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No, "Talkin' Turkey Time" does not refer to turkeys with the gift of speech, we're talking about a Turkey in the Straw party....
Now - I did find an old thread from way back, but it has been dormant for a while - it's here if you want to look back on other folks earlier work - https://fiddlerman.com/forum/c.....aw/#p52963
So - it's a new-to-me tune to play - I really need to listen to other variants etc on you-tube - but here's my starter for ten - not intended to be an actual "performance" - I haven't quite worked out just exactly where I want to draw the double stops into it yet - so - it's a work in progress.... - and man it might have helped to have had the camera in focus - no matter
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Nice rendition of Turkey in the Straw, Bill! And thanks for reviving this as a party idea. For those of us in the U.S., this can be an early celebration of Thanksgiving Day (a.k.a. Turkey Day 
When the work's all done and the sun's settin' low,
I pull out my fiddle and I rosin up the bow.
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Ha thanks ! It's getting there @KindaScratchy Yes, indeed, it was co-incidence that I started to work on this tune, but, in posting as a party-thread - yup - exactly - Thanksgiving Day had come to mind !
For those new to it ( outside of the US where possibly everyone knows it ! ) here's the basic sheet to give you an idea. It's in 2/4 - other versions I found were 4/4 - it really doesn't matter all that much once you get into it.... Also attached is a MuseScore version - I don't recall what tempo the MS version is - possibly 150 - anyway if you use MS set it to what you want.... turkey_in_the_straw-2-4-time.mscz
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That previous version was on the viola-thing I have. Here's one for Thanksgiving Day on the Concert. I should perhaps be just a little bit less aggressive in the hammered (bow-off - bow-on) transitions on the double stops - ends up being a bit kinda scratchy ( LOLOLOL I wrote that without thinking @KindaScratchy hahaha ) - a bit too much pressure... but anyways - here you have it...
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Sounded great, very enjoyable. The only thing was that the gain seems to be very low. Might just be on my computer though.
Thanks for sharing.
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
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Interesting... yeah - it sounds "OK" volume wise here when played back from YT - BUT - I do have to have it turned up.
Know what - others have referred to this before..... But, while I'm recording, it red-lines ( in the video recorder software ) on the loudest I can play (and I keep an eye on it, and generally do a short dry-run before launching a recording...).
But yes - I've always thought playback volume from YT was "lower than might be expected" unless I wind the playback volume up... I'll investigate this....
Thanks for the observation @Fiddlerman, it's appreciated...
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It might just have been temporary. I compared it to other YT videos and there was a huge difference but I've also experienced temporary youtube issues that get corrected the next time I visit the same link. I'll check it out later.
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I enjoyed your playing. Sounded fun @BillyG!
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Hahaha - an old "party thread" - OK - so - 2 years on, we're getting "Turkey" up to speed LOL. As I probably mentioned elsewhere - you'll only ever see turkeys moving this fast around Thanksgiving or Xmas 
This is just for fun by the way - interesting to observe the occasional intonation and double stop issues that creep in at the much faster tempo compared to when I first played the tune a couple of years back....
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First off thanks for posting this! Brought back some memories. When I was in maybe 2nd grade we learned a little sing along called do your ears hang low that had this as a melody. Years later my 1st child into school came home singing it and I joined in..then it was "daddy how do you know this".. Funny. It wasn't until I picked up guitar that I learned it was based on a fiddle tune. I haven't heard it played in person at a jam but I've slacked off attending jams lately so maybe I missed it. Nice job @Billyg.
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