Emmett Hughes By Amy Swenson, President Emmett Hughes (1921-2011) was a fiddler of extraordinary talent and dexterity from Dromore, PEI. He came from a very musical family, began fiddling at an early age and from the start had an amazingly accurate memory for tunes. He worked as […]
Three Tunes by Andrea Beaton
Three Tunes by Andrea Beaton Andrea Beaton, Cape Breton fiddler extraordinaire, has been composing some lovely tunes which can be heard on her CD’s and found in her tune books on her website at andreabeaton.com I have been driving along happily playing her CD’s for some time now and wanted to share three of her tunes with […]
Some Practices Resumed
Some Practices Resumed By Amy Swenson, President Both Queen County Fiddlers and the Eastern Kings Fiddlers are now back at practices. Details can be found on their sections of the website which you reach by clicking on the appropriate circle on our PEI map, or selecting the Chapter […]
Christmas 2020
Christmas 2020 Four more Christmas tunes to try at home. If you can find another fiddler to do the harmony, it is even more fun. Also, click on the post “Merry Christmas Dec. 15 2019” for several more good holiday tunes. Let’s hope we will learn these so we will […]
The Last Post
The Last Post This was recently requested by one of my students and the Southern Kings Fiddlers are enjoying trying it. We find it very nice on the fiddle! Amy Swenson, President Sheet Music Bubble Notes
Three Tunes by Ron Goodwin
Three tunes by Annapolis Valley fiddler Ron Goodwin (1925-2003) By Amy Swenson, President Ron Goodwin was a well known fiddler and artist from Canning, NS who composed many fiddle tunes and recorded two record albums. He helped found the Kings Fiddlers of Kentville, NS and played with them […]
Dr. Heather Morrison’s Jig
Fiddler Marsha Weeks was inspired in April to write this new jig for Dr. Heather Morrison, our hard working Chief Public Health Officer on PEI. As Marsha puts it, ” She is intelligent, kind, authentically real and proud to be from Prince Edward Island. Thank you Dr. Morrison for all you do! Now you have an […]
Five Tunes from the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra
Many islanders were looking forward to the April 3rd concert at the Confederation Centre of the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra during their 40th Anniversary tour. Of course, this concert and so many other musical events had to be canceled given the virus situation. To get some idea of what we missed, do enjoy the YouTube video: […]
Tunes by Matilda Murdoch
In view of our having to stay isolated these days, I thought it would be fun to post some tunes to try at home. A tune we have enjoyed playing for years at the Southern Kings Chapter is the Loggieville Two-Step, written by a remarkable woman from New Brunswick, Matilda Murdoch. She passed away last […]
Tim Chaisson’s new Fiddle Tune Video Tutorials
The impact of corona virus is being felt everywhere these days, and the fiddle community is experiencing many cancellations of practices and performances. Travelling musicians are particularly affected. Islander Tim Chaisson and the East Pointers have just had their tour of Australia cancelled. He just sent me information about a new Fiddle Tune Video Tutorial […]