On the other hand, that tune has kenny baker written all over it. There is a video on you tube of fraley playing this tune with the great shetland fiddler, aly bain. Bluegrass fiddle styles kosek, kenny, phillips, stacy on. Kenny baker was born in burdine, kentucky and learned the fiddle by accompanying his father, also a fiddler. Kenny baker a bakers dozen country fiddle tunes 1970, vinyl. Born kenneth clayton baker, he was one of the most influential fiddler players in blue grass music best known for his tenure with bill monroe and the blue grass boys.
Megan beller is the author of fiddle studio book 1. I prefer the kenny baker tunes that are more bluegrassy, but he has a lot of just plain good old fiddle tunes many in bb. Useful links for quebecois music and dance lisa ornstein. Other jam tune resources jam tune book from texas aaams in. This tender recollection of fiddle great kenny baker is a contribution from blaine sprouse, himself a noted fiddler with wide experience in the bluegrass world when i was about eight years old, i had been playing guitar for a couple of years, and was even sitting in at dances, playing at the moose lodge, the vfw club and the american legion in martinsburg, west virginia. I have some scans of several tunes someone sent me from a book thats apparently out of print, and i dont know what its called because i dont have the cover. Melody very similar to the one in the applachian fiddle book by miles krassen. Portrait of a bluegrass fiddler 1969 kenny baker duration. Free online tabsheet music fiddle links at the fiddle. The dvd does give recommendations for other books to study either alongside this, or after this one, which is great. The tune of the day is sail away ladies personally, i love this old time tune because of the chord progression, so i will get as much enjoyment from playing the chords as from picking the melody.
Singing the tune first provides a framework for the instrumental instruction. Master fiddle man kenny baker suffers stroke archive. Legendary bluegrass pioneer fiddler kenneth clayton baker kenny baker died yesterday at age 85. When i listen to him do a tune that i already have learned before i heard him play it, i just wonder why i didnt play it that way all along. Some of these are reprinted from our newsletter, the fiddler s rag. The smoothly drawn notes of the fiddle bow make a wonderful pattern of sound, especially when contrasted with the clear, punctuating notes of the fivestring banjo. Abba moses, the way of the fiddle, 58 transcriptions of oldtime fiddle tunes.
Click on the tune name for the sheet music pdf file, the piano keys to hear a synthesized midi file, or for a recording. Jul 08, 2011 bluegrass fiddler kenny baker was born on june 26, 1926, in burdine, kentucky. Kenny baker, longtime fiddler for bill monroes bluegrass boys, died of a. Jul 28, 2011 kenny baker, right, with bill monroe backstage at the hammersmith odeon, london, in may 1975. Kenny had taught me the tune and said it would be a great tune for me to record when i was. Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. Kenneth clayton baker june 26, 1926 july 8, 2011 was an american fiddle player best. John burkess book of oldtime fiddle tunes for banjo with demonstration record by burke, john and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The only way to catch up with and understand bill monroes own feeling that kenny baker is the greatest bluegrass fiddler in the world is to listen to kennys. The milliner koken collection of american fiddle tunes note. Buck snort the tracks on this recording were originally issued on lp by the society.
Tune collections on the internet these are free collections of tunes in graphic format gif, jpg, pdf, png, or tif andor in abc notation. My mailing address is at the bottom of this page if you prefer to send a check. The mission of this organization shall be the preservation and performance of traditional oldtime acoustic fiddle music throughout montana. Baker s dozen is the album with johnny the blacksmith, ragtime annie, doc harris the fisherman, sail away ladies, cross eyed fiddler, denver bell, shelby rock, and a bunch of other great tunes on it. Denver belle kenny baker is one of the great bluegrass fiddlers. Bill monroes fiddler for many years, he helped shape the sound of bluegrass.
These very popular two essential tools for advancing your fiddle playing are often ordered together. Breakdown folding down the sheets forked deer fortune funs all over gentle annie george booker georgia railroad get up john pdf. With kenny baker, butch robbins and sam bush, and all these great tunes, baker. County released a dozen of bakers albums, recordings that became primers of bluegrass fiddling for the novice and repositories of new tunes. Kenny baker dance with me kenny fiddle tune youtube. Kenny baker served more years in monroes band than any other musician and was selected by monroe to record the fiddle tunes passed down from uncle pen vandiver. Unless otherwise noted, all of the sheet music and audio recordings here were created by me, and may be used under the creative commons attribution cc by4. The fiddlers red book of scales and arpeggios 150 exercises explaining and exploring these major building blocks of fiddle music. Wind that shakes the barley fiddle tune a day vi wickam. Kenny baker portrait of a bluegrass fiddler discogs. The emphasis is on instrumental folk music specifically, contra dance tunes, although some links also include other types of folk music or classical music. Eric christopher fiddle workshop this sunday, november 25, 24pm.
