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British Field March

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I learned it from a Henry Reed recording.. You can hear him play it here. http://memory.loc.gov/afc/afcreed/130/13035a32.mp3 And learn more about the tune here. http://tunearch.org/wiki/British_Field_March BFM is in the dorian mode...I think...it's a dorian mode tuning anyways...and I think it's an 'A' tune. I'm tuned in G...DGCd.

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12/29/13 06:12:47PM @cynthia-copeland:

Beautiful Sir.

12/26/13 07:42:29PM @sue-simms:

Oh My Randy...just Beautiful...!

11/30/13 11:02:49PM @robin-thompson:
Randy, you've got some stuff I'd love to be able to download. I don't care about anything sounding produced. . .Remember that pretty play on the PVMB that got you a trip to Mexico for the wedding? Well, that would be the tune I'd start with then some of that fretless c'box music then. . .

11/27/13 01:51:07PM @randy-adams:

Thx Wendy. I don't do the music biz....I feel a rant coming on sorry....

I think I could sell 10 or 15 CD's but what do I do with the other 85 or 90?.. : ). And...I don't care to rehearse 15 tunes to get ready to make a CD...I just wanna play whatever I wanna play at the time....something new and different preferably. And....I don't care for the pressure of the recording studio...it's like so permanent.

I'm on a roll.... here's my take on the performing thing. I generally won't play for money as a solo act b/c it changes the dynamics of the situation....not that I have a lot of people throwing money in my direction. For money you have to 'entertain', be funny, engage with the audience even if you don't feel like it, patiently explain what a dulcimer is... : ).....be on time, take requests, be nice to small children and old ladies etc... : )...

I will, however, play for free for family or friends if the circumstances look good....and have fun. Like around a campfire. ... good food is a wonderful thing....when people have been drinking but not too much is a plus. I like to mention that I ain't much of an 'entertainer' but I'd like to play a couple tunes...if you please....I'm not gonna put on a 'show'.....takes the pressure off....& I ain't gonna play any x-mas tunes..... : )...

There's more!....but that's enough for now I'd guess....

I should also mention that I fight cynicism at times... : )....f'real....but I sure do love to play the tunes.

11/26/13 07:39:58PM @wendy-coons-karrasch:

Randy, I'm pre-ordering your album. When is it coming out? Everything you play mesmerizes

11/04/13 01:36:52PM @scott-allen:

I like it, Randy!

11/03/13 04:33:36PM @randy-adams:

I've learned a lot from this tune! I've never understood the British, Welsh, Scottish, English, Irish, Northern Irish, England, United Kingdom, Britain, Great Britain, British Isles, Commonwealth.....the whole deal. I looked it up. I'm getting myself educated!... : )....

....and elephant stamps... : )...

11/03/13 03:40:48PM @randy-adams:

I had to look up crikey Helen.... funny!....& elephant stamps is a new one on me also.

Good ear Kevin....the right hand style for my fretless and chromatic style is almost identical.

Mary...that is the open tuning there. DGCd. It's a dorian mode tuning. I like the sound of it and I also like to give the listener the tuning for the remote chance someone might want to play it in that tuning.

Thanks again my friends...f'sure

11/02/13 05:45:19PM @chuck-moseley:
Amazing! Really love that one.

11/01/13 10:29:35PM @kevin-messenger:

Wow Randy you even did it with out the noter. Your finger dancing style reminded me of how you play the fretless. Great stuff there.

11/01/13 10:27:14PM @patty-from-virginia:

That's a cool tune Randy. War of 1812 I see. Wonder what the Americans were playing? I love watching you play!

11/01/13 09:53:25PM @john-keane:

Another great job! I LOVED watching your right hand in this one!

11/01/13 09:33:01PM @randy-adams:

I appreciate you guys having a look see....f'real...

This video here got me started on BFM. This guy plays it on the banjo and plays it so beautifully I was drawn to it immediately. At first I thought I'd like to play it like he does...all flowery and harmony....but then I remembered that ain't how I operate... : )....and I'm not sure I could do it anyways. ...so I stuck pretty close to the way Henry Reed plays it....but without the bounce he gets on it...which it needs really....I don't play it much like a march...

Wayne I can't build anything that requires a shiny finish... : )...

11/01/13 08:55:34PM @rob-n-lackey:

Bravo, bravo

11/01/13 07:21:23PM @benjamin-w-barr-jr:
Very good!

11/01/13 06:26:28PM @karen-keane:
Very cool!

11/01/13 05:21:12PM @robin-thompson:
Randy, I've got this tune by both Chris Via and the Reed family Band and the duo of Christian Wigg & Whit Mead and their versions are good. I like the low mellow approach you've taken a whole lot-- gives the tune a fresh feel.

11/01/13 04:05:29PM @peter-w:

Brilliant, Randy!

11/01/13 01:54:50PM @jim-bagsh:

Thanks for the link on tunearch.org but do you have the dulcimer TAB as well?

11/01/13 01:28:52PM @jim-bagsh:

What everyone else said "wonderful". :)

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