I say we talk about fiddles here, and give the accordion players a run for their money! That Pointe-au-Pic has been giving me trouble for years, at least the way Jos Bouchard recorded it. What's your secret? How did you learn it, from written music?

Henry

Hey, why not digress and talk about fiddles a little... I learned pointe-au-pic by ear from my instructor. It's a song that's always attracted my attention. Whenever I do something, I start with the end in mind... so when I started with my instructor last December/January, I said: I want to learn that song, this and that. He looked at me like a deer in a spot light.. that's not a beginner song! So I asked him to play it, recorded him with my cell phone, and practiced it from there. I don't really read music. BTW, here's a nice version of Pointe-au-pic on YouTube (link #1).

This is the sister site to our banjo site. http://www.fiddlehangout.com/

or link #2

Hope you join and enjoy. Bruce Weeks

Please see the link above. Its been around a couple of years now and is specific to cajun fiddlers.

Here's a few other groups, since people here don't seem to be clued into them:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cajunzydeco-accordion-licks

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cajunzydeco-lyrics

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rubboard

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cajun-accordion-gallery

When you folks post lyrics to this list, you should consider posting them to the lyrics group above too. That way, they don't cycle off the list and need to be recreated for future inquirers.

Much older lists are:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cajunzydecodance

and

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/czunmod

Yes, they are Yahoo groups. Yes, you have to be a member. However, I also nip trolls in the bud, and kill spammers. Ever wish that could happen here.

Dwight