Bonaparte's Retreat on cross tuned fiddle

Julianna Waller performs on her great grandfather's Sears & Roebuck Co. "fiddle" at the Red River Fiddlers 10th Anniversary Concert Celebration. August 13, 2016. Arts On Main Summer Series in Scottsville, KY. Video by Bud Fox.

[@juliannawaller-martinez5462]

Glad you all are enjoying my version!!! And, I played this on my great grandfather's fiddle...

[@ajfarms630]

Girl, have you ever thought of playing Amazing Grace in that tuning? You inspire me to try and put a little more effort in my fiddlin. 😉

[@gertmana1789]

Cool, i have the mouthpiece of my great grandfathers bugle.

[@dean8842]

Have you ever heard a fiddler whose playing elicits both chills and tears at the same time?... Bravo, cheers and deep respect to master fiddler, Julianna Waller.

[@cliffsandifer3877]

yes.....me

[@ivanrorick]

This is great! Also thank you for not randomly adding "The Streets of Cairo" to it, a lot of people ruin "Bonaparte's Retreat" doing that but I appreciate how you didn't!

[@davidaguiar1387]

Grandpa would be proud. Just beautiful!

[@paulcaudell8501]

The best rendition of Bonaparte's I've ever heard!

[@matthewrowles6912]

Stunning.

[@4570george]

I just found you, you are a huge inspiration, the best rendition I've heard. Thank you!

[@morgan7023]

Excellent

[@ajfarms630]

That was beautiful that girl can sure enough play!

[@cliffsandifer3877]

Bonaparts is a pleasantly easy tune, and i discovered that didgeridoo makes it sound ...bagpipish...if the didgeridoo is a D timber. this is nice rendition. i play it on the fiddle my mother had when she was teenager.. i am a fiddle nerd.

[@ramOm420]

Beautiful Julianna, thanks

[@scottlewisparsons9551]

Thank you very much for the video and a wonderful performance.

[@juliannawaller-martinez5462]

Glad you watched! Just now catching up with the comments....

[@WilliamCerf]

Beautiful rendition of Bonaparte's Retreat. Very interesting cross-tuning.

[@juliannawaller-martinez5462]

Thank you for watching and listening...I enjoy free improvisation on this tune every time I play it!!

[@Forestbrian88]

The emotion on the intro.... just awesome!! do you teach how to play it?

[@MutantD0g]

Worthwhile intermediate step. and of course, thx.

[@cliffsandifer3877]

hey Dean Lungu...…..AGREED!!

[@fencepost650]

fantastic.

[@Antilles1974]

Masterful!

[@juliannawaller-martinez5462]

Thanks....I recently performed this again live with a whole new improvised expression...coming soon.

[@Antilles1974]

@@juliannawaller-martinez5462 I cannot wait!

[@tomstepp3954]

Good job!!!!

[@tipsparaviolinistas144]

Super hermoso como se llama la pieza

[@kevinburrow5078]

What was your tuning?

[@charlescrowell4981]

For a failed rebellion in 1798, and our hopes were dashed by Wellington.

[@samuellock6000]

thats my mom!!!

[@dean8842]

Julianna's got bee honey on her strings!...

[@gutbucket260]

DDAD ?

[@juliannawaller-martinez5462]

Yes, the G string is tuned "down" to the low D. The D string stays. The A string stays. The E string is tuned down a whole step to D. It's cool!

[@gutbucket260]

@@juliannawaller-martinez5462 I play "Midnight On the Water" in that tuning. Bagpipe sound is what this tuning is going for I guess. Rumour has it the British banned bagpipes in Scotland 400 years ago and the fiddlers invented this tuning. Not sure this it true but it makes a great story.

[@denedeh-cho971]

What is meant by cross tuned ?

[@juliannawaller-martinez5462]

Dene Deh-Cho The violin is tuned differently than the normal E A D G. For this tune the strings are tuned D A D D, high to low. This creates the droning sound & gives the impression of a bagpipe.

[@denedeh-cho971]

@@juliannawaller-martinez5462 oh ok thank you.