The Fiddle According To Vassar

Vassar Clements

Hal Leonard / Homespun Tapes

An educational video in which Vassar Clements demonstrates how "to apply blues and jazz influences to transform ordinary fiddle sounds into extraordinary ones."

"Vassar explores more than a dozen of his classic licks, showing how he uses slides, chromatics, double and triple-stops, slurs and boogie-woogie patterns to enhance a variety of tunes. You'll learn some of his best-known original and traditional fiddle breaks and how he uses his earliest influences—blues and jazz—to transform ordinary bluegrass/country fiddle sounds into extraordinary ones." Songs;

• Sally Goodin
• Cincinnati Rag
• Avalanche
• Windjammer
• Lonesome Fiddle Blues
• Good Woman's Love
• Orange Blossom Special
• Listen To The Mockingbird
• Down Yonder

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