Playing Fiddle in B-Flat accordion b flat cajun and creole cajun fiddle creole fiddle fiddle lessons playing fiddle in b-flat Feb 19, 2020

Hi, I’m Mitch Reed. Welcome to my vlog. Today my vlog is about the old Creole fiddle and tuning the fiddle down to B-flat. That’s what this fiddle’s tuned down to. So I used to take lessons from Calvin Carrière. He was the nephew of...

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Canray’s Drinking Tunes beausoleil cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music canray fontenot canray’s drinking tunes creole fiddle creole french creole mardi gras fiddle lessons ifiddle ifiddlemag louisiana mardi gras Feb 28, 2019

Hi, I’m Mitch Reed. Welcome to my vlog. It’s Mardi Gras season! This year I’m not going to do the Mardi Gras song. I’ve done it so many times, but I thought I would do some drinking tunes to celebrate the season. And I’ve been thinking about this. Canray Fontenot is...

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The Same but Different cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music cajun waltz creole fiddle fiddle lessons ifiddle ifiddlemag the same but different wade frugé Jul 20, 2017

Hi, I’m Mitch Reed and my vlog this week is on the same tune played differently. So I’m going to start with the tune, this is called the Durald Waltz and it was made famous by Iry LeJeune and then through my good friend Chad Huval. He sent me a version of Wade Frugé playing...

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The Forgotten Cross Tuning Traditions of Cajuns & Creoles appalachia cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music cotillion creole fiddle fiddle lessons ifiddle ifiddlemag the forgotten cross tuning traditions of cajuns & creoles Mar 13, 2017

Hi, I’m Mitch Reed…welcome to my vlog! My vlog this week is on cross-tuning, tunes, and players. I just want to talk a little bit about that. It’s a tradition that we used to have down here that we’ve pretty much lost; not quite sure why. Maybe because the fiddle seconds...

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