"Hawks and Eagles" - Appalachian Fiddle - Ben Kiser

[@petercane6376]

Well done Ben. You played that so well. It is very precious for you to play old time fiddle. I hope you keep doing this until you are an old man..and then hand it all down so it never dies. Beautiful.

[@MoonStar-fq6oy]

Ben ya sure are a Beautiful fiddler ❤️✌️

[@zachb8012]

Wish my friends and neighbors played music like you, would be a blast to play with ya. Your old time chops are on point.

[@0bm31770]

Nice. It reminds me of "Whiskey Before Breakfast".

[@teresasugden466]

Great job...you look so relaxed and make it look easy!

[@christinadieno8395]

good morning, Ben, thanks for the music. good tune and you do it well.

[@This_Old_Man_68]

Ben could you please make a tutorial for this fiddle tune to show your finger placement and bow work? It would really be appreciated.

[@billyj9168]

Love it!

[@stepno]

Great tune, nicely played! I remember the first time I heard Mac play it, and before him the Highwoods String Band. Meanwhile, I recently ran into videos by a Carnatic mandolin player from India who uses a solid-body electric 5-string tuned C-G-C-G-C -- same as A-D-A-D with the addition of a bass string, but a whole step lower to accommodate the other Indian instruments and put less tension on the mandolin neck. (There is also Carnatic violin music, going back to the 1800s. I haven't looked into the tunings. See Ganesh & Kumaresh Rajagopalan kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6vZXq1ugpijp6csi=jJx6pqIOTzjSVTqF )

[@lucasmasek1410]

Sounds similar to the tune called Happy Hollow. Nice playing!

[@Lostmychops]

I think Mr Traynham’s source source is probably Norm Edmonds, seeing as he seems to be the only guy who recorded this tune. I worked out a nice gospel tune of his called ‘Kingdom’s Coming’ in dead man’s tuning (DDAD) on the bagpipes of all things, but then I have too much time on my hands. Anyway, well played Ben, and keep ‘em coming!

[@richardcoplin4103]

Yes