OTJunky Says:
Saturday, January 26, 2008 @1:47:12 PM

Yes - this is the same tune as "Seneca Square Dance"

Sounds pretty good too....

--OTJ

fiddlebob Says:
Saturday, January 26, 2008 @2:26:49 PM

Good tune purty well played.

fiddlebob

wormbower Says:
Saturday, January 26, 2008 @6:46:23 PM

Sounds great, Janet!  So, you've only been playing for about 2-years?  Congratulations--gives me hope for what I might achieve some day. 

Paul

tiquose Says:
Saturday, January 26, 2008 @7:08:54 PM

About a year and a half, actually, Paul, with lessons. The lessons have been invaluable.

BanjoBrad Says:
Saturday, January 26, 2008 @9:17:38 PM

Really nice, Janet!

I believe the OT'my sound is in the tastefully placed drones and the straight-forward presentation of the tune without a lot of ornamentation or "extry" notes!

I gave it a "3" because you said it needed work, otherwise a "4."

FiddlerFaddler Says:
Sunday, January 27, 2008 @9:53:35 PM

Great job Janet!  Evidently Shelby took his mule to the Seneca square dance.  I believe that Waiting for the Federals is NOT this tune, but one also known as Oklahoma Rooster, two versions of which I am learning.

Midwest_Fiddler Says:
Monday, January 28, 2008 @2:41:37 PM

The tune is the fairly close to Seneca Square Dance (title from Fiddlin' Sam Log's version recorded in the 20s) which is the same as Waiting for the Federals as I recall.  Your version has some slight differences- the long notes with wee pauses- kind of syncopated.

For tons of info see (Under Seneca Square Dance title): http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/SEB_SEY.htm

Chirps

tiquose Says:
Monday, January 28, 2008 @8:50:47 PM

Thanks for all the insight, folks. The arrangement is not mine. I learned it from my first teacher, Bill Daily of Canon City, CO, and I play it as he did, or as close as I can. Tunes and their titles can turn out to be such a slippery subject.

mudbug Says:
Friday, March 27, 2009 @3:58:36 AM

Nice double stops. You gave it that mournful, backwoods feeling. Great tone----What brand of fiddle is that?

tiquose Says:
Friday, March 27, 2009 @5:29:11 AM

I believe that was my Jon Cooper fiddle that I call Hobbes.

john timpany Says:
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 @5:27:24 PM

Nice one.
It's harder to play with consistent drones and stops than single notes.
I admire what you've achieved

tiquose Says:
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 @5:53:30 PM

John, thanks so much! I haven't played this tune recently so the nudge is especially appreciated.

john timpany Says:
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 @6:15:46 PM

Nudge nudge.