Loading ...Florida’s Neighbor, Georgia and Her Bow
by grassapelli on Friday, May 7th, 2010 | No Comments
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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