thePhotopiper wrote:
BigDavy wrote:
Well that gives me some hope that the book I found won't be a waste!
I would think that tunes from your book would be hard to play with the others if the settings are different than what the others are use to playing, and you just start playing.
If you do learn your settings really well from your books, maybe the others can pick up your setting of the tune by ear. But don’t just jump into playing and assume that because it’s call Morrison’s, that you are playing the same setting. Make sure they know what’s happening, so they can follow you.
What I would suggest, would be taking a recorder to tape the sessions or the tunes you like. That way you have the setting that your group plays and you can work on fitting your pipes to the tunes. There are several apps that slow down tunes, so you can learn them.
On my flute, when the tune drops below my low D, I’ll jump up an octave. I think this is called folding the notes. When I first started I’d find the core notes to the tune, and blend in those notes, that weren’t in my range with the higher notes. One or two per measure. Some times you can harmonize, for example if the tune called for a low B, a low D can work.
This is where learning and playing the tunes by ear is a real benefit.