A Trip to New England a trip to new england cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music fiddle lessons ifiddle ifiddlemag Jun 11, 2018

Hi, I’m Mitch Reed and my vlog this week is on the connection with the Acadian and the New England fiddle styles with Cajun and Creole music down here. I just recently took a trip up to Maine and hung out with some great fiddlers up there and also went to this amazing organization called...

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Tunes I’m Into This week cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music fiddle lessons ifiddle ifiddlemag tunes i’m into this week May 06, 2018

[00:01] Alright! That was called La Valse de Prairie Ronde, a tune that I learned from listening to the recordings of Adam and Cyprien Landreneau from Mamou, Louisiana. So from the little community Prairie Ronde, not too far from there. And they sing a lot about the little communities on the...

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Playing Tunes in Third Position accordion cajun and creole blues cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music crapaud fiddle lessons ifiddle ifiddlemag playing tunes in third position third position two step two step cajun Apr 25, 2018

Hi, I’m Mitch Reed. And today my vlog is going to be on the third position on the fiddle in Cajun music. So what you find in Cajun music is a lot of times on the B parts, the fiddle would go to third position and play the B part high. Now we’re talking back in the 1920s and 1930s...

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Rare Cajun and Creole Cross-Tunes cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music cross tunes fiddle lessons ifiddle ifiddlemag rare cajun and creole cross-tunes Apr 17, 2018

Hi, I’m Mitch Reed and I’m doing a vlog. My vlog today is on rare tunes, and cross-tuning because I really feel like cross-tuning is something that we’ve lost and I want to try to keep it alive. It makes tunes sound great and, of course, it’s a fiddle thing. The accordion...

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Cajun Jigs cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun jigs cajun music fiddle lessons ifiddle ifiddlemag st. patricks day Mar 17, 2018

Hi, I’m Mitch Reed. Welcome to my vlog and today I’m going to talk a little bit about the Celtic influence or maybe even the Scotch-Irish influence in Cajun music. I do that quite often and I do love Irish music but it is St. Patrick’s Day weekend and I just thought it would be...

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Fleur de Lis cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music fiddle lessons fleur de lis ifiddle ifiddlemag lafayette louisiana mardi gras Feb 23, 2018

Hi! Welcome to my vlog. Today I want to talk a little bit about a musician that influenced me a lot. I’m not really sure where he is. It’s kind of an interesting story. When I first started playing the fiddle, when I was about 14 so probably the late 80’s, there was a character...

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A Big Announcement a big announcement cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music fiddle lessons ifiddle ifiddlemag Feb 17, 2018

Alright! That’s an old tune called the Lake Charles Waltz. Today on my vlog I just wanted to talk about what I’m going to be doing in the future and starting now.

A lot of people don’t know but I used to be in a band called BeauSoleil and toured with them for 11 years and I...

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Wayne Perry beau solo cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music fiddle lessons ifiddle ifiddlemag indian bayou wayne perry Feb 16, 2018

Alright! That was a waltz by Wayne Perry. It was recorded in 1934 in a little bitty community called Indian Bayou which is down the road from here. I live in Scott, Louisiana and if you travel west you run into Duson, and then Rayne and Crowley. Indian Bayou, I believe, was a town just south of...

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Mardi Gras Medley cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music creole mardi gras fiddle lessons ifiddle ifiddlemag mardi gras mardi gras medley Feb 16, 2018

Alright, it’s Mardi Gras time and I’m going to play a little medley of Mardi Gras Tunes- two-steps, reels, kinda jiggy things. I’ll do the “Balfa Mardi Gras” into the “Accordion Mardi Gras” and the “Mardi Gras Jig” as a little medley. Just to...

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Pascal’s Zegrets and Cajun Band Lab accordion beginner fiddle cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music fiddle lessons ifiddle ifiddlemag intermediate fiddle pascal’s zegrets and cajun band lab traditional cajun traditional tune Feb 15, 2018

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Alright, thanks for joining me today. This is my vlog where I talk a little bit about what I’m doing and tunes I’m interested in. And I have a website, MitchReedMusicLessons.com, go check it out! I break down a lot of old-time traditional Cajun and Creole tunes. I break...

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Edius Naquin beausoleil cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music edius naquin fiddle lessons ifiddle ifiddlemag louisiana mamou old ballads Feb 15, 2018

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That is a tune by Eidus Naquin, a legendary musician from Mamou, Louisiana. He sang a lot of old ballads and played a lot of old really obscured archaic tunes with very interesting stories about kings, queens, magical worlds, and things like that. Definitely some ties to France...

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Happy Holidays! cajun and creole cajun christmas cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music fiddle lessons happy holidays! ifiddle ifiddlemag Dec 21, 2017

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Alright! Thank you so much. I wanted to send out a ‘Merry Christmas’ to all my subscribers and also the people who follow on my webpage and are members of my webpage. Thank you so much for your support. I hope everyone out there has an awesome and merry Christmas, happy...

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