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Messenger (TOTW)

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Size: 1,140kb, uploaded 6/26/2020 4:21:23 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Learned from my favorite old-time Alabama fiddler James Bryan, who learned it from another Alabama fiddler, Jim Cauthen, who learned it from another one, Henry Lee Hudson of Clarke County, who was taught the older fiddling styles of the 1800's, like that of his father, Joseph Hudson (b. 1860) and other family members.

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Michigan Pioneer (TOTW)

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Size: 1,149kb, uploaded 11/10/2015 7:54:03 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

For the old-time Tune of the Week, 11/7/15, the wanderings of this tune mystify me. With that title it's actually said to have come from Arkansas via a Missouri family who migrated to Oklahoma and then somehow it got to California, my home state, where it was recently taught. It feels like a polka to me and I bet they polka in Michigan.

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Midnight on the Water

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Size: 1,215kb, uploaded 8/1/2011 7:16:26 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Lets me see calm, reflective water at midnight. There's a bit of tension or longing in the song that resolves with a calm ending.

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Mike in the Wilderness (CB)

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Size: 1,643kb, uploaded 8/28/2015 5:51:29 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

From the fiddling of Kentuckian John Salyer, this is a three part tune with a modal feel, kind of like a mini-concerto. I'm playing on a Gold Tone cello banjo just recently strung with minstrel nylgut strings and tuned an octave below open A tuning.

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Miller's Reel

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Size: 1,066kb, uploaded 10/29/2014 6:17:37 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

A J.P. Fraley version of this delightful melody. He cited his source as Frank Clay. It sounds more like a hornpipe when I play it.

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Miracles

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Size: 996kb, uploaded 12/21/2011 9:11:53 AM
Genre: Other / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

I wrote Miracles on the first night of Chanukah, and have embedded a Chanukah song.

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Miss McLeod's Reel

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Size: 772kb, uploaded 2/15/2012 7:32:21 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

An old square dance tune I learned.

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Mississippi Palisades (TOTW)

Posted by JanetB, written by Lynn Chirps Smith

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Size: 1,564kb, uploaded 9/24/2021 10:52:38 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Chirps Smith is a legendary fiddler in my book. This Tune of the Week is an original by him, brought to my attention from Stephen Rapp, who with his fiddle-playing buddy Paul Kirk, brings us many good tunes. Though the tune is relatively new, it has a sweet old-time feel. I'm playing on a cello banjo to get to the original tuning that Chirps wrote Mississippi Palisades in.

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Mississippi Snagboat (TOTW)

Posted by JanetB, written by Bert Payne

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Size: 2,128kb, uploaded 10/10/2016 1:10:13 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

For the old-time Tune of the Week, 10/7/16, the amazing duo of Spencer and Rains have released this tune on their DVD/CD "The Spotted Pony." Not much is known here about its author, a fiddler from Kansas named Bert Payne born in 1873. I was able to use Ken Torke's tab to learn the tune and added some cello banjo picked accompaniment. If you don't know what a snagboat is check out this TOTW for some info and pictures.

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Mississippi Waltz

Posted by JanetB, written by Bill Monroe

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Size: 971kb, uploaded 7/7/2011 10:13:07 AM
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Such a pretty waltz...

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Molly Sue

Posted by JanetB, written by Jim Reed

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Size: 957kb, uploaded 8/8/2017 11:41:35 AM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Kentucky banjo picker, Jim Reed, was posting for a while on BHO video after video, truly enchanting us with his soft, fluent, melodious 3-finger style. Molly Sue is one of his originals (which he could write instantaneously at will) which is also on his only CD. I learned it yesterday, thinking it has that descending scale (in the A part) I'm looking for and recently posted about on a Sound Off! thread called Kentucky modal tunes. I really think there's a parallel with some Native American music. Kentucky was full of Cherokee Indians at one time. Somehow their traditional music, especially as played on flute, has slipped into our modern mountains. Can it be?

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Mon Vieux Wagon (TOTW)

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Size: 1,364kb, uploaded 4/22/2023 12:08:17 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

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TOTW 04/21/2023 - Mon Vieux Wagon

From the Balfa Brothers Cajun style, the tune is, in English, The Old Wagon -- a nice dance tune. I've liked Cajun music for a long time, though we don't get many presentations on Tune of the Week, so an enjoyable learning journey for me this week. Cajun music apparently doesn't have much clawhammer banjo yet, but it's not too late to add some in!

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Money Musk

Posted by JanetB, written by D. Dow (1776)

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Size: 1,651kb, uploaded 8/8/2016 3:42:06 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

When I heard BHO members bd and David Colgan play the minstrel version of Money Musk it sounded familiar, but I couldn't place it. It's actually an old Scottish dance tune, notated in a publication dated around 1800. Then I consulted James Buckley's minstrel notation of 1868. Next I discovered it's also a contemporary fiddle tune. With many versions to hear, I chose to play it minstrel-style, then old-time. There's lots more to know about this tune!

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Moon Behind the Hill (CB) (TOTW)

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Size: 1,376kb, uploaded 2/18/2018 10:24:14 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

For the old-time Tune of the Week, 2/16/18, Moon Behind the Hill was learned by Melvin Wine listening at a dance and remembering it 2 or 3 months later.

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Morgan Magan

Posted by JanetB, written by O'Carolan

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Size: 1,034kb, uploaded 9/17/2011 3:57:20 PM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Another lively tune by the great Irish harpist of the early 1700's. His genius for composing baffles me.

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Morning Sounds

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Size: 903kb, uploaded 6/29/2011 9:24:46 AM
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Inspired by front porch picking.

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Mr. Barwick's Tune (TOTW)

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Size: 1,089kb, uploaded 7/30/2017 5:44:09 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

It's thought that this old-time Tune of the Week comes from California Kathy Barwick's grandfather. She'a a local staple for good music here in California. The tune is simple but catchy. When played by Erynn Marshall and Carl Jones it's a real old-time treat.

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Mrs. Maxwell

Posted by JanetB, written by Turlough O'Carolan

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Size: 1,989kb, uploaded 3/14/2017 1:15:51 PM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen

A planxty written by Turlough O'Carolan for a wealthy patron's wife. It's a happy tune in 4/4 time with cello banjo accompaniment.

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Muddy Roads

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Size: 1,364kb, uploaded 3/25/2016 6:20:48 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

From the playing of Dwight Diller for the old-time Tune of the Week, 3/25/16. The tension of the tune from G to F chordal sounds reminds me of muddy roads, indeed. I don't like them at all, but I like the tune!

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Mulberry Gap (TOTW)

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Size: 2,442kb, uploaded 6/5/2020 9:41:00 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Passed down through generations, northern Georgia banjo player Chesley Chancey (1913 - 1980) passed the tune Mulberry Gap from his grandfather on to Stephen Wade in 1979 while Art Rosenbaum recorded it at Chesley's home. He played it in the 2-finger style. I play it in the clawhammer style.

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