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Let me explain about my festival recording tune site. What you'll hear are sound files of actual jams. I've done just a little editing of most of them to weed out extraneous chat or in some cases, I'll lop off the first few repetitions to clean up the tune a little. Truth be told, some of the tunes start out sounding 'not-so-good', if you're comparing the sound to a commercially recorded performance. But, as the tunes progress, the group process takes over and the whole is greater than any one part. That's what I like about old timey jamming.
There will probably be listeners who start to listen and then think that it's a 'bad' rendition. But, it's not about making a performance quality tune. It's about playing the tune enough that most players get better as they're playing. So, I figure it's worth it to put the tunes out there, not necessarily for your listening enjoyment. Maybe some folks at home will play along and get some of the benefits. Or, maybe someone will catch something different about the way the tune is played and add that to their bag of jamming tricks. The other issue that I'm having a think about... identifying players. On the one hand, I want to give credit where credit is due. On the other hand, if I'm going to post tunes that don't sound commercial, I guess I'd like to allow folks to be somewhat anonymous. So, to musicians on these recordings: if you'd like a more descriptive credit or better information about a tune just send it along to me. I'll be glad to make edits on associated text. Copyright issues - I recorded the tunes. I don't own them. But, I expect that no one would sell or profit from the recordings, or use any of the text on this website without consulting with me first. If there are any questions, let me know. Or, if anyone asks me to remove any particular recording, I will be gladly comply. My overall intention is to let people know what exactly old timey jamming can be like and to help folks learn new tunes by ear. |
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Ter's Tunelist A one-page reference of tunes-by-key, a chart of old-timey music theory, a list of alternate fiddle and banjo tunings. |
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Web Resources Links to helpful internet information. (From a Yarra Junction Workshop in 2008.) |
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Circle of Fifths Diagram to help figure out chord patterns. |
