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Backstep Cindy, Part 1: The A Part, Melody and Bowing


This lesson is part of the course Old-Time Fiddle with Bruce Molsky.
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Get deep into the roots of Southern Appalachian old-time fiddling. Bruce breaks down the melody, bowing patterns, rhythms, and embellishments of each tune he teaches so you can really learn to play like Bruce and the old masters he learned from.
 
 
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West Virginia fiddler Edden Hammons was recorded in 1947 by a collector named Louis Chappell. Hammons’s playing has a Scottish influence, with strongly detailed phrases and an old-fashioned style of intonation. You’ll learn his version of “Greasy Coat” in this lesson. “Greasy Coat” is in A E A E tuning, and Bruce starts by playing the tune through a couple of times, before breaking the melody down for you phrase by phrase. He also shows you how Hammons often played thirds and sevenths slightly flat, and trilled the third. You’ll learn the melody of both the A and B parts in this video.
 
 
 
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BACKSTEP CINDY  
 
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Backstep Cindy, Part 1: The A Part, Melody and Bowing
Backstep Cindy, Part 1: The A Part, Melody and Bowing
 
One of the most popular fiddle tunes in the Round Peak area of North Carolina is “Backstep Cindy,” the subject of this month’s lesson. It’s a three-part dance tune with crooked phrasing and interesting bowing, played in a high-bass tuning with the G string tuned up to A: A D A E. Bruce plays the melody of the A part through and then starts breaking it down phrase by phrase, along with the bowing, which is integral to the melody.

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