Buffalo Dave's How To Blog

Sunday, September 3, 2023

I'm creating this blog to teach folks how to do things.

Some of the things I explain how to do are on other websites or blogs of mine and I'll post links to those here.

Fiddle Tuning / Cross Tuning a Fiddle / alternate tunings for violin and viola - For country and old time music folks often tune their violin or viola different than the standard tuning used in an orchestra. I often cross tune my violins and violas and explain some about this here.

How to Skate - How to skate (mostly inline skate, but also applies to ice skating and roller skating

How to play Simple Gifts on guitar - I list the chords further down the screen in this post.

In this video, I play simple gifts in the key of C.

The chords simple gifts are C, G, F and Am7 (or Am)

Here are the chords along with the words for Simple Gifts:

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free,

'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,

And when we find ourselves in the place just right,

G F C

'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.

C Am7 C

When true simplicity is gain'd,

C G

To bow and to bend we will not be asham'd,

C Am7 C

To turn, turn will be our delight,

G F C

Till by turning, turning we come round right.