Jesse's Polka - Wheels Medley - Something A Bit Different

[Greg Cutshaw]

This is a simple smashing together of a fiddle polka I saw on YouTube entitled Jesse's polka and Wheels. The E9th chromatic tuning makes for some nice flowing lines in Wheels. This is great practice trying to find all the notes in order without moving the bar. I used the 2nd string Eb to D knee lever throughout. I re-tune it at the end plate to go between a half tone and a full tone drop as needed for a particular song.


Jesse's Polka - Wheels Medley


Rhythm track located here:


http://gregcutshaw.com/Tab/Tab22.html



Other polkas (if anyone is so inclined):


The Pennsylvania Polka


Beer Barrel Polka Medley



Greg

[Rich Peterson]

Great combination; they go together well. I hadn't heard Jessie's Polka in many years, but I used to play often with the accordionists around here. Good tune.

[Greg Cutshaw]

Thanks Rich, I had no idea how hard it is to pluck the fiddle that fast! I deburred the tops of my MSA changer fingers and then polished them with Simichrome and most of the buzzing is gone now. The upper strings ring quite well now. Playing and maintaining 20 strings on a mechanical instrument is a lot of work.


Greg

[Rich Peterson]

Fiddle tunes are good exercise, on steel or guitar. Maybe you need a cooling fan to keep the strings from fusing to the changer?