The Basics of Cajun Tuning accordion basics cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun tuning fiddle lessons getting started how-to ifiddlemag louisiana the basics of cajun tuning traditional cajun Apr 09, 2020

Hi, I’m Mitch Reed, and thanks for joining me today. I’m going to talk a little bit about Cajun tuning. My violin right now is tuned standard EADG, like you would play if you were in an orchestra. If you live down in Southwest Louisiana and you were to go to a jam session, you would...

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Staying Inspired accordion bigfoot cajun accordion cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music cajun tuning fiddle lessons ifiddle ifiddlemag mazurkas old time waltz staying inspired Nov 08, 2018

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Alright. I’m Mitch Reed! Welcome to my vlog. And today my vlog is about my website and I just wanted to let everyone know that for November, I’m having a big Skype marathon and there’s a pretty good deal in it too. If you’re into Skyping, you can get three Skype...

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How to Practice Seconding by Yourself accordion cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music cajun tuning fiddle lessons how to practice seconding by yourself ifiddle ifiddlemag May 28, 2017

Hi, I’m Mitch Reed and my vlog today is on how to practice seconding by yourself on the fiddle. Seconding is what the Cajuns call when you play chords behind a melody. So when you’re backing up the accordion, or another fiddle, or the vocals, you would second or some people call it...

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Saute Crapaud and Cajun Jigs accordion cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun tuning fiddle lessons saute crapaud and cajun jigs st. patricks day traditional tune Mar 01, 2017

Hi, I'm Mitch Reed, and welcome to my vlog. It is the 1st of March, and I am thinking about St. Patrick's Day already. And I thought this would be fun to maybe play one of the few Cajun jigs that we have. A jig is a type of dance tune that's in six-eight. we have one in Cajun music and it's...

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Seconding at a Cajun Jam accordion bowing c accordion cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun jam cajun music cajun tuning fiddle lessons ifiddle ifiddlemag louisiana occasional blues seconding at a cajun jam two step cajun Jan 20, 2017

Hi, I’m Mitch Reed, welcome to my vlog. Today I’m going to talk about going to a jam and being able to bring your fiddle and play chords behind the accordion, the singer, and all that stuff. So basically, how to second at a Cajun jam, the things to think about, and what to look for....

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Talk About Cajun Tuning cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun tuning fiddle lessons ifiddle talk about cajun tuning Feb 06, 2016

Alright! Welcome. I’m gonna talk a little bit about what we call Cajun Tuning. And so what Cajun tuning is it’s one whole step down from standard tuning. So Standard tuning would be what we would tune a violin, from the little strings, E-A-D-G.

But because the C accordion is so...

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