Paddy on the Turnpike, Part 1

from: Advanced Bluegrass Fiddle with Chad Manning

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Learn fiddle in the styles of Kenny Baker, Stuart Duncan, Vassar Clements, Bobby Hicks, and other bluegrass greats by learning classic tunes, with improvisation exercises and advanced techniques.

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Paddy on the Turnpike

Paddy on the Turnpike, Part 1

Paddy on the Turnpike, Part 2

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Paddy on the Turnpike, Part 1

The fiddle tune “Paddy on the Turnpike” is popular in the bluegrass, old-time, and Texas fiddling worlds. Chad’s version comes from some of his favorite fiddlers, including Benny Thomasson, Terry Morris, Gene Goforth, Vassar Clements, and others. You’ll learn two A parts and two B parts in this lesson, starting of course with the A parts, the second of which starts with a variation but is otherwise the same as the first A.

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