Santa Anna's retreat

This is quite a rare old tune which I learnt from a CD by the fuzzy mountain string band. The film can't really convey just how hot it was sitting under that tree, so I blame fatigue for the weird ending... Also, like my black and white videos, and all of the ones recorded today during my escape to the countryside, this is aflicted by a very annoying clicking, which is the result of the microphone in my camcorder being overloaded. I can't seem to adjust the input level when I transfer the footage to my computer for some reason, so I'm afraid there's not a lot I can do about it...

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Music

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• fiddle
• American
• Appalachian
• old-time
• old
• time
• folk
• instrumental
• violin
• country
• traditional
• music

[mikehillas]

I've been playing this for years, but play it in GDAE tning. What tuning are you using?

[Lostmychops]

Hi Mike, sorry it's taken me so long to respond. I'm using AEAE for this one, although it's all relative: could be GDGD because I don't usually have my fiddle tuned to concert pitch. All the best, Jim.

[gadaya]

Here's one i play also, but on the mandolin...