Ill tell you what, i never heard nobody play that, but my people. Both his father and grandfather were fiddlers, and by eight years old, kenny himself had picked up the instrument. I think its a kenny baker tune, but i might be wrong about that. Also great is kenny baker plays bill monroe, a fine cd of monroe tunes fiddled by baker. Fifty of the most popular fiddle tunes played at jam sessions, in one convenient book. Arranged for intermediate open position playing, this is a must for any serious mandolin player. He has been playing traditional music for more than forty years and has also published new england fiddlers repertoire, the fiddlers throne, marshalls scottish melodies, and the fiddlers friend. Williams there are hundreds of fiddle tune books available today. That happens to be ward allens maple sugar written in 1956. As a matter of fact, i named the tune aprils reel after my first wife. Kenny baker biography, albums, streaming links allmusic.
He was inducted into the international bluegrass music hall of honor in 1999. Scvfa tunes page santa clara valley fiddlers association. What i was expecting was fiddle lessons from the great kenny baker on intros breaks and backups, what i got was extremely disappointing, if i wanted to hear someone sing and play guitar, i would have ordered that, if there was a way to return this for a refund i would have it in the mail tomorrow. Ive been asked many times if i could play windy city rag and so thats why ive set out to master it. This version is from a missouri fiddle workshop taught by charlie walden in january 2015.
There is a fine video on you tube showing kenny fiddling this tune from the repertoire of his. This is a tune in which he says he just called it the scale and after he recorded it on the masters album they then titled it dance with. As bill monroe said kenny baker was the greatest fiddler in bluegrass music and this is the best cd to illustrate the point. Im not sure if kenny baker is the composer but it sure does sound like his style of tune. Annies book of transcriptions is available for purchase here. Not surprisingly, given its location and long history of traditional music, the fiddle music of this region shares some characteristics with scottish music, yet it has its own distinct style. Its probably the kenny baker fiddle book, by david brody. Around the horn aka round the horn, this is a another good tune written by jay ungar. Tunes by ed reavy abc, ps, favourites of traditional fiddle players, from george keiths fiddle page. Wind that shakes the barley fiddle tune a day day 70 wind that shakes the barley is an irish reel that begs to be played a little bit slower to me. The millinerkoken book lists all cross tunes in the key of a aeae despite what cross tuned pitch the fiddler may have been using. I happened to buy part 2 nearly 40 years ago, and recently decided to scout up the first partwhich seemed to carry betterknown tunes e. Kenny baker portrait of a bluegrass fiddler 1969, vinyl.
Exact transcriptions of 22 tunes and breaks by the renowned bluegrass fiddler. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from kenny baker at the discogs marketplace. Traditional bluegrass fiddle transcriptions 46 solos. Useful links for quebecois music and dance here is a bynomeans complete list of resources for those of you interested in knowing more about quebecois music and dance, and where its happening in quebec. Kenny baker, an influential bluegrass fiddler whose melodic, fluid style became a signature of bill monroe and his blue grass boys, with whom he. Includes 50 downloadable audio tracks, click for sample book and sample audio e book also available as a spiralbound booklet. Baker was born in burdine, kentucky and learned the fiddle by accompanying his father, also a fiddler. Transcriptions and audio files of over 550 fiddle tunes from old recordings, festivals, jams and workshops, notated by john lamancusa.
The fiddlers tune book if you wander the web in search of traditionalmusic resourcesappears in almost anyones bibliography. Fiddling for the complete beginner and fiddle studio book 2. Stacy and kenny did their best to lay down exactly what those guys did when they played these tunes, all the double stops and chords and doublestop slides, and. Oct 02, 2009 jeff todd titon oldtime kentucky fiddle tunes the university press of kentucky 245 pp. John burkes book of old time fiddle tunes for banjo by burke. Jul 20, 2007 steve parker and alan davis have released a new book of tunes for fiddlers and mandolinists. Im not sure which kenny baker book is being referred to. The longestrunning member of bill monroes bluegrass boys, kenny baker has the tone and technique envied by every fiddler since.
Millinerkoken collection of american fiddle tunes larry. Heres a list of the tunes i can play on the fiddle some better than others. After serving the us navy, he began his professional career performing with artist don gibsons country band in 1953. A sonata for chelsea i wrote this one for my oldest daughter. Portrait of a bluegrass fiddler 1969 kenny baker youtube. The first group has tunes that have been led in the slow jam a. Contains transcriptions of 22 tunes, plus a lot of bowing and fingering analysis. Daves third tuesday night beginners bluegrass jam page great beginner and intermediate songs and a novel way to represent chords with measured played.
Early on, he was influenced by the swing fiddler marion sumner, as well as django reinhardt and stephane grappelli. An ongoing collection of tunes posted to the irtradl mailing list, maintained by trish oneil. She has also written a book for new moms called baby in the house. Aug 11, 2011 this tender recollection of fiddle great kenny baker is a contribution from blaine sprouse, himself a noted fiddler with wide experience in the bluegrass world when i was about eight years old, i had been playing guitar for a couple of years, and was even sitting in at dances, playing at the moose lodge, the vfw club and the american legion in martinsburg, west virginia. Nothing goes together quite like a fiddle and a banjo. Lyman enloe rugged road msotfa 004 by lyman enloe with the bluegrass association, released 09 may 2015 1. Nov 03, 2009 taken from the fiddlin my way video by kenny baker.
