Whiskey Before Breakfast: The Reel That Pretends to Be Older Than It Is Some tunes feel ancient the moment you hear them. They carry the rhythm of dance floors, late-night sessions, and generations of fiddlers passing melodies back and forth across kitchen tables. “Whi…

“Whiskey Before Breakfast” sounds like an ancient reel, but the version most players know traces back to Métis fiddler Andy DeJarlis in 1957.

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#Bluegrass #FiddleTunes #Mandolin

More from the practice log: working on an arrangement of Blackberry Blossom, gotta get faster at that position change!
#music #musicSky #guitar #guitarsky #acousticguitar #fiddletunes #folkmusic

Paisley Pajamas - a playalong fiddle tune This is a fairly simple, lighthearted jig, good for practising string crossings. The emphasis is on the one and four beats, but especially on the four.

One more fiddle tune posted on Peertube:

https://makertube.net/w/wWEp6GV5qgFfAXyj5t2XvS

#music #sheetmusic #fiddletunes #Delong #violin #jig

Mazarine Here's another fiddle tune to try out. It looks simple, but as you can likely hear I had a hard time keeping the bow strokes smooth and even. A Mazarine is a butterfly with deep blue scales - but...

One more fiddle tune that I posted on MakerTube:

https://makertube.net/w/pPcu2EpCK7nawGJMJ8J8Nu

Toronto Contra Dance Welcome! We are a contra dance community who loves getting together for evenings of great music, great dancing, and great fun. Contra dance is a traditional dance style similar to square dancing. We dance to live music, and a caller leads us through the steps of each dance. The music comes from the

Saskia Tomkins and Jon Cannon are playing for the Toronto Contra Dance event at 7pm this evening.

There are some good examples of Contra Dancing on the Toronto Contradance YouTube channel

https://www.tcdance.org/home

https://www.youtube.com/torontocontra

#dance #music #fiddletunes

New sticker. Will be up on the store soon #fiddletunes

Peach Petal Polka Play along on your fiddle, mandolin or accordion with this sheet music for a perky polka.

Here's a polka to cheer you up!

https://makertube.net/w/iCW4ikwd6JG3FZymuPg4fN

#music #polka #fiddletunes #sheetmusic #Delong

All the Way to Downeyville This is a reel, so ideally it should be played somewhat faster than this version. At the end of the trip to Downeyville was a monthly music circle jam, big enough to have square and step dancing i...

I've posted a second sheet music video to my new PeerTube account. Thanks again to those who helped me get it up and running.

https://makertube.net/w/1SCz31RTSVjpf9omv2qCZT

#music #peertube #sheetmusic #reel #fiddletunes #fiddle #Delong

Here's a funny video for New Year's Eve:

https://youtu.be/STcPPJr-_0I

#NewYearsEve #fiddletunes #dance #music #fiddle #mandolin #guitar #banjo #uprightbass #song

My friend Ron Fisher accompanied me with his Norman guitar while I played "Welkin Walk" on my mandolin.

There's sheet music for the tune at the end.

https://youtu.be/oV_wJ_RQCpM

#music #mandolin #guitar #fiddletunes #sheetmusic #delong

Here's a pair of "slip jigs" - tunes in 9/8 time:

https://youtu.be/wbyqLwJKPME

#music #slipjig #sheetmusic #violin #guitar #fiddletunes #delong

For #TuneTuesday , here's the Hedgehog Hornpipe:

https://youtu.be/jlTSKqL_0hg

#music #fiddletunes #fiddle #mandolin #guitar #sheetmusic #delong #hornpipe

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The Waltz of Two Hearts

I composed this years ago but never recorded it until now. A good chance to use my octave mandolin, which often gathers dust since the mandolin orchestraa shut down before the pandemic.

https://youtu.be/zEfDL89jMnA

#music @waltz @sheetmusic #mandolin #octavemandolin […]

I have uploaded a newly-composed fiddle tune to my Youtube channel. My fiddling is amateur, but I hope you like the tune.

