That's a great video Chris. I'm using the first exercise and some variations of it to try and "hard-wire" this shuffle into my brain. So here's hoping!
Hi Chris. Thanks for the video. You might be interested to know that in the American old time community, this is by far the most controversial bowing pattern. Brad Leftwitch refers to it as “that annoying bowing” and John Engle will famously write off somebody’s entire fiddle style if he hears them using it. Based off bowing transcriptions I’ve done as well as many other people I know, this bowing pattern was almost unknown in the US until the advent of bluegrass. (There are instances of it being used but only in small chunks like one pattern of 1 down and 3 up or very rarely two in a row, but never repeated like this) It is very common for bluegrass fiddlers to play every fiddle tune with this bowing exclusively. Whereas the Nashville shuffle was basically ubiquitous across the south and midwestern US. Anyway I’m not a traditional stickler but I thought you might find this interesting. One interesting bowing pattern that is related to this found in Surry county by fiddlers like Earnest East and Benton Flippen is one Georgia shuffle couched in 3 note slurs so for instance (,,,’’’,’’’,,,’’’) There is a video of Tommy Jarrell playing Lonesome Road Blues on youtube where he uses this to great effect.
Hi Nathan. Thanks for that. Yes, it's a strange thing about shuffles in general I think. People (like me!) who teach or try to explain American fiddling are obsessed with them, I think in the same way that we obsess with let's say, blues scales. The people who invented the music knew nothing about such things and cared even less. I think shuffles are a short cut to a perception of authenticity, and they were jumped on by the early Nashville session players as a way to instantly give an old time sound to a new song. Thanks for telling me about the Tommy Jarrell pattern- I'll have a listen!
Hi Kenneth. I think it's mostly the Nashville on Chattahoochee. This is the one usually associated with Cajun music. I'll be doing "Cajun Fiddle" in a couple of weeks.
So with the Georgia Shuffle, you "have to" slur the notes to be able to perform this type of shuffle whereas with the Nashville Shuffle you do not. Is that correct? Great video as always Chris.
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@Martin Barrett thanks for your reply. I got to the site on google and im waiting for the hacking stuff now. I see it takes quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
Lovely playing man. Cheers FROM Georgia
thanks!
Bill Monroe said about the shuffle "That"s what makes the people dance!"
Great quote!
That's a great video Chris. I'm using the first exercise and some variations of it to try and "hard-wire" this shuffle into my brain. So here's hoping!
Thanks John! I'm very pleased with the way this one turned out.
Hi Chris. Thanks for the video. You might be interested to know that in the American old time community, this is by far the most controversial bowing pattern.
Brad Leftwitch refers to it as “that annoying bowing” and John Engle will famously write off somebody’s entire fiddle style if he hears them using it.
Based off bowing transcriptions I’ve done as well as many other people I know, this bowing pattern was almost unknown in the US until the advent of bluegrass. (There are instances of it being used but only in small chunks like one pattern of 1 down and 3 up or very rarely two in a row, but never repeated like this) It is very common for bluegrass fiddlers to play every fiddle tune with this bowing exclusively. Whereas the Nashville shuffle was basically ubiquitous across the south and midwestern US.
Anyway I’m not a traditional stickler but I thought you might find this interesting.
One interesting bowing pattern that is related to this found in Surry county by fiddlers like Earnest East and Benton Flippen is one Georgia shuffle couched in 3 note slurs so for instance (,,,’’’,’’’,,,’’’)
There is a video of Tommy Jarrell playing Lonesome Road Blues on youtube where he uses this to great effect.
Hi Nathan. Thanks for that. Yes, it's a strange thing about shuffles in general I think. People (like me!) who teach or try to explain American fiddling are obsessed with them, I think in the same way that we obsess with let's say, blues scales. The people who invented the music knew nothing about such things and cared even less. I think shuffles are a short cut to a perception of authenticity, and they were jumped on by the early Nashville session players as a way to instantly give an old time sound to a new song. Thanks for telling me about the Tommy Jarrell pattern- I'll have a listen!
Thanks Chris. I observe the management have given you a bit of extra space in the front room to record your excellent videos..!! 😄
Hi John. The management has started making her own videos, and immediately spotted a better arrangement for the camera and backdrop!
I was also going to comment on the room rearrangement. Looks great. Another excellent video too ... 👍
@@MusicRepo Thanks Jane!
@@TheFiddleChannel 😄
Would the georgia shuffle place well into a 6/8 double jig, or is it more of a 3/4 or 4/4 style?
On a jig you could try an occasional down, down UP down down UP, which would be similar, but strictly speaking the Georgia shuffle is for 4/4 tunes.
Is this the shuffle used on "Chattahoochee" by Alan Jackson
Hi Kenneth. I think it's mostly the Nashville on Chattahoochee. This is the one usually associated with Cajun music. I'll be doing "Cajun Fiddle" in a couple of weeks.
So with the Georgia Shuffle, you "have to" slur the notes to be able to perform this type of shuffle whereas with the Nashville Shuffle you do not. Is that correct? Great video as always Chris.
you probably dont care but does someone know of a way to log back into an Instagram account??
I somehow lost my password. I appreciate any help you can give me.
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@Martin Barrett thanks for your reply. I got to the site on google and im waiting for the hacking stuff now.
I see it takes quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
@Martin Barrett It worked and I now got access to my account again. I am so happy:D
Thanks so much you saved my account :D
@Morgan Leon happy to help =)