This collection of more than 30 cajun tunes is intended as a st. In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations. There are also midi files that you can listen to, provided at both ends of the slow jams speed range. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. I had an aunt that played, and i heard all the oldtime fiddle numbers.
There is a brief analysis of very basic music theory in the book, and in the dvd, some short information about holding the fiddle, and stance. Baker, who played western swing, had little interest in bluegrass music until he heard wheel. Bluegrass in the backwoods kenny baker sheet music, music. As the story goes, the band was staying at the henry clay hotel in ashland, kentucky one night in august of that year, when, around 1 or 2 a. Baker felt that this fiddle was the same maker as his. Though the fiddle, which he took up at the age of eight, had been his first instrument, during. Kevin devanes collection of dance tunes, via ireland online. If you have a limited budget, or limited space on your bookshelf, it gets pretty hard to choose which ones to get. You can get calvins official sheet music from his website. Jerusalem ridge is a bluegrass fiddle tune made popular by legendary fiddler and kentucky native kenny baker.
Chris ricker has a collection of fiddle tunes popular in canada. I been told and i think i remember that too that maple sugar is the only pure fiddle tune to have cracked the top 40 popular tunes in the usa. Heres a duet fiddle arrangement of the classic oldtime fiddle tune shove the pigs foot a little further into the fire. I first heard this played at summertown, tn in 2010 by luke richardson on the fiddle. For those who are not familiar with this ruggedly attractive part of ireland, this book will introduce you to some of its music and musicians.
If you use the slipperyhill website, please consider donating to help pay for server costs and technical assistance. As requested by my friend albert todd, this is such a fun tune to play. Complete song listing of kenny baker on kenny baker songs list covid19. The tune is one of hundreds composed by canadian fiddler calvin vollrath. Baker was one of the finest fiddlers in bluegrass and performed with the father of bluegrass, bill monroe, for a quarter century as a member of bill monroes blue grass boys. Interesting reactions to kenny baker remembrances posted on august 10, 2011 december 14, 2016 by john lawless richard thompsons piece yesterday, with its poignant remembrances of kenny baker from his musical peers, elicited a pair of interesting responses from bluegrass professionals among our readers. Kenny baker had a book out with some of his songs called kenny baker fiddling. The best tune book of scandinavian fiddling, unfortunately currently out of print. Both kenny baker and bill monroe were from rural kentucky where men were men and sheep were scared so you know this music is a good. Kenny cowrote the tune with bill monroe in 1970 as a member of bills legendary blue grass boys. The phrasings are so nonmonroeish, that its just hard for me to believe he could have come up with them. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming. Old time fiddle tunes penn state mechanical engineering. Kenny baker, longtime fiddler for bill monroes bluegrass boys, died of a stroke last week in tennessee at the age of 85.
Blaine sprouse remembers kenny baker bluegrass today. Bluegrass fiddle instruction, bluegrass books, videos, dvds and fiddling my way kenny baker. My guess is monroe came up with the a part, kenny baker took it from there and completed the tune, and monroe called it his own. Day 358 windy city rag patti kusturoks 365 days of. Kenny baker licensed to youtube by the state51 conspiracy on behalf of county records.
In this song, monroe sings, the greatest of all was jenny lynn, to me thats where the fiddlin begins. Montana state oldtime fiddlers tune books are here. About fiddle collection high quality digital sheet music for violin and piano, famous fiddle tunes and songs, from the red desert violin basic fiddling book 1 by loralyn staples, lyrics, chords, guitar lead sheet and violin fingerings included. Kenny baker transcriptions discussion forums fiddle. In simple terms, this means please feel free to use them for personal or professional purposes, just be sure to give me appropriate credit. Later when i got my current fiddle which very similar to his, he played that at a few shows for me too.
If its not copywrighted, does anyone know where i could find the sheet music for either washington county breakdown, or just washington county. There are 46 solos in all, from master fiddlers such as curly ray cline, chubby wise, kenny baker, mac magaha, vassar clements, bobby hicks, glen duncan, james price and many others. Fiddling my way kenny baker mel bay publications bluegrass. Kenny baker was born june 26, 1926, in the small coalmining town of burdine, kentucky. Windy city rag, by kenny baker online fiddle lessons. The tune jenny lynn was taught to monroe by his uncle pen and made famous by the fiddle player, kenny baker. Music and lyrics published before 1923 are now in the public domain in the us as of jan 2019. Those listed with are original tunes ive composed click here to see the sheet music for many of my original tunes. Fiddle rag fiddler s pastime fiddlin around fine times at our house fire on the mountain fireball mail first day in town five miles from town flannerys dream flopeared mule fly around my pretty little miss foggy mt. After leaving the blue grass boys in 1984, baker played with a group of friends, bob black, alan murphy, and aleta murphy.
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