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According to a number of sources, including Gerald O'Ican'tpronounceorspellhisnameinirish among others, the dancers themselves have sped up over the last couple generations. He says the previous generations had a bit more relaxed dancing style than today's manic dancers. That's ...

... and perfectly execute them. A lot of poor playing I hear is people playing tunes they don't ... rather than a deliberate and willful performance. "Slow it down" is what I find ... than I would at 120 playing for step dancers where just keeping the rhythm and tempo ...

I've been watching the RTE dvd "Come West Along the Road". It has some great footage of dancing, and really puts the music into perspective. I've watched half the dvd and haven't noticed any "fast" playing for the dancers.

I know this has been covered before , but as it came up again as a digression on ... will show what one of the uses for speed is: the dancers positively DEMAND it (and I do mean that they ... if the music is too pokey). What we're playing is dance music, after all; the concept of ...

Hi All,
I need a very loud G flute or fife to play unamplified italian and french music for dancers.
Any suggestions?

thanks

... rooms are the absolute worst . We hate them forever. Just had to deal with that the other day (playing solo for step dancers, something I'm fairly used to doing), and it took me over ...

I'd heard the extra holes were for those folks who play with Morris dancers and need somewhere to tie some ribbons... :lol: Seriously though, I do think the longer foot helps ...

... it's a flute. Already my sexual orientation is called into question for it; so how hard can it be? Right. Well, I'm on a mission to disabuse ... I often play at, and a lot of people attend. When everyone's done, the dancers applaud the musicians. That's when I grip my flute by its middle ...

... can say is I just soldier on, really. When I'm playing, I usually don't even notice any discomfort. Could be there's some serotonin thing going on, or ... periods nonstop, though, such as at a céilí or for dancers performing slip jigs one after another at a competition ...

DCrom wrote:And not http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronos_Quartet or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronos_%28band%29

This is fun!

Well in that case, not to be confused with...


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... ot be a G in Lift The Wings from River Dance! Don't tell all the Irish Dancers that they're not dancing to ITM. Shhhh! Keep it quiet! All the low ... are, early in the 21st century, and we have the advantage of hindsight. For instance, when I got my first one-key flute, I was told that it could ...

... Somebody run and tell Bill Whelan. He doesn't know that the G# was supposed ot be a G in Lift The Wings from River Dance! Don't tell all the Irish Dancers that they're not dancing to ITM. Shhhh! Keep it quiet! All the low whistlers half holing the G stop it! All the flute players cross fingering ...

... wooden flute with 8 keys was the only flute for classical music. Well, I didn't say it in this ... boxwood (by Johnny Gallagher) that I have been playing for about 2 years; definately sounds better ... use mainly for solo playing, particularly for dancers in hardshoe. There's a practical reason ...

... 16 bars of music 6 or 8 (or more) times each for dancers and musicians will get bored and start mixing stuff ... of very old musicians, many of whom hadn't been playing much in the years before they were recorded--the ...

My Noy comes with both D and Eb bodies. If I'm playing solo, I tend to gravitate toward the Eb; ... than the D, there's a relatively larger bore for the length in my case; this may account for ... I believe I get (a plus when playing for dancers). But this may be an illusion, and only ...