I love getting kids' song materials in Irish. Yesterday I got a copy of D'aon Ghuth 1 in the mail which is a CD and sheet music set designed for primary schools. Catchy, repetitive, and simple words = fast learning, for me anyway. By the time I got home from work I had memorised the song about being a farmer - excuse any misspellings please, as I don't have the book with me today:
Is mise an feirmeoir, Pat is ainm dom.
Is mise an feirmeoir, Pat is ainm dom.
Is breá liom beidh ag siúl ar an feirm gach lá.
Is breá liom an ghrian agus is breá liom an speir.
Is breá liom na ainmhithe go leor,
Is breá liom na ainmhithe go leor.
..two additional similar verses follow, about hearing the donkey and seeing the cow.
http://www.staff.city.ac.uk/~sbbb698/ga ... rmeoir.mp3
Singing in Irish...for beginners
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Singing in Irish...for beginners
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Re: Singing in Irish...for beginners
Super stuff! I've found that songs help me immensely, especially when it comes to remembering if some words are masculine or feminine, or keeping track of more complex structures.
Do you have this book, by any chance?
http://www.marymclaughlin.com/irishbookdemo.html
Redwolf
Do you have this book, by any chance?
http://www.marymclaughlin.com/irishbookdemo.html
Redwolf
...agus déanfaidh mé do mholadh ar an gcruit a Dhia, a Dhia liom!
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Re: Singing in Irish...for beginners
Tá, I got it about three years ago, but haven't used it yet! I found it a bit intimidating, as I don't know any of the songs already and don't read music.
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Ah, but you're a good ear learner, I know. That's the beauty of the method. She speaks the entire song, phrase by phrase, very slowly so you can repeat after her. Then she sings it, again, very slowly. Works great for ear learners.avanutria wrote:Tá, I got it about three years ago, but haven't used it yet! I found it a bit intimidating, as I don't know any of the songs already and don't read music.
It's been kind of interesting in our Gaelic choir, as we have quite a mixture of people...some read music, some don't; some are used to singing in parts, some aren't; some have at least some Irish, most don't have even a smidgen. Mary's used this same method, and it's worked brilliantly...at this year's concert, we may have as many as 40 people singing in Irish!
You are actually somewhat familiar with one of the songs in the book. Remember the one our level three class did for the Friday "end-of-course" performance (where I sang the verses and the rest of you sang along on the chorus)? That's in there: Thugamar Féin an Samhradh Linn. Same words and tune...I learned it from Mary, actually. It's also often done on the whistle...I bet you could pick it up really quickly.
What I'd do is this: Listen to the CD, and ignore the printed music...just focus on the words and on hearing the tune. As you know, Irish music is usually transmitted through the oral/aural tradition anyway...Mary only includes the printed music because some folks need it.
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Re: Singing in Irish...for beginners
Very cool! I haven't tried my hand at any Irish yet, but I have learned a few Gaelic songs by listening to Julie Fowlis' CDs and (trying to) follow the lyrics in the album liner notes. Most of it I've picked up by ear because I really don't have a strong enough grasp of Gaelic pronounciation to look at the words and say them properly.