#fiddletunes #sheetmusic #delong #fiddle #guitar #march #music

Apparently it's disappointing treats day, but instead here's a cheerful fiddle tune, the Take A Chance Two Step:

https://youtu.be/sIrcbpknOiE

#music #fiddletunes #fiddle #guitar #sheetmusic #delong

For #nutsasongorpoem

How about a tune?

https://youtu.be/3Ka6Ojrbhm0

#music #fiddletunes #violin #guitar #sheetmusic #fiddle

Canadian fiddle tune called “Whiskey Before Breakfast.” It was one of the first tunes I learned, so it acts as something of a benchmark for how my playing evolves. #fiddletunes #mandolin #autistiusician

Since it's Throwback Thursday, here's a tune I posted on Youtube in 2017:

https://youtu.be/W_vCB2TiuQE

#music #throwbackthursday, #reel #fiddle #guitar #violin #sheetmusic #Delong #fiddletunes

KPTZ 91.9 FM Radio Port Townsend

Ever since attending #FiddleTunes in 2018 I listen, whenever I can, to Word Songs on kptz.org on Friday night from 22.00 CET. Rarely disappoints. Tonight starts with Richard Thompson’s Vincent Black Lightning.

“Saint Antoine’s Reel” is Really Fun to Play! #folkmusic #mandolin #quebecois #fiddletunes #fiddletune #maine #music #bluegrass #oldtimemusic Enjoy! Patreon.com/MyBluegrassRomance.com

Swedish Mandolin 🇸🇪 at my 1st Strung Together music fest 🤠 #folkmusic #sweden #mandolin #maine #oldtimemusic #fiddletunes P a t r e o n . C o m / M y B l u e g r a s s R o m a n c e 🎧 Thanks for listening!

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If you like traditional fiddle music, you might enjoy this National Film Board film about the evolution of fiddle music from the Orkney Islands as it has been passed down from Hudson's Bay Company traders to their descendants in Northern Ontario.

https://www.nfb.ca/film/fiddlers_of_james_bay/ […]

Anne Delong's homepage Anne's personal page: Genealogy, Music, Programming, etc.

It's Bandcamp Friday!

If you like sheet music for fiddle tunes, you'll find some of my compositions at:

https://annedelong.bandcamp.com/merch

You can see the table of contents of each book here:

https://annedelong.timetraces.ca/index.htm

#BandcampFriday #fiddletunes #sheetmusic

The Girl Who Broke My Heart
from O’Neill’s Music of Ireland

#fiddle #fiddler #violín #music #musician #fiddletunes #irishreel #reels #fy #fyp #fypシ #fypシ゚viral #fypage

Hawks, Mules, & Mandolins! 🦅🫏🎻 One of my favorite Andrew Marlin tunes, “Hawk is a Mule”. #mandolin #bluegrassmusic #bluegrass #fiddletunes #folk Inspire your pickin’ at Patreon . com / MyBluegrassRomance. Thanks-4-listening!

Pickin’ in the rain, “Duck River” 🦆☔️ #mandolin #fiddletunes #folkmusic #bluegrass Inspire your own pickin’ at Patreon.com/MyBluegrassRomance

Today I Saw 6/28/25

I heard the sound of a Cajun accordion drifting through the air and followed it to my neighbor's desk. It feels like the whole block is gearing up for Fiddle Tunes, which starts Sunday.

#fiddletunes #centrumfiddletunes #cajunmusic #musicontheporch #todayisaw #dailyphoto

Nyahh Records is delighted to say, after numerous delays, that Dancing the Line by Ultan O'Brien 0n vinyl has arrived and starts shipping out today!!

Apologies for those of you who have been waiting with pre orders. Thanks for your patience.

#traditionalirishmusic
#fiddletunes
#firldrecording

“Bonaparte Crossing Johanna’s Mountain” is an original mandolin tune named after a friend’s band, “Johanna’s Mountain Boys”, and also after all those “Bonaparte Crossing the ___” tunes. Enjoy! #mandolin #fiddletunes #oldtimemusic #bluegrass Inspire your own pickin’ at Patreon.com/MyBluegrassRomance