The Rhythmic Alphabet of Appalachian Fiddle Bowing

Описание: This video is a version of the first lesson I give to students who want to learn to play fiddle. It lays out the idea of the bowings in Appalachian fiddling as a rhythmic alphabet that the fiddler can use to say something with the music, an idea derived from West African drumming. The idea is that, instead of learning to bow each specific tune in a specific way, a fiddler can develop an entire rhythmic vocabulary that they can then use to play any tune in any number of ways.

The video alternates between explanations and demonstrations. The demonstrations are designed so that someone can play along and do the patterns with me, as we would do were the lesson in person.

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00:00: Introduction
03:42: First shuffle: Judy's shuffle, explanation
04:35: First shuffle: Judy's shuffle, demonstration
07:42: Putting notes back into Judy's shuffle, explanation
08:22: Putting notes back into Judy's shuffle, demonstration
09:33: Second shuffle: Tommy's shuffle, explanation
10:22: Second shuffle: Tommy's shuffle, demonstration
13:39: Anticipating downbeats in Judy's shuffle, explanation
13:51: Anticipating downbeats in Judy's shuffle, demonstration
14:37: Anticipating downbeats in Tommy's shuffle, explanation
15:14: Anticipating downbeats in Tommy's shuffle, demonstration
16:05: Switching between Judy's and Tommy's shuffles, explanation
16:25: Switching between Judy's and Tommy's shuffles, demonstration
19:25: Third shuffle: my spare parts, explanation
21:26: Third shuffle: my spare parts, demonstration
24:35: The full rhythmic alphabet, explanation
24:54: The full rhythmic alphabet, demonstration
28:05: Applying the rhythms to a tune (Old Joe Clark), explanation
29:27: Old Joe Clark, default version
30:32: Mixing and matching rhythmic patterns in Old Joe Clark, explanation
31:10: Mixing and matching rhythmic patterns in Old Joe Clark, demonstration
34:12: Applying the rhythms to a tune (Angeline the Baker), explanation
35:51: Angeline the Baker, default version
38:02: Mixing and matching rhythmic patterns in Angeline the Baker, demonstration
41:05: Outro

Thanks to Lisa Marie Tedesco at Cosmic Forge Films LLC for shooting and editing this video.