u/dean-0-saur

4 Months of Fiddle

Inspired by a recent post, here's my attempt at Whiskey Before Breakfast. I've been playing since May (I said 6 months in my last post, that was wrong). My main resource has been Peghead Nation's Beginning Bluegrass and Old-Time Fiddle course, and some things on Youtube. I've been trying to find lessons, but have not had a lot of success. Our local instructor just moved.

Any criticism is welcome. I know I need to work on my string crossings, still getting some noise there. Hopefully the video isn't too close up to me to see my form. If so, I can re-record.

u/dean-0-saur — 9 days ago

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Whiskey Before Breakfast Variations

I've been learning Whiskey Before Breakfast from the Peghead Nation's Beginning Bluegrass and Old-Time Fiddle course. I've been playing fiddle for about 6 months.

I'm finding that there are many variations of the song. What I'm wanting to emulate is something like this performance (linked). I'm referring to the first verse/core melody they play, not when they start noodling on different ornamentation. In my mind this is classic Whiskey Before Breakfast. I love how dance-y it sounds. I know some of this is in the bowing and technique.

TLDR; I want to find some instruction/tutorial that teaches the melody of WBB that matches that video.

I think I've found one closer than the Peghead Nation version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVolE3uW01A

Would you agree ArtistWorks Tutorial's melody is close to what we hear in that performance. Any other thoughts or resources for learning that melody?

youtube.com

u/dean-0-saur — 12 days ago