The Florida Fiddler » grassapelli http://thefloridafiddler.com Florida style and influenced fiddling Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:42:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Florida’s Neighbor, Georgia and Her Bow http://thefloridafiddler.com/general/florida%e2%80%99s-neighbor-georgia-and-her-bow http://thefloridafiddler.com/general/florida%e2%80%99s-neighbor-georgia-and-her-bow#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 22:22:49 +0000 grassapelli http://thefloridafiddler.com/?p=12 There is a particular style of fiddle shuffle called Georgia bow. It’s very powerful for accenting the upbeats in a tune. Dance fiddlers will use it to really kick the beat.

Georgia being a neighbor, it’s no surprise that the bow pattern has drifted south to Florida. We use it here.
The surprising thing is….Irish like to use it, too! They must call it something else.

When I teach Georgia bow as a fiddle teacher, I like to use an old timey tune called Ebeneezer. It has a figure, or short pattern of notes that adapts well to the shuffle.

I recently posted a chart of Ebeneezer on 100 Fiddle Tunes.

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