For Pete Sutherland’s return to Fiddle Club of the World
Seman Violins (4447 W. Oakton, Skokie).
Sunday, September 28
Admission is $15 at the door.
The meeting begins at 7pm with a short concert followed by a jam/workshop.
Pete Sutherland Oliver Scanlon Tristan Henderson
A couple of tunes, originals by Oliver Scanlon, that we will all play together at the jam.
These transcriptions of Pete Sutherland’s tunes were made by Paul Tyler as a sketch of the general melody. Pete uses subtle shadings, ornaments, double stops and variations in playing the tunes. Listen carefully to the recordings, as posted here.
Click on a thumbnail to enlarge and print.
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Pete Sutherland, with Jeremiah McLane & Mark Roberts, will be performing at the Fiddle Club of the World‘s meeting at 7:30 on Friday, October 16 at the Leadway Bar & Gallery (5233 N. Damen). Click here to register, or call 773.728.6000.
| Nota Bene: Musical notation is only a guide to one way to play a tune. Use the written notes along with the recordings. If you hear something different than what is written down, good. Trust your ears. Play what you hear. |
Here are some Pete tunes, sent to us from the Champlain Valley of Vermont. These will be great to play in the jam. The reel is, in Pete’s words “from our local hero, Louis Beaudoin.” The second tune –pronounced tess-fie-yay–is an Ethiopian waltz song. The last is from the Skillet Lickers.
Dad’s Reel
slow
Tesfaye
Streak o’ Lean
slow
Click here to access Paul Tyler’s notation of a couple of Pete’s tunes.
Pete Sutherland, along with Mark Roberts & Jeremiah McLane, will be performing at the Fiddle Club of the World‘s meeting at 7:30 on Friday, October 16 at the Leadway Bar & Gallery (5233 N. Damen). Click here to register, or call 773.728.6000.
ARTO JÄRVELÄ – Sept. 25
Arto Järvelä is a world-class musician from Järvelä, a small village just across the Perho River from the slightly less smaller town of Kaustinen, seismic center of the Finnish Folk Music explosion of the last few decades. Arto’s grandfather Johannes led the Järvelän Pelimannit (Järvelä Village Fiddlers) through the 1970s. Since then, Arto has made a name for himself as a solo fiddler and as a member of many important folk bands, such as Pinnin Pojat, the Helsinki Mandolinners and Nordic Tree. He perhaps is best known for JPP (short for Järvelän Pikkupelimannit, or little village fiddlers band).
Arto will perform Finnish polskas, polkkas, sotiisis (schottisches) and more on fiddle and nyckleharpa (Swedish keyed-fiddle).
Arto Järvelä will play for the Fiddle Club of the World on
Friday, September 25, 2009 at 7:30pm
Leadway Bar & Gallery (5233 N. Damen)
Click here to register for Arto’s visit to the Fiddle Club of the World
Go here to download Arto’s jam session tunes.
PETE SUTHERLAND – Oct. 16
Pete Sutherland is a fiddler’s fiddle (also a master songwriter and multi-insturmentalist). A native of Vermont’s Champlain Valley, Pete sojourned in southern Indiana during the 1980s, where your Fiddle Club convener was lucky enough to live, dance and soak up tunes. Pete’s band credits include Arm & Hammer Stringband, Metamora and the Clayfoot Strutters.
Pete will be joined on his visit to the Fiddle Club by Jeremaiah McLane (piano & accordion) and Mark Roberts (flute & banjo). They are in town for a barn dance and workshops at the University of Chicago, where they will spin out more driving square dance and contra dance melodies to complete a great Fall weekend.
Pete Sutherland, with Jeremiah McLane & Mark Roberts
will play for the Fiddle Club of the World on
Friday, October 16, 2009 at 7:30pm
Leadway Bar & Gallery (5233 N. Damen)
NB: location may be changed to a larger venue
Click here to register for Pete’s visit to the Fiddle Club of the World
Go here to download Pete’s jam session tunes
RUTH BALL – Oct. 25
Ruth and her accompanist, Tom Cronin, are from Newcastle, England.
Unfortunately, the US Department of Homespun Inferiority might interfere with this meeting. Plans for a substitute guest artist are underway. Stay tuned for more details
(Click picture for a full view.)
KENNY STONE – Nov. 22
Chicagoland Bluegrass. Jam session tunes to be posted in October.
Kenny Stone of the Chicago Bluegrass Band
and a master folk artist for Traditional Arts Indiana
SEASON PASS for all four Fall 2009 Fiddle Club meetings is available through Sept. 25.
All meetings scheduled for
Leadway Bar & Gallery
5233 N. Damen
Chicago, Illinois
-Paul Tyler, convener
Fiddle Club of the World (Chicago Chapter)
Announcing meetings scheduled for Fall 2009
Three are set in cement. The fourth requires some more phone calls.
An announcement will be made here soon of how you can register for these meetings, with a provision to subscribe to all four at a bargain price.
Tunes for learning will be posted here in the coming weeks.
We have . . .
Arto Järvelä from Kaustinen, Finland
Friday, September 25
Arto Järvelä (click to enlarge)
Pete Sutherland from Montpelier, Vermont
with Jeremiah McLane (piano & accordion)
and Mark Roberts (banjo & flute)
Friday, October 16
Icy Mountain-Blind Steer in a Mud Hole
Ruth Ball and Tom Cronin from Newcastle, England
Sunday, October 25
I’m now thinking bluegrass for late November or early December
Coming in 2010
Irish, possibly in January
Genevieve Harrison (old-time) in perhaps February
Dennis Stroughmatt (Illinois-Louisiana French tunes)
Sunday, March 28
Watch this website for announcement of time and place for each meeting.
Paul Tyler, convener
Fiddle Club of the World (Chicago Chapter)