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Rhys Jones
Добавлен 25 апр 2023
I’m a musician from Virginia, I play in several string bands, and I have a bunch of recordings. Find out all about that with the link below!
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www.buymeacoffee.com/rhysjones
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@RhysJonesMusic
bio.site/RhysJones
www.buymeacoffee.com/rhysjones
Venmo or PayPal:
@RhysJonesMusic
After the Mt. Airy Festival: Traditional Old-Time Music by the Pond w/ Bill, Nancy, Michelle, & Rhys
Ever wondered what happens after the Mt. Airy Fiddlers Convention is done? We all go to Bill and Nancy Sluys' for a big potluck brunch, more jamming, and a sleepover. This after-party has become known as the Bobville Brunch, named after Bill and Nancy's band The Pilot Mountain Bobcats. But AFTER the after-party comes a very beautiful time, when the last of us lingering vagrant musicians can sit and play some quiet tunes on a Tuesday afternoon by the pond while children and dogs frolic.
Here we are playing Mississippi Sawyer, a tune we all know and love. I'll follow this up with a second video where I teach the tune, break down the bowing, and talk about the style.
Aside from being incredib...
Here we are playing Mississippi Sawyer, a tune we all know and love. I'll follow this up with a second video where I teach the tune, break down the bowing, and talk about the style.
Aside from being incredib...
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Old Dan Tucker: Learn the Fiddle Standards with Rhys Jones #10
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Old Dan Tucker (2 of 2) with Rhys Jones bio.site/RhysJones www.buymeacoffee.com/rhysjones Venmo or PayPal: @RhysJonesMusic
The Old Black Cat (Couldn't Catch a Rat), Old Time Fiddle in Cross Tuning
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This is a relatively obscure and crooked little Kentucky old-time fiddle tune which I love to play. Consider supporting this channel for more old-time music: www.buymeacoffee.com/rhysjones Venmo or PayPal: @RhysJonesMusic bio.site/RhysJones
Old Dan Tucker (Fast): Learn the Fiddle Standards with Rhys Jones #9
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Old Dan Tucker (1 of 2) with Rhys Jones Stay tuned for the next video in the series, where I slow down Old Dan Tucker and demonstrate some of the bowings and variations! bio.site/RhysJones www.buymeacoffee.com/rhysjones Venmo or PayPal: @RhysJonesMusic
Lost Indian, Old-Time Fiddle Played in Cross-Tuning by Rhys Jones
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I could play this tune forever - it is so fun. Normally done in AEAC#, but here I play it out of AEAE cross-tuning. Busy day on our little gravel road, so you might hear some rumbling outside. Consider supporting this channel for more old-time music: www.buymeacoffee.com/rhysjones Venmo or PayPal: @RhysJonesMusic bio.site/RhysJones
Learn the Rock-Bow in Under 3 Minutes -- Old Time Fiddle Technique with Rhys Jones
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bio.site/RhysJones Do you have 180 seconds to spare? Then you can learn the basic technique of the rock-bow in old-time fiddle music. Here is a condensed, mini-lesson in this specific style of bowing, teaching you one of the most common and essential tricks of old-time fiddle. If this has helped your fiddling, Like, Subscribe, and consider supporting this channel: www.buymeacoffee.com/rhysjones...
Nancy Rowland (Slow): Learn the Fiddle Standards with Rhys Jones #8
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Nancy Rowland (2 of 2) with Rhys Jones bio.site/RhysJones Here we go with the 8th video in the series. This is Nancy Rowland played slowly and then taught phrase by phrase, with a discussion of bowings and variations. This version of Nancy Rowland comes from the playing of a lot of different musicians, but perhaps the initial influence was the Mississippi string band of "Carter Brothers and Son...
Nancy Rowland (Fast): Learn the Fiddle Standards with Rhys Jones #7
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Nancy Rowland (1 of 2) with Rhys Jones bio.site/RhysJones We are onto our seventh video already! Here's Nancy Rowland, one of my favorite old-time session tunes, and a perfect tune to revisit and learn well. I learned Nancy Rowland from the playing of a lot of different musicians, but perhaps the main influence was the Mississippi string band of "Carter Brothers and Son." If this has helped you...
Old Christmas Morning - Rhys Jones, Fiddle
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Old Christmas Morning is one of the many tunes played by the Carpenter family, a West Virginia line of fiddlers that stretched back to the settlement of the Elk River in the 1700s. I'm playing this piece in cross-tuning (EAEA), but also tuned down about half a step (which is exactly how French Carpenter was tuned when he was recorded playing Old Christmas Morning in 1963). The stories and lore ...
