Morning/Cuckoo's Nest/Cluck Old Hen

These two tunes "Cold Frosty Morning/Cluck Old Hen" work together, both in A Dorian, though from different traditions. If you sandwich "Cuckoo's Nest" in between them it'll vary the tonality a bit. Miriam Wyman and Matt Catalano, Gordon's nephew from Ohio, taught us "Cold Frosty Morning". "Cuckoo's Nest" we got from our student, Cynthia McDermott while directing the FSU Irish Ensemble, and "Cluck Old Hen" Jane learned 'cause she thought it'd be an easy one for beginning fiddle students.

Tune : Big Scioty/Sandy River Belle

The first tune in this medley we learned from Miriam Wyman and Matt Catalano, Gordon's nephew. As we learned "Big Scioty" from Matt we play it differently from the local Tallahassee players.  There are various versions of "Sandy River Belle", a West Virginian tune. But, this is the version Gordon Scott plays and it's catchier than some of the other versions Jane has found.

Tune : Pipe on the Hob

Tallahassee has been a sister city with Sligo, Ireland since 1995. Since that time we've had many cultural exchanges. Among the musicians to visit Tallahassee were fiddler Des Collis and box player Michael O'Brien. Jane thought the Sligo setting of "Pipe on the Hob" that Des and Michael played was much more interesting than the setting on thesession.org. Hope you enjoy it!

Tune : Pig Ankle Rag

Tune : Johnny Don't Get Drunk

This fiddle tune is for Kenny in Tallahassee who heard "Johnny Don't Get Drunk" at a jam at Sparrow Music Camp. He came and asked me for it. As I didn't get a chance to record it or notate it for him, here it is. Hope to hear Kenny play it some day. Miss Jane

Tune : Lost Girl

I've been hearing this compelling tune for years played by various local fiddlers and recorded it at an old-time jam at The Warehouse last year. I notated it from that field recording as well as from listening to the Foghorn Stringband's version on Youtube. Hope you like it as much as I do. Jane Scott


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