When playing the bass for bluegrass and old-time waltzes, what do you do on the off-beats (the 2 and the 3)?
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posted by pipti
on Dec 9, 2010 -
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Help me identify this [possibly movie still] photo. Pictured: gun-wielding early 20th[?] century woman.
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posted by shesaysgo
on May 14, 2010 -
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In the Appalachians, it's hip to be old-timey. Not so much other places. What's the deal?
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posted by ajarbaday
on May 13, 2010 -
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I haven't picked up my violin in years, and would like to start playing again - but I want to play Scottish and Irish fiddle, and maybe a little Appalachian old-time fiddle, too. Resources?
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posted by peachfuzz
on Jan 29, 2009 -
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What are some old-time fonts that have a single character (one key stroke) for a fancy "the" and "of"? I've tried googling but "the" and "of" are hard search words! Thanks.
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posted by largecorp
on Aug 12, 2006 -
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I enjoy early American popular music (say up until the late 1920s), and especially period recordings of the same. I have about a dozen CDs compiling this music, and have downloaded other songs from alt.binaries.sounds.*.
I'm looking for other sources of free mp3s of early American popular music. (Don't fret about copyright issues: the stuff I'm looking for is old enough that it's in the public domain.)
I'd also love recommendations for modern(ish) recordings of these old songs. I know Garrison Keillor performs some from time-to-time (and just did on his last broadcast, for example), and I know of Joan Morris/William Bolcome and Jody Dall'Armi.
posted by jdroth
on Oct 2, 2005 -
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That high lonesome sound. Any recommendations for old-timey music—string bands, ballads, fiddle music, country blues, even up to orthodox bluegrass? I'll soon be
surrounded by vendors of such things but I don't have much grounding—any really standout groups or recordings I should look for?
posted by kenko
on Feb 1, 2005 -
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