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SB--thanks for bringing up this topic. I too am learning from Grey's ... think? Regarding ornamentation and Irish Trad flute playing in general, I think of it as dancing on the flute. Just as dancers (Irish dancers, tap dancers) may do the same steps, the ...

... party. Paquito D'Rivera and Jose Fajardo are playing flutes. It looks like a lot of fun. It demonstates ... probably found one who can play good music for dancers. Their rhythm is usually good and their tempos are ...

... next time any of you want to stick your nose up. anyway....goofy flute playing that's just cheezy and cheapened by the stupid dancers. :swear: There....I feel better.

Just to suggest the possibility that the dancers work for the TV station. Yeah, pretty much every Spanish-language variety show down here has 'em. I wouldn't ...

Just to suggest the possibility that the dancers work for the TV station. The flautist appears to have two ladies as part of his band, one a babe, the other ...

... where did you get it from? It’s a little hard for me to comment not knowing the tune. The waltz ... the beat empathies, which creates the beat for dancers, in the melody but in the backing instruments. It sounds like that from your playing. If so playing it without backing leaves a ...

... where did you get it from? It’s a little hard for me to comment not knowing the tune. The waltz ... the beat empathies, which creates the beat for dancers, in the melody but in the backing instruments. It sounds like that from your playing. If so playing it without backing leaves a ...

For a few years I played fiddle and guitar in a make-up ... to me that this arrangement worked pretty well. The dancers got music that they could dance to, and all of the ... got to participate in the music-making. With regard to playing a harmony line along with the melody, I am reminded ...

Thanks for the feedback, Eldarion. Undoubtedly I always need ... also previously received compliments (elsewhere) for playing with a strong rhythm. I've been aware of it somewhat ... as (frequently) the sole musician for a party of dancers - trying to make enough sound (unamplified) with ...

... many years ago, when I was at Augusta and playing in the student ceili band. At the Friday ... our way through the prepared dance program, for which we had carefully chosen sets of tunes ... each dance. But at the end of the night the dancers wanted more, and we hadn't prepared for ...

... to get that DVD. I'd love to play with that sort of lift ~ must work on that. It took me almost until the end of the 2nd one to figure out those dancers.... :oops: M That makes a couple of us. It doesn't look like Eamon was too sure about them at first either. :lol:

... tempos are not slow, however, being as we're playing jigs and reels and polkas and tigers and bears for dancers, so it's a pretty quick learning curve -- but it's lots ...

... to get that DVD. I'd love to play with that sort of lift ~ must work on that. It took me almost until the end of the 2nd one to figure out those dancers.... :oops: M

... than they can with everything in place. When playing with others, especially more-talented others, ... it was the fastest they were able to play it. For me, "Slow Down" is shorthand for "get ... fast". There's an expected speed for dancers and/or sessions, and there's a maximum ...

... a lot of area between too fast and too slow. Playing fast just to prove just how fast you can ... but it won't most, and the same holds true for speed. There is an optimum speed range for most ... and that can be a great deal of fun, even for dancers in some cases, but to do that all the time ...