Here’s Our Shared Tune List

Session 1, 2024: Twin Fiddling

Week 8: review, jam, rehearse! Watch that here.

Week 7: “Lena’s Waltz” harmony. Watch class here.

Week 6: “Lena’s Waltz” melody. Watch the class here.

Week 5: A twist: “Soldier’s Joy!” Watch that class here.

Week 4: “Sally Ann” seconding part. Watch class here.

Week 3: “Sally Ann.” Watch class here.

Week 2: “Carroll County Blues” harmony. Watch class here.

Week 1: “Carroll County Blues” melody. Watch class here.

Session 5, 2023: West Virginia!

Week 8: band practice and “All Young.” Watch class here.

Week 7: “Three Forks of Reedy.” Watch class here!

Week 6: “Piney Ridge.” Watch class here.

Week 5: “Durang’s Hornpipe.” Watch class here.

Week 4: a much-needed review. Watch that here.

Week 3: “Moon Behind the Hill.” We are using this source recording. Watch class here.

Week 2: “Red Bird” from Clark Kessinger. Watch class here.

Week 1: “Waynesboro” from Edden Hammons. Watch class here.

Session 4, 2023: I Really Want To Love C Tunes

Week 8: band practice! Watch here.

Week 7: “Mace Bell’s Civil War March.” Watch class here.

Week 6: “Charleston No. 1.” Watch class here. Learn about Narmour & Smith here.

Week 5: “Farewell Trion.” Watch here.

Week 4: “Billy in the Lowground.” Watch class here.

Week 3: “New Money.” Watch class here.

Week 2: “Denver Belle.” Watch class here.

Week 1: “Take Me Back to Georgia.” Watch class here.

Session 2, 2023: Making Chestnuts Great Again

Week 8: “John Riley the Shepherd!” Watch class here.

Week 7: review, jam with banjos, a little bit of “Whiskey Before Breakfast.” Watch class here.

Week 6: “Spotted Pony.” Watch class here. Our inspiration is this version:

Week 5: more “Martha Campbell.” Watch class here.

Week 4: “Martha Campbell” via Doc Roberts. Watch class here.

Week 3: more “Needlecase.” Watch here. Here’s that version that we grabbed some variations from:

Week 2: “Needlecase.” Watch the class here.

Week 1: “St. Anne’s Reel.” Watch the class here.

Session 1, 2023: Ed Haley!

Week 8: “No Corn on Tygart” in GADE tuning. Watch class here.

Week 7: “No Corn on Tygart” (AEAE tuning). Watch class here.

Week 6: even more “Poplar Bluff.” Watch class right here.

Week 5: third position, and “Poplar Bluff.” Watch class here.

Week 4: more “Bluegrass Meadows” including some variations, then Bobby plays “Dunbar”! Watch it all here.

Week 3: “Dunbar” jam. Then “Bluegrass Meadows” in G! Watch class here.

Week 2: “Dunbar” 2.0. Watch the class here.

Here’s what I hear in Haley’s first two times the A part on the source recording. The notes are his, the bowing is mine. Click on the photo to access a PDF of the sheet music.

Week 1: “Dunbar” in the key of C. Watch the class here. Check out Haley’s playing here:

October - December Session 2022

Week 8: band practice and the “Swannanoa Waltz” by Rayna Gellert. Watch class here.

Week 7: “The Blackest Crow.” Watch it here.

Week 6: Greg Canote taught us a tune! Watch it here.

Week 5: “Midnight on the Water.” Watch here.

Week 4: “More Kentucky Waltz.” Watch the class here.

Week 3: “Kentucky Waltz.” Watch that class here.

Week 2: more “Stambaugh Waltz.” Watch the class here.

Week 1: introduction. “Stambaugh Waltz”! Watch the class here.

August/September Session 2022

Week 8: review jam and gig prep. Watch it all here.

Week 7: New Five Cent Piece.” Watch the class here.

Week 6: “Soldier’s Joy” some more. Watch that here.

Week 5: Matt’s favorite tune! Watch the class here.

Week 4: “June Apple” chords and jam with banjo class. Watch it all here.

Week 3: “June Apple.” Watch class here.

Week 2: “Cotton-Eyed Joe.” Watch it here.

Week 1: “Cotton-Eyed Joe.” Watch the class here.

June/July Session 2022

Week 7: “Shove The Pig’s Foot…” and review. Watch the video here.

Week 6: review and more. Check out the video of the class here.

Week 5: dance fiddling, then “Big Scioty.” Find the video here. The Scioto River is a river in central and southern Ohio more than 231 miles in length. Burl Hammons learned this tune from his uncle Pete Hammons.

Week 4: kicking off tunes in D, then reviewing “Forked Deer” & “Indian Ate The Woodchuck” - watch the video here

Week 3: Ed Haley’s “Indian Ate The Woodchuck” - watch the video here

Week 2: “Forked Deer” continued - watch the video here

Week 1: class goals & “Forked Deer” - watch the video here