Molly Put the Kettle On (Slow): Learn the Fiddle Standards with Rhys Jones #6
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Molly Put the Kettle On Lesson (2 of 2) with Rhys Jones bio.site/RhysJones This is the sixth of a video series teaching you how I play the standard tunes of old-time fiddling. I'll play each tune up to speed, and then post a second video demonstrating specifics. If you have questions, leave them in the comments and I'll try to answer! Molly Put the Kettle On is another classic tune I learned as...
Molly Put the Kettle On (Fast): Learn the Fiddle Standards with Rhys Jones #5
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Molly Put the Kettle On Lesson (1 of 2) with Rhys Jones bio.site/RhysJones This is the fifth of a video series teaching you how I play the standard tunes of old-time fiddling. I'll play each tune up to speed, and then post a second video demonstrating specifics. If you have questions, leave them in the comments and I'll try to answer! Molly Put the Kettle On is another classic tune I learned as...
Soldier’s Joy (Slow): Learn the Fiddle Standards with Rhys Jones #4
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Soldier’s Joy Fiddle Lesson (2 of 2) with Rhys Jones bio.site/RhysJones This is the fourth of a new video series, teaching you how I play the standard tunes of old-time fiddling. I'll play each tune up to speed, and then post a second video demonstrating specifics. If you have questions, leave them in the comments and I'll try to answer! Soldier's Joy is the first tune I learned when I was 6 ye...
Soldier’s Joy (Fast): Learn the Fiddle Standards with Rhys Jones #3
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Soldier’s Joy Fiddle Lesson (1 of 2) with Rhys Jones bio.site/RhysJones This is the third of a new video series, teaching you how I play the standard tunes of old-time fiddling. I'll play each tune up to speed, and then post a second video demonstrating specifics. If you have questions, leave them in the comments and I'll try to answer! Soldier's Joy is the first tune I learned when I was 6 yea...
Old Molly Hare (Slow): Learn the Fiddle Standards with Rhys Jones #2
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Old Molly Hare Lesson (2 of 2) with Rhys Jones bio.site/RhysJones This is the second of a new video series, teaching you how I play the standard tunes of old-time fiddling. I'll play each tune up to speed, and then post a second video demonstrating specifics. If you have questions, leave them in the comments and I'll try to answer! I first learned Old Molly Hare when I was 10 years old from a r...
Old Molly Hare (Fast): Learn the Fiddle Standards with Rhys Jones #1
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Old Molly Hare Lesson (1 of 2) with Rhys Jones bio.site/RhysJones This is the first of a new video series, teaching you how I play the standard tunes of old-time fiddling. I'll play each tune up to speed, and then post a second video demonstrating specifics. If you have questions, leave them in the comments and I'll try to answer! I first learned Old Molly Hare when I was 10 years old from a re...
Fine Times at Our House - Rhys Jones, Fiddle
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Fine Times at Our House - Rhys Jones, Fiddle
Fantastic playing
Hi Rhys I watch a lot of your clifftop videos with Sammi and the others. Great music. I heard you have been to Albuquerque. I used to live there for lots of good folks there
This is really awesome! This song has illuded me for years, but your video has helped me learn how to play it properly. It will take me some practice to play it as smoothly as you. Thank you 👍
I love your style Sir! I am learning so much. Thank you!
wait, i thought you were teaching how to play Rock & Roll!
Any notation for the basic melody?
Your rendition has such a good feel.. It brings back memories of playing this with you (me on banjo) at Shasta a few years ago. -jody
more bowing technique please, sir
Rhys, you are a remarkable player. Great style, flawless technique, tasteful improvisation, and true musicality authentic to the old-time sound and spirit. Thank you so much for posting all of these videos. I’ve been a dedicated clawhammer banjo player for almost four decades, and used to play regularly with great fiddlers until I moved to a small town in western Colorado to pursue other interests. I must admit, I’ve been pulling up a rickety wooden chair close to the TV and playing with your videos as if you were one of my long-lost fiddler friends from my previous life, and it’s been a true pleasure. This video is one of my favorites. Please keep posting more tunes, especially of you playing unaccompanied! In particular, I would love to see some modal tunes in A or G. Again, fantastic work. Cheers, T.
Y’all come back now ya hear! Real good fiddling man
Really good video nicely paced and clear welldone
Lovely stuff
Man, that is wicked good!
