Newsletter 2021
The Fiddler’s Rag – official newsletter of SCVFA
SCVFA’s monthly newsletter, The Fiddler’s Rag, features articles on fiddling, music events, people, tunes, instruments, and many other topics of interest to our members. The Fiddler’s Rag is distributed electronically to SCVFA members only. Printed copy mailed at special request.
Contact newsletter@fiddlers.org with contributions of articles, stories, etc to the Fiddler’s Rag.
- President’s Note
- In Memoriam: Colleen Lethridge
- Trustees Election and Candidates
- Article: “How Strum Machine Came to be” by Luke Abbott
- Article: “A Virtual Choir Presentation by Several Cupertino High School Choirs” By Pete Showman
- Column: “Hicks’ Licks” by Pete Hicks
- Six music examples for Pete Hicks’ column
- President’s Note by
- Article: “On Memorizing a Song” by Chip Curry
- Article: “Station Inn” by Doug Judd
- Tune: “Apple Blossom” with notes from Pete Hicks
- President’s Note by
- February Zoom Screenshots
- Article: “Hicks’ Lick in Bb” by Pete Hicks
- Tunes in Bb: “Bluewater Hornpipe” and “Red Lion Hornpipe”
- President’s Note by Susan Goodis
- Remembering John Lytle
- March Zoom Screenshots
- Hicks’ Licks by Pete Hicks
- Tune Breaks: “If I Lose”
- President’s Note by Susan Goodis
- Article: “Reflections on Black Violin”
- Hicks’ Licks by Pete Hicks
- Breaks: “Stay All Night”
- President’s Note by Susan Goodis
- Protocol for Live Old Time Session By Gary Breitbard
- Fritz, by SCVFA
- Tune: “The Girl I left Behind Me”
- President’s Note by Susan Goodis
- Article: “Fiddles and Grasshoppers” by Chip Curry
- Hicks’ Licks by Pete Hicks
- Swing Exercises
- President’s Note by Susan Goodis
- Hicks’ Licks by Pete Hicks
- Tune: Faded Love (arranged by Pete Hicks)
- President’s Note (p1, )
- Article: Once Upon a Time by Patrice Tanti
- Hicks’ Licks: Double Stops by Pete Hicks
- Tune: Faded Love transcription by Mark Wardenburg
- President’s Note (p1, )
- Article: A Sense of Direction by Patrice Tanti
- Fiddle Backup for Vocals by Pete Hicks
- President’s Note (p1, )
- Tune: “When I Grow too Old to Dream”
- President’s Note (p1, )
- Article: “Bottom Line, Thanks” by Patrice Tanti
- Tune: “Alex and Maureen’s Two-Step”