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9 Year Old Fiddler - Mikayla Roach - Orange Blossom Special

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Uploaded on May 15, 2007

9 year old fiddler Mikayla Roach playing the world famous fiddle tune The Orange Blossom Special. Here Mikayla is playing a custom made 5 string fiddle made especially for her by Chuck Jones of Vandalia, IL. Mikayla started playing violin when she was 6 and currently has a band that plays across the Midwest, but mostly in Illinois. She also plays lead for the house band at the Seminary School House in Central Illinois every Saturday night. Featured also in this video are two of her band members; Russ Rench on Mandolin and Bruce "Swamp" Wiess on guitar. As a side note, Swamp was a member of the band of Alison Krauss and played all lead guitar on her first album.

If you want a copy of the sheet music version that Mikayla started composing her version of Orange Blossom Special from, download it at http://www.fiddlers.us/obs.pdf

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  • Watersapph

    That takes a lot a practice!! Mikayla ur so talented!! this is one of my favorate songs xD u did really good and i LOVE hearing u play it, fantastic job :D

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  • Donald Roach

    I seldom reply but I felt compelled o for this comment .. she never practices, she just sits down with her friends and plays. At her age and with her interests now that's not happening as much either. When she told me that she wanted to play violin I did it like any other interest my kids have; I supported and insisted that she meet or exceed her teachers practice expectations for one year .. after a year she stopped practicing but she never stopped playing with her friends.. its just natural.

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  • Donald Roach

    The man that was Mikayla's inspiration told her a joke about this not long after she started playing .. she actually used it a few times in performances it goes like this .. "Do you know the difference between a Violin Player and a Fiddler? ... THE NUMBER OF TEETH" .. When she used the joke in front of anyone she would smile real big because her baby teeth were falling out .. meaning she was a fiddler :)

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  • Donald Roach

    Someone once told Mikayla .. the difference between a violin and a fiddle is that a violin has strings and a fiddle has straaannngggssssss ... pronounced with a drawn out strong southern accent straight from the Appalachian Mountains where bluegrass music originated :) Basically this means that the violin and fiddle are the exact same instrument, it's the way you play it that defines the difference between a violin and fiddle (:

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  • Ismofani11

    Girl, you're better than me. Just please, improvise as much as you can. This song is a fun song, and you should do all sorts of weird stuff with it. I recommend listening to Vernon Derrick's version, Roy Clark's version and Michael McCanless' version. Michael's version can be found from my channel and a better quality version can be found from a video on YouTube called "iii.wav", which can be found by searching for Hank III continental club. I have a comment there, just skip to that part! Great!

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  • CadetCool48

    I dont think ill ever play that well

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  • crackerzack138

    Trying to insult a 9 year old? Way to go.

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  • ModelDX1

    I know one thing for sure. I am going to share this video with my friend in Japan.

    She is an awesome finger style guitarist. It was her video that lead me to find this

    awesome little girl fiddler.

    Mikayla this performance done blew my hat in the creek. I will share my Japanese friend's video with you also.

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  • mmcki55632

    Amazing.

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  • THEetsybay

    What's with the fret tape?? I've never seen anyone over the age of 3 use that...

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  • Blakesr171

    this is good enough that you guys should go on America's Got Talent!

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  • shilohrenovation

    Great! Where do I purchase concert tickets?

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  • Harmonica Bruce

    You go girl!

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  • juanita zaring

    awesome awesome awesome woooo hooooo

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