Thanks Rhys!
Wonderful playing!
absoluluely brilliant .thanks
That was friggin’ awesome! The drone strings thru out, just awesome!
!!!!!! YOU HAVE THE MUSIC NOTATION ???? !!!! ALL YOUR TUNES ARE WONDERFUL !!! AND I'LL LIKE TO LEARN IT !!!!
Excellent explanation 😎👍❤️🇨🇦
Really well done
Thank you for this! Super-helpful. I'd love a similar tutorial for Shortnin Bread.
One of the best old time tunes. Hya Rhys from IA
Luv' this tune ! It's remembering me when You where at home and teach it to us , Pat & I , good memories, i learned it on the the banjo !
Wonderful tune ! Never heard before Thanks Rhys !
SO much of fiddling is the bowing, and I very much appreciate these lovely patient lessons. Sincere thanks from a violinist trying to become a fiddler
That was smooth as silk! Thank you kindly for making this video.
This is great - thanks Rhys!
Will you be posting anymore tutorials?
Are you in standard tuning?
Yes, standard tuning. No tricks up my sleeve this time :)
@@RhysJonesMusic ok, great! I’m gonna add this to my list of songs to learn.
Cross cross tuning
God I love these old Hammons tunes.
Ahhh, now how am I gonna get all that great stuff in there???? (So fun, thanks!!)
Thank you.
How about mentioning the tuning, or did I miss it?
Just standard tuning, unless otherwise specified. EADG from high to low.
Brilliant, so clear and it works!
We play this tune in the Isle of Man with a different name.
Do you know what the Irish name for this is? I recognise the tune.
It’s very similar to a tune often called The Faerie Dance in Irish music.
You are one of my favorite fiddle players. You’re great
Thank you so much! I appreciate it.
@@RhysJonesMusic I have been a violin maker and fiddle player most of my 76 years. I knew or know many of the great ones, having made their instruments or repaired them. I watch tons of videos about old time music. Some performances and some clifftop videos, on all of these you have very sophisticated bowing and timing, and I see that you are emotionally involved in the tune like a classical soloist is. Thanks for giving me lots of video (unintentional) lessons. Take care. Keep playing, Pete
Thank you Sir !!! 😊
Fantastic stuff! Could you do cotton eye Joe sometime?
That’s a good idea. With spring approaching, it’s time to release some new videos, and I’ll add that to the list.
Great 😊
Tuning EAEA? Did you mean AEae?
If you prefer to go coarse to fine, then AEAE. I describe my tunings fine to coarse, as a rule.
Man your bowing is unbelievable.
Thanks! That’s where all the magic is (if there is any at all, anyway 😂)
Hi Rhys, i love your playing and these videos great! Thanks for all you do and I hope to see more
Thank you!
Thank you for getting straight to the point and not giving a 10 minute monolog (like most do) before starting the music lesson. I have been using these exercises every day for about 20 minutes before I start getting into tunes. Great lesson... thank you.
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This is lovely. I wish it had words for the fun of singing about Old Christmas, but really it doesn't need them. Thank you for your fine fiddling and for posting this old tune for us to hear.
Hi Rhys, I have been wondering if it is possible to shift up and back to the higher positions while playing off the shoulder.
Hey there - it definitely is possible. Old-time tunes like Poplar Bluff or the Cherry River Rag (to name just a couple) have extended passages in 2nd or 3rd position. I play without chin rest or shoulder rest, and shifting position isn’t a problem. Aside from the absence of chin and shoulder rest, I also hold the violin in a non-classically standard way (but which was one of many ways the violin was held in the 17th century). I have a secret fondness for Baroque violin pieces, and these routinely require shifting into extremely high positions on the violin. There are many professional Baroque violinists who play with the violin off the shoulder, some even down against the chest. There have been a myriad of ways to hold the instrument over the centuries - none of them are inherently limiting, but just require a slightly different technique). Thanks for the question!
1st tune I learned when I was 24. Now I like doing variations. Thanks for next variation.
You're welcome! Enjoy!
I'm just beginning to begin to be a beginner. I think they need tochange the names of levels beginner, intermediate to something closer to the truth, like cat killing and bruutal cat fight. I know the student shouldn't be to young to start lessons, they lack the coordination and attention span. While I understand this, I'm only 63 but I just couldn't wait any longer. Thank you for the video. That makes perfect sense and I'm going to give it go. Keep the videos coming.