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Tune Req: Altamont
| Jim Krause | 13 Feb 03 - 01:54 PM | |
| Stewie | 13 Feb 03 - 06:06 PM | |
| BanjoRay | 13 Feb 03 - 06:25 PM | |
| Sorcha | 13 Feb 03 - 07:55 PM | |
| masato sakurai | 13 Feb 03 - 08:13 PM | |
| Sorcha | 13 Feb 03 - 08:29 PM | |
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Tune Req: Altamont
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Subject: Help--Anybody know the tune 'Altamont?' From: Jim Krause Date: 13 Feb 03 - 01:54 PM I have had a couple of requests in the past week for a fiddle tune called "Altamont." One of the requests came from one of my bandmates. I have the CD Altamont: Black Stringband Music. John Lusk is listed as the fiddler on the Library of Congress recording. The question is what key is Altamont customarily played in? On the recording, it sounds like Lusk is playing it out of C position. If that's the case, he has his fiddle tuned way down low. I tried playing along with my fiddle tuned to A440, and it comes out in A major. Listening to Murph Gribble's banjo tends to support my thesis. Usually in situations like this, I try to find a printed source. None of my fiddle tune books has Altamont listed even by a different name. If any of you fiddlers out there play this tune, edumacate me. Thanks. Jim |
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Subject: RE: Help--Anybody know the tune 'Altamont?' From: Stewie Date: 13 Feb 03 - 06:06 PM Jim A trawl through the numerous threads on this in old-time newsgroup archives may be of help: Click Here In the following thread, Kerry Blech has it among his C tunes: Click Here --Stewie. |
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Subject: RE: Help--Anybody know the tune 'Altamont?' From: BanjoRay Date: 13 Feb 03 - 06:25 PM Everybody plays it in C in all our UK old time sessions. - lovely tune. Ray |
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Subject: RE: Help--Anybody know the tune 'Altamont?' From: Sorcha Date: 13 Feb 03 - 07:55 PM I've never heard of it. Scan/send please? |
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Subject: RE: Help--Anybody know the tune 'Altamont?' From: masato sakurai Date: 13 Feb 03 - 08:13 PM Sound clip is with Various Artists: Altamont -- Black Stringband Music from the Library of Congress. |
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Subject: RE: Help--Anybody know the tune 'Altamont?' From: Sorcha Date: 13 Feb 03 - 08:29 PM Thanks, Masato. |
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