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Here is my attempt at playing an offertory tune on my violin. I trying to play very simple tunes, since I have only been playing the violin since June.

This is Doc Roberts take on the tune. AKA Irish Cobbler. Chirps 9/22/12

Doc Robert's version via James Bryan.

I was goofin' around with the fiddle named Carthy, pushin' the tempo. I can only get this fast on tunes I know really well, and well rehearsed downbowing patterns are helping keep it as steady as it is... likewise a relaxed wrist. Likely suspects are Sawshuffle, Smoothshuffle and Syncoshuffle- listen for them! I'm sure Michael Cleveland can play a LOT faster! I normally don't LIKE to play this fast, I prefer slow and bouncy, and so does my wife, but you never know when some hotshot young banjo picker will want to push up the tempo on you!

This is the tune referenced in "plucking the fiddle" learned in the late 70's or early 80's from Elmer Shaffer. Elmer, who lived in Millheim, PA, was a fairly well-known Country and Bluegrass fiddler in a very local way with a lot of fans, mostly in Penns Valley. I recorded it in 2004 for a student based on a tribute cassette of his music made by his family when Elmer died. So this is an accurate version of his version of the tune.

Ralph Jones of Hinton, WV circa 1990

Whiskey Before Breakfast

Salt Creek

we play it in 3 the lads over there play in 4 - why not both?

Old Time Tune, Key of D. Recorded myself in five tracks: 1. Fiddle (center), Standard tuning; 2. Clawhammer Banjo and Lead Vocal (left); 3. Mandolin and Harmony Vocal (right); 4. Guitar (right); Bass (center). To pick up all the sounds, use headphones / earbuds rather than laptop speakers.

During the Sept. 5-8,2012 J.P. Fraley Festival, two Cowan Creek students (young Joseph Cobb and considerably older Pat (a.k.a. hummyfan--who won't reveal her age) played in a jam session with a "DREAM TEAM" made up of wonderful old-time Kentucky fiddlers & teachers: John Harrod, Jessie Wells, Bobby Taylor, Bob Buckingham, Jim McCown---and a Missouri resident, fiddler Bill Ray. As you listen to us zipping through "Ladies on a Steamboat," notice the middle part of the tune when the teachers dropped out of the tune leaving the students to play the tune through once ( AABB) before jumping back in. That festival was the best music festival ever! I'd like to thank the organizers and the staff at Carter Caves State Park (Olive Hill, KY) for making it so special.

For the Sept "Shortenin' Bread" VFF. Nick Bachman on fiddle, Josh Orkin on guitar. The source is the great Jim Bowles.

AEAE. Here I am trying to imitate John Engels version found on YouTube. I play along with the video for a few rounds, then continue at tempo. And at the end, I play a few rounds at a slower tempo.

This is an old file from 2007 in E flat. It's one of my favorite airs / laments from Scotland. This tune formed the background for a tribute video I made when my dad died and I played it at his funeral.

Appleby is a Northern English town where Romany Gypsies trade horses each year.