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Chronicles of a Late-Blooming Child Prodigy

I'm an unrelenting aficionado of Chess, Toastmasters and acoustic music (Celtic and Bluegrass--Turquoisegrass?). Audio and Video Blogging gives my visitors a chance to hear and see my triumvirate of interests in action. Cheers! --GT

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My recurring illusions of grandeur: (1) winning a state-level chess tournament, (2) winning the World Championship of Public Speaking, and (3) playing Flight of the Bumblebee on the guitar at the Annual Flatpicking Championship in Winfield, Kansas. Until then, I'll relish all three pursuits with the enthusiasm and fearlessness of a late-blooming child prodigy. :)

Monday, February 20, 2006

Sailor's Hornpipe in Monterey

Sailor's Hornpipe ......attempted on the FIDDLE >argh< This tune is tougher to fiddle than mandolize, where the slide to the upper register is a challenge of monumental proportions to a chronic first position player such as myself.

Time to kick off the audioblogging season with a few standards. I've fallen in with an enthusiastic Old Timey / Bluegrass / Celtic crowd here in Monterey, and it's motivating me to expand my meager repertoire.

Drop me a comment and let me know if you recognize the ol' Popeye theme tune. Perhaps someday they'll figure out how to allow audioblogs in the comments, so that you seasoned fiddlers out there can share a few variations with me.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I like it man!
Keep it up!
Sweet fiddling skills!

4:11 PM  

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