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- Mon Jun 07, 2010 12:50 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Pentatonic - an idle Sunday question
- Replies: 83
- Views: 7500
Re: Pentatonic - an idle Sunday question
But would it lead to anyone developing effectations, jem?
- Mon Jun 07, 2010 11:40 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Pentatonic - an idle Sunday question
- Replies: 83
- Views: 7500
Re: Pentatonic - an idle Sunday question
If it sounds Chinese it's pentatonic.
- Mon Jun 07, 2010 5:12 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Pentatonic - an idle Sunday question
- Replies: 83
- Views: 7500
Re: Pentatonic - an idle Sunday question
Heheh...
My 10,000th message and it has evil intent...
My 10,000th message and it has evil intent...
- Mon Jun 07, 2010 2:18 am
- Forum: Irish Traditional Music Forum
- Topic: Kevin Burke on practice
- Replies: 54
- Views: 19123
Re: Kevin Burke on practice
In a way, you were right about the session.org. There was a bit of a clique there. But instead of working to let other voices be heard, you essentially validated all the clique's points. Incredibly off-topic, and I promised the mods (my initiative, not theirs) I wouldn't post to a thread involving ...
- Sun Jun 06, 2010 3:54 pm
- Forum: Irish Traditional Music Forum
- Topic: playing in flat keys
- Replies: 64
- Views: 17090
Re: playing in flat keys
Dear moderators
I rest my case.
Yours in hope of maintaining a harmonious forum
Steve xxx
I rest my case.
Yours in hope of maintaining a harmonious forum
Steve xxx
- Sat Jun 05, 2010 3:59 pm
- Forum: Irish Traditional Music Forum
- Topic: The art of practicing.
- Replies: 119
- Views: 25914
Re: The art of practicing.
That is a complete disgrace and I have reported the post to the moderators.
- Sat Jun 05, 2010 2:02 pm
- Forum: Irish Traditional Music Forum
- Topic: The art of practicing.
- Replies: 119
- Views: 25914
Re: The art of practicing.
We're being dragged down by stupidity and I'm outta this nonsense right now.
- Sat Jun 05, 2010 1:39 pm
- Forum: Irish Traditional Music Forum
- Topic: The art of practicing.
- Replies: 119
- Views: 25914
Re: The art of practicing.
Idiotic stuff is happening. The thread is gasping for air. If this goes on the whole forum will be...
- Sat Jun 05, 2010 5:08 am
- Forum: Irish Traditional Music Forum
- Topic: The art of practicing.
- Replies: 119
- Views: 25914
Re: The art of practicing.
Fair enough talsiga, except that up to that point i dont recall anyone else defining simple and in relation to what they are comparing within fact has anyone apart from HP actually done so yet?. However if you want to quote, do go ahead. Say for example; thematics. the theme of a trad tune could be...
- Sat Jun 05, 2010 3:56 am
- Forum: Irish Traditional Music Forum
- Topic: The art of practicing.
- Replies: 119
- Views: 25914
Re: The art of practicing.
Are you trying to say you can have too much of me?
- Fri Jun 04, 2010 6:22 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Going to perform live in about 1 week. Need some advice
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2774
Re: Going to perform live in about 1 week. Need some advice
Learn your tunes really well before you get up there, and then, once you're playing, think about sex. Nervy harmonica players get dry lips and have to keep licking them. You do this at the same points in the tune where a flute-player would breathe. This problem wears off in around twelve years. If y...
- Fri Jun 04, 2010 3:22 pm
- Forum: Irish Traditional Music Forum
- Topic: The art of practicing.
- Replies: 119
- Views: 25914
Re: The art of practicing.
It's both if you think about it. One thing it isn't is a dots tradition.
- Fri Jun 04, 2010 2:43 pm
- Forum: Irish Traditional Music Forum
- Topic: The art of practicing.
- Replies: 119
- Views: 25914
Re: The art of practicing.
Non sequitur.fiddlerwill wrote:So I just asked a friend who, originally from the Paris Conservatory has spent around 20 yrs here In Ireland learning trad. So he is pretty adept in both styles.
- Fri Jun 04, 2010 2:34 pm
- Forum: Irish Traditional Music Forum
- Topic: The art of practicing.
- Replies: 119
- Views: 25914
Re: The art of practicing.
Describing something as simple is as I say , meaningless without express clarification of what you are comparing and to what you are comparing and at what level of focus. eg I could say this pen on my desk is simple... but at what level? , its comprised of complex chemical bonds, of incredibly soph...
- Fri Jun 04, 2010 9:32 am
- Forum: Irish Traditional Music Forum
- Topic: The art of practicing.
- Replies: 119
- Views: 25914
Re: The art of practicing.
There is no sub-thread. There is the thread.