What tunes are ye working on?
- chrysophylax
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We learned The Merry Blacksmith at the Pinecone Beginners session tonight.
It's a neat tune, and a good one to learn by ear, since it has a lot of phrase
repetition, but not so much that it becomes confusing.
(If anyone is in the Raleigh, NC area and had stopped coming to the
<a href="http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php ... ">Pinecone session</a> because no one was showing up... well, it has been
reinstated. There were 4 people there tonight, and hopefully more
will show up in the coming months!)
It's a neat tune, and a good one to learn by ear, since it has a lot of phrase
repetition, but not so much that it becomes confusing.
(If anyone is in the Raleigh, NC area and had stopped coming to the
<a href="http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php ... ">Pinecone session</a> because no one was showing up... well, it has been
reinstated. There were 4 people there tonight, and hopefully more
will show up in the coming months!)
- Dave Parkhurst
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For celtic band:
-Chicago Reel (like Bloom said it has those Cnat pedal notes, and that's the only thing that's holding me up with that)
-Reconcilliation (the reel -in A- darn fully chromatic instruments and their G#s)
For me:
-The Dusty Windowsill- really cool little jig
-Christmas Eve (on flute)
-The Green Gates
-The Lady on the Island
-Chicago Reel (like Bloom said it has those Cnat pedal notes, and that's the only thing that's holding me up with that)
-Reconcilliation (the reel -in A- darn fully chromatic instruments and their G#s)
For me:
-The Dusty Windowsill- really cool little jig
-Christmas Eve (on flute)
-The Green Gates
-The Lady on the Island
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- Tell us something.: Hi All - I am a Celtic music performer with a band called Beyond the Heather, located in the Lawrence, KS/Kansas City area. I sing, play whistles, SSP and bodharan. I've been a C&F member since 2003 but haven't posted much recently.
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At the moment, I am finding the "the nine points of roguery" quite intoxicating, the first time i saw it i was slightly underwhelmed, but now i really like the tune,
I have been having fun with the donegal reel also
As for jigs well....jump a the sun, snug in the blanket, the athol highlanders,
If you like polkas check out the aikendrum polka on jc's ...great tune and not hard to play,
learnt the ashokan farewell recently....just beautiful
Regards
David
I have been having fun with the donegal reel also
As for jigs well....jump a the sun, snug in the blanket, the athol highlanders,
If you like polkas check out the aikendrum polka on jc's ...great tune and not hard to play,
learnt the ashokan farewell recently....just beautiful
Regards
David
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Lord Mayo - great tune! Is it technically a march or a reel?Dave Parkhurst wrote:Lord Mayo, Gravel Walk.....
I don't get out much
Dave
On the jiggy side of things, I picked up Rolling Waves recently (easy to play but much fun) and am now trying to reconfigure Langstrom's Pony for flute, from GHB.
OOOXXO
Doing it backwards since 2005.
Doing it backwards since 2005.
- Leel
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- Tell us something.: Hi All - I am a Celtic music performer with a band called Beyond the Heather, located in the Lawrence, KS/Kansas City area. I sing, play whistles, SSP and bodharan. I've been a C&F member since 2003 but haven't posted much recently.
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I can relate! That is a TOUGH passage. It still hangs me up. I think it's because that particualr sequence is just not very common. For me it feels like a 'muscle memory' hurdle.fearfaoin wrote:Man, I don't know what it is about the arpeggios in the B part of Athol Highlanders, but I justboomerang wrote:... the athol highlanders
can't seem to keep up with them. It sounds really muddy (especially the Adf part). That song is
my nemesis!
So, I'm driving myself DAFT playing it over and over and over and over........ Trying to get it.
but, it still trips me.
Limerick Lassies and Buckley's Fancy...sandwiched around Old Copper Plate.
I also have my eye on Jenny's Chickens...haven't really had a good go at it yet.
I also need to 'acquire' Spey and Spade (or however its called) and The Gladstone.
I also have my eye on Jenny's Chickens...haven't really had a good go at it yet.
I also need to 'acquire' Spey and Spade (or however its called) and The Gladstone.
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Over the Moor to Maggie, in honor of my grandaughter whose name is, coincidently, Maggie.
And I am trying to re-learn Cathleen Heier's Slides. Very simple melody but playing up to speed is a challenge I have not yet met.
Recent (last 6 months): In the Tap Room, The Peeler's Jacket (reels) and Rights of Man (hornpipe)
Mike
And I am trying to re-learn Cathleen Heier's Slides. Very simple melody but playing up to speed is a challenge I have not yet met.
Recent (last 6 months): In the Tap Room, The Peeler's Jacket (reels) and Rights of Man (hornpipe)
Mike
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working on transferring all the tunes i have on various instruments to the tenor banjo. since i've played mandolin for many years it's going pretty well, but interestingly enough certain tunes which i know well and can play at a good clip on whistle are giving me some trouble... "Fermoy Lasses", for instance, not a hard tune but for some reason i have a hard time getting it to go on banjo...