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Summary: Learn how to play the A part first element of the Gobby-O jig on fiddle with expert music training tips in this free online instrument instruction video clip.
David Kaynor has over 30 years of fiddle playing experience. He currently teaches and plays the fiddle in the Connecticut River Valley. He can be often found calling music and playing...read more
" Hi! I’m David Kaynor for expertvillage.com. I’m playing the Old British Isles jig the Gobby-O, a.k.a. Jefferson and Liberty. And I’m going to review the A part really quickly, and then I’m going to break it down into the first element. Now the first element: we’re sort of in an A minor feel here. I don’t know exactly what key we’re officially in. I’m not a musical theoretician, but it looks like it’s got A minor cords played with it, and it starts with an A B pickup on the A string. And that’s most of it I’ll do it again…and that’s the first element."
eHow Article: How to Play the A-Part First Element of the Gobby-O Fiddle Jig