My Fiddles beausoleil bluegrass cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun music fiddle lessons irish fiddle louisiana my fiddles old time old time cajun Mar 20, 2020

Hi, I’m Mitch Reed, welcome to my vlog. And my vlog today is on the violins that I play. So I’ve had a lot of you ask about what kind of violin I play and, you know, how old it is, and who made it, and all this stuff. So I thought I would go through all three of my violins that I...

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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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Edius Naquin beausoleil cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music edius naquin fiddle lessons ifiddle ifiddlemag louisiana mamou old ballads Feb 15, 2018

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That is a tune by Eidus Naquin, a legendary musician from Mamou, Louisiana. He sang a lot of old ballads and played a lot of old really obscured archaic tunes with very interesting stories about kings, queens, magical worlds, and things like that. Definitely some ties to France...

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How to Make It Sound Cajun beausoleil beginner fiddle cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music fiddle lessons how to make it sound cajun ifiddle ifiddlemag intermediate fiddle Dec 06, 2017

Hi, I’m Mitch Reed. My vlog this week is on how to make things sound Cajun, what kind of ingredients or spices to add to any standard melody and give it a Cajun style. So that’s a good question. A lot of people have been asking about that and so we can use a...

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How to Practice Cajun & Creole Seconding beausoleil cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun fiddler cajun music cajun waltz fiddle lessons how to practice cajun & creole seconding ifiddle ifiddlemag traditional cajun Oct 25, 2016

Hi…Welcome to my vlog today! I’m going to talk about how to practice seconding. I get this question a lot and the thing about being a Cajun fiddler is you have to be really good at what we call seconding or playing chords.[00:18]

But you also have to learn the melodies and be able...

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The Mardi Gras Songs accordion balfa brothers beausoleil cajun and creole cajun fiddle cajun music creole mardi gras fiddle lessons ifiddle ifiddlemag mamou mardi gras the mardi gras songs wade frugé west louisiana Apr 08, 2016

 

Hi! Welcome to my vlog. Today I thought it would be kind of fun to talk about the three different Mardi Gras songs that you’ll hear played on the fiddle and the accordion as well. If you come down here to South-West Louisiana, especially for Mardi Gras Day and the weeks leading up...

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