Your donations are tax deductible if sent in via the. Transcriptions and audio files of over 550 fiddle tunes from old recordings, festivals, jams and workshops, notated by john lamancusa. Cotton patch rag is the perfect tune for jamming on. The final installment in our threepart series on contest fiddling offers cotton patch rag as a tune of choice. Aarun carter and jonathan trawick performed at kennedy violins on march 2nd 20.
Oldtime, bluegrass, jigs, hornpipes, rags, waltzes, and a few surprises. Cottonpatch rag is a contest standard with about a zillion and one different sections. Fiddle rag fiddlers pastime fiddlin around fine times at our house fire on the mountain. This month id like to share cotton patch rag, a great tune from the texas fiddling tradition. My mailing address is at the bottom of this page if you prefer to send a check. Cotton patch rag arranged brian oberlin, i n i i qr9n l i ljlu j j ljjlu oc. Stream cotton patch rag by amy lewis from desktop or your mobile device. Stream cotton patch rag fiddled by ed sellers by virgil ed sellers from desktop or your mobile device.
Cotton patch rag is a favorite fiddle tune translated here to the mandolin in a straight forward and fun tablature arrangement. The recording features joe carr on mandolin and ricky turpin on fiddle. Selections performed by contestants at the 2000 national oldtime fiddlers contest recorded live for your listening enjoyment. Fiddle music fingerless fiddler fingerless fiddler. Cotton patch rag tab only classic texas contest fiddle tune with many interesting variations. Cotton patch rag fiddle tune a day day 85 cottonpatch rag is one of my oldschool contest fiddle tunes. Monthly newsletter includes free lessons, favorite member content, fiddle news and more. Part three cotton patch rag the final installment in our threepart series on contest fiddling offers cotton patch rag as a tune of choice. Cotton patch rag basic melody tutorial fiddlevideo. Cotton patch rag with fiddle champion alan watts youtube. Cotton patch rag my talent forge expert fiddle lessons. Patch rag fiddled by ed sellers by virgil ed sellers published on 20122t00.
Cotton patch rag is a popular texas fiddle tune, especially among the oldtime contest crowd. Brandywine 1976 old time fiddling from the state of kentucky. Cotton patch rag tablature b074t i janet davis publishing. July 11 cotton patch rag flatpicking guitar magazine. Alan watts and i decided to record a fun little fiddle tune, the cotton patch rag. Old time fiddle tunes penn state mechanical engineering. Bluegrass fiddle styles by kenny kosek softcover sheet. Occasionally the sound gets broken up by some wind gust, though. Casey breaks down a basic and advanced version in this lesson modulecheck out the tutorial videos below. A tune by the same name was supposedly composed during the ragtime era of the early 1900s, so its possible that. Cotton baggin cotton eyed joe cotton patch rag crazy creek cricket on the hearth cripple creek. I used to go to fiddle contests with my dad, but i never heard cotton patch rag played anywhere except in the states texas and oklahoma frets magazine. I originally learned it from tony ludiker, and there are parts in there from me, terry ludiker, roberta rast, and others. This tune of choice likely made its way into the western fiddle contest circuit due to the influence of texasstyle fiddling pioneer benny thomasson.
Listen to songs by kimber ludiker on myspace, a place where people come to connect, discover, and share. Cotton patch rag fiddled by ed sellers by virgil ed. Cotton patch rag is a great texasconteststyle tune of choice. These tracks have no melody, so they arent infringing on anyones s. Popular fiddle contest tunes minnesota state fiddle assoc. The final tune of the program and ending with a great blind item story about legendary texas fiddler major franklin. Great melodicstyle fiddle tune for the 5string banjo.
Cotton patch rag is a great conteststyle and texasstyle fiddle tune. It seems like theres no one order that the different sections are played in. Cotton patch rag fiddle tune a day day 85 vi wickam. This tune of choice likely made its way into the western fiddle contest. As usual, this gold member lesson comes with a streaming video, sheet music, tab, and an audio file.
Im not sure if this post goes here, but it seemed the closest. The full lesson includes sheet music, guitar backup tracks, multiple instructional videos, ab video looping, video speed controls, and much more. Other tune category pig ankle rag new orleans circa 1905 beaumont rag cotton patch rag florida blues jesse polka tx schottische allentown polka twinkle little star dont let your deal go down sweet georgia. Cotton eyed joe banjo tab and mp3 a popular dance and tune in texas and makes a fun banjo arrangement. Print and download in pdf or midi cotton patch rag 1. Matt glaser carefully breaks down all the tunes and analyzes the styles of benny thomasson, bob wills, vassar clements, mark oconnor, stephane grappelli, joe venuti and eddie south. Casey willis breaks down a basic and advanced version in this lesson module. However, it has also been attributed to popular grand old opry star, tennessees fiddlin arthur smith 18981971, although evidence for this. Cotton patch rag fiddle lesson by casey willis youtube. Cotton patch rag by kimber ludiker song free music. Annes reel joe sites fort smith john melnichuk blackhawk waltz archie mylnek introduction to the grand national. Take your playing to the next level with the help of a local or online fiddle teacher. Casey willis breaks down a basic version of the song in this blue river waltz basic tutorial.
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Click on the tune name for the sheet music pdf file, the piano keys to hear a synthesized midi file, or for a recording. Many believe cotton patch rag was originally a texas fiddle tune. The origins arent precisely known, but it is generally considered a texas style tune that originated with the style. Stirling castle set stirling castle, lord macdonald, jenny latin, cross of inverness, brig odee. Ive included pretty much all of the variations played by bluegrass and texas style fiddlers. Here is the great conteststyle and texasstyle fiddle tune, cotton patch rag. Cotton patch rag pro fiddle instruction fiddlevideo. Can you really learn to play fiddle from written music by listening to midi. Cottonpatch rag texans love the ragtime tunes fiddlin. Cotton patch ragv122916c melody cotton patch rag v122916c harmony cotton patch ragv122916c. Aarun carter was awarded the title 2011 national young adult champion at th this entry was posted in fiddle videos and tagged cotton patch rag, violins, young adult. Posted by violindealer 3 people like this play count. Chords for cotton patch rag with fiddle champion alan watts. Starting with oldtime texas fiddling, youll progress through modern texas, western swing and jazz soloing.
Cotton patch rag is a great conteststyle fiddle tune originating from texas. I heard different arrangements as far as when each section is played. Idaho open fiddle contest 2009 kais 1st round by duckhairboy. To download file, right click on download file, and click save target as. Fiddle rag fiddlers pastime fiddlin around fine times at. Download cotton patch rag if you use the slipperyhill website, please consider donating to help pay for server costs and technical assistance. Cotton patch ragv122916c melody cotton patch rag v122916c harmony cotton patch ragv122916c melharm cotton patch rag v122916c cello cotton patch rag v122916c viola cotton patch ragv122916c 3rds5ths cotton patch rag scorev122916c cotton patch rag v122916c 2parts. Cotton patch rag fiddle lesson by casey willis duration.