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My understanding is that crooked tunes have unequal number of measures in parts A and B.
Are crooked tunes always back-steps?
Are back-step tunes always crooked?
I know the back-step is in part B. I have been told it is in measure 14. It seems as though it should be in measure 13, but is that the crooked part?halloffame.org/Resources/Clinch%20Mountain%20Backstep.pdf
See the link to the music as written. When I play it as written and how I THINK it sounds I am told I am not playing the back-step!
HELP!! @fiddlerman or @fiddlinsteudel or anyone else in the know!!
Thanks!!!
Violinist start date - May 2013
Fiddler start date - May 2014
FIDDLE- Gift from a dear friend. A 1930-40 german copy, of a french copy of a Stradivarius. BOW - $50 carbon fiber. Strings - Dominants with E Pirastro Gold string.
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A crooked tune with no separate A and B part?
Violinist start date - May 2013
Fiddler start date - May 2014
FIDDLE- Gift from a dear friend. A 1930-40 german copy, of a french copy of a Stradivarius. BOW - $50 carbon fiber. Strings - Dominants with E Pirastro Gold string.
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Thank you for bring this up. I personally had never heard of a crooked tune before. So I had to look it up and listen to some examples. Interesting how we get set in our minds how things have to work and find out were wrong, man I hate that. Oh well live and learn. Good luck on an explanation as I don't know that particular song.
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I don't know about back-steps, hopefully someone else will know the answer to that question. I believe the answer is yes because the music equals the rhythm.
Crooked tunes are simply tunes written with regular deviation in the rhythm. For example: 1 2, 1 2 3, 1 2, 1 2 3, 1 2, 1 2 3... the alternating time signature can deviate in any way, for example 3 eighth notes while the 1, 2 are quarter notes. It really doesn't matter but the rhythm changes and usually on a regular and constant basis. Normal rhythms are constant throughout most the piece or just change from time to time.
Good luck with finding out about back steps. 
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Thanks @fiddlerman Knowing for sure what a crooked tune is.
I also found out at jam that the backstep in is for sure in measure 14. Although it is not written that way the E is held for an exaggerated amount of time, an extra count in that measure but then the G is a staccato!!
Interesting that the site that I linked to where the music is demonstrated are not playing it as a back-step. LOL! At jam they played it over and over until I could actually hear where the back-step was. Finally I was able to play it once correctly.
Violinist start date - May 2013
Fiddler start date - May 2014
FIDDLE- Gift from a dear friend. A 1930-40 german copy, of a french copy of a Stradivarius. BOW - $50 carbon fiber. Strings - Dominants with E Pirastro Gold string.
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If you really want a "crooked tune", try an Irish slip jig. They are written in 9/8 time and they DO take some getting used to.
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