Bonaparte's Retreat

This is probably the first song that I completely taught myself, and let me tell you, I have made many changes to it. It is also the first song that I added slides to , which are a lot of fun now that I don't struggle whenever I do one. I wanted to make this sound more rugged American that the sweet song that it could be played as.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Bonapart
• Retreat
• fiddle
• kidfiddles

[mcob1]

open the closet door, put your elbow against it and play. you will hear an immediate improvement.

[y0e0r0t]

yes u are correct it was a mistype...thank u for the correction as im sure playing it in DDGD would not sound too pretty

[Lostmychops]

'Dead mans' tuning, which this song is traditionaly played in is actually (low to high)DDAD, not DDGD.

[y0e0r0t]

uploaded a version of me playin it so u can see what u can do in DDGD tuning...im a bit rusty but im sure u can use it to better urself

[y0e0r0t]

u need to work on ur rhythm a lot!, and as a basic rule of fiddle, NEVER slide more than half a step. But aa a tip, retune ur violin to DDGD (obviously low D on the G or u'd break ur string lol) but that will add a lot of character to the tune and make it a LOT easier to play

[Shadewingx]

I forgot the fiddle could give that ye olde America sound, I have a new respect for it now. :P