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This week's lesson features a special guest, Matthew Rolland! Matthew is a 2-time Arizona State Fiddling Champion (Texas style fiddling) as well as a great Appalachian Old-Time Style fiddler. We teach Candy Girl, a beautiful tune played in AEAE tuning. Matt also talks a lot about pulsing and sweeping, two old-timey techniques that are key to getting that special sound characteristic of appalachian fiddlers. We also included three different versions of the sheet music: a basic version, a version by Brittany Haas, and a version by Bruce Molsky. We really packed it in for you this week!
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Why won’t “The Candy Girl” sheet music print out?
Thanks.
If you click “Candy Girl Sheet Music Link”, your computer will download a zip file that contains three different pieces of sheet music (in pdf’s). When you open these then you can print it however you usually print a document on your computer. If you’re having trouble finding the download, then manually open the “download” window in your finder to see a list of all your downloads and it will be titled “CandyGirlSheetMusic”. I hope this helps!
I finally figured it out with your help. Your current way is much better! Thanks for helping.
Hey Mike, Love the site! I’M really enjoying the lessons.One question I have is on the tune Candy Girl.I can’t make out what chord you play after the “D” chord.If you could pass that along I’d appreciate it.Keep up the good work. Mike Osborne
Great question Mike. After the D chord I am playing a Bm7 chord. The specific voicing subdues the minor sound, and makes it sound more like a major chord (like a D6 with the 6th note (B) in the bass). The specific notes on the guitar are B|D|A|D, fretted as follows — |X|2|0|2|3|X|. The Bm chord only lasts 3 beats (as opposed to the full 4 beats the A, F#m and D chords receive), and there’s a quick 1 beat E chord before going back to the A.
Thanks,
Mike