Walk Chalk Chicken - Old Time Music

Joe LaRose on banjo and Steve Downey on fiddle. An old fiddle tune in A (cross-tuned fiddle). We picked this up from various sources.

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Music

Tags:

• Fiddle
• Banjo
• tune
• Walk-chalk-chicken
• oldtime
• old-time
• old
• time
• LaRose
• Downey
• country
• folk

[Grundsau47]

Never new the name of this piece; last heard it some 30+ yrs. ago played by a penna. dutchman named Handwerk.

He learned to play his tunes by ear some 80yrs. or so prior to when I used to hear him. You play it much better but then I guess you aren't deaf either as he was and can tune your fiddle yourself...

[smdtmtl]

thanks for the nice comment Grundsau47. I would have liked to hear Handwerk's version..  I hope I can still play music when I'm 80... I already have enough trouble tuning the thing. Glad you enjoyed our version... thanks

[fiddler26]

great...well done.

[smdtmtl]

Thanks Fiddler26. That's nice of you to take the time to make a nice comment. I try to do that as well when I come across something that I think is well done. Read your other comment on the Band.. totally agree.. one the best bands I ever heard... thanks..

[colindominy]

A very nice, sweet, authentically old-time sound here. The fiddle key in A really helps to bring out the old-time sound; B Flat does the same thing, only it's even more difficult to get it exactly right. Well done !!

[smdtmtl]

Thanks Colin. As far as I know A, (AEAE) is the most "correct" key to play this in. Just playing it by myself I sometimes do it in D as well... (ADAE) and like it there too. Bb would be just fine with me. Every key brings it's own personality and mostly, I like them all. Glad you liked the video, and thanks for the very nice comment. We appreciate the encouragement.

[k8sl]

I'd like to transfer this to diatonic accordion.... wonder how it will do?

[smdtmtl]

@zoeplankton Thanks. That's nice of you to say.

[zoeplankton]

This is a great tune... well-done!

[smdtmtl]

Yea this is a pretty cool tune. I guess it's a little less widely known than a lot of other old time tunes. A lot of fun to play. Thanks for the comment.