[Roger Green]

I did enjoy especially when it was over. 😀

I’ve been giving thought to trying again after your encouragement. I very much enjoyed meeting the other fiddlers and preparing gave me a goal to work towards.

When I saw that you had responded to my forum post, for a fleeting moment I was worried you might have bern looking for royalties for playing your tune. 🤣

[Roger Green]

Scotty Stoneman
Bobby Hicks
Byron Berline
Stuart Duncan
Kenny Baker
Natalie MacMaster
Michael Cleveland
Rickie Simpkins
Johnny Gimble
& countless others

[Roger Green]

Well George, I was even happy with the youth group whom some played circles around me. That’s great news for our chosen passion.

[Roger Green]

I just listened to this. Enjoyed immensley. After watching & listening, I’m considering selling my D28, getting an F hole Gibson and going back to guitar and trying to play like Peter. Wouldn’t have to worry about intonation anymore.

Only kidding… I love playing the fiddle. Very nicely done, Casey & Peter.

[Roger Green]

I’ve listen to several YouTube versions of Brilliancy and I’m sorta confused by them. There is, of course, the Eck Robertson’s version but there seems to be a different version by Howdy Forrester ( and also Sam Bush on mandolin) which differs from Eck Robertson. Can anyone on the forum address the differences or history, because the melodies are not that similar to my ear.

[Roger Green]

Recently moved to Summerville, South Carolina from Edgewater, Maryland

[Roger Green]

The Fiddler’s Fake Book has a pretty good version of Bluegrass In The Backwoods that seems very close to what Kenny Baker plays. I’m a fiddle hack but have managed to learn it well enough, that if I got together with a guitar player who could provide rhythm, I’d give it a try. Anyway, it’s a good way to start.

[Roger Green]

My background is bluegrass and that is my passion. A few years ago a banjo pickin friend recorded a cd and included the tune Misty. He recorded it in D because his fiddle fiddler found the original key of Eb to be problematic. So I’ve set out to learn it in Eb just as a challange. Once I got in my head Eb, Bb and Ab, I was surprised that Eb was not as difficult as you might think. So, I’m working on it and happy with my efforts. I scored my arrangement using Musicore, if anyone is interested.

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