For those who learn via tab and listening, here is another one of my simple tabtorials that may help you learn Red Rocking Chair. The accompanying tablature is printable at this link: ccb53a46-2136-...
Thanks, Chuck! The New Year is off to a good start. Today is Groundhog Day. They say six more weeks of winter. I'll stay in my red rocking chair (it's really kind of pink!).
Key of F. When you play in the tuning fDGCD it's often in the key of F. So if you capoed 2 you'd be in the key of G, a more common key, which is why this tuning works out for several fiddle tunes. When the song is sung, it needs to be in the key that fits the singer's pitch.