To play for Make Music Chicago on June 21, 2015.

We have two performances and a fiddle tune jam scheduled. And I imagine that just like last year, we’ll have a load of fun and fellowship to go along with all the tunes. We invite you to join us, whatever you play, at whatever skill level you’re at (as long as you can learn a few tunes.)

We’ll be having rehearsals the next 4 Sundays from 5 to about 7 in the back room at Gideon Welles’s (4500 N. Lincoln). At each rehearsal, we’ll teach a couple of tunes that will be new to some folks, and we’ll review others that are more widely known. If you join us for the Make Music Chicago day, you can play along with all the tunes you know, and enjoy listening to the ones you don’t. Not everyone has to play on every tune.

We’ve prepared a working list of 24 tunes from a multitude of countries and cultures. You can view the list online, as a page on this blog. It contains links to recordings of each tune. Some music notation will also be posted here soon. Or if you prefer, you can download a pdf of the tune list with links.

Tunes to be taught this week include: Snouts and Ears of America, El Viento, Edward Öst Brudpolkka, and Polonæse Svøbsk.

Oh, and here’s a flyer for the Fiddle Tune Jam on June 21. Print it and spread it.

Hope to see you at Gideon Welles this Sunday at 5pm.

-Paul Tyler, convener