good tunes to play either slow or fast
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A few weeks ago I was listening to the Chieftans Long Black Veil and decided to learn Dunmore Lasses since it's not played too fast and has an almost haunting quality. Then today, again while working on my mail route, I got out an older cd I hadn't listened to in a while and low and behold there was a set, can't remember who by, its in the car still or I'd look, but Dunmore Lasses was played in cut time, very fast, and it sounded wonderful. I couldn't wait to get home to try it faster and shocked myself by being able to do it! So that got me to wondering....
Have ya'll come across other tunes like this?
That are absoultely beautiful played slower with feeling and also GREAT if you just tear into them and let it fly?
Have ya'll come across other tunes like this?
That are absoultely beautiful played slower with feeling and also GREAT if you just tear into them and let it fly?
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Love at the Endings is beautiful played slowly (in McCullough first book). Jay Unger style with fiddle, guitar and whistle. The Weekenders play it that way and everybody thinks its some new thing but ha, its a reel!
Good ol "Rosin the Bow" sounds like Scots or American oldtime played slow but like a jig fast.
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Good ol "Rosin the Bow" sounds like Scots or American oldtime played slow but like a jig fast.
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My "slow" set of reels [and some recordings you could hear them on] are:
The Maids of Mitchelstown [Bothy Band]
The Last Pint [Lunasa]
Cuz Teehan's [McGoldrick or Lunasa??]
They all sound great slow
...and fast
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The Maids of Mitchelstown [Bothy Band]
The Last Pint [Lunasa]
Cuz Teehan's [McGoldrick or Lunasa??]
They all sound great slow
...and fast
Boyd
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Star of the County Down works well either way. In fact, I like to play it as a slow air, then cut into a fast bouncy version.
Tim Britton plays a slow, dreamy version of Banks of Lough Goughna which is terrific.
On a related note, the great pianist Arthur Rubenstein said " Most people play slow compositions too slow, and fast ones too fast". Something to think about.
Whatever your favorite killer-fast tune is, try playing it slowly. Even if you don't especially like it that way, I'll bet you get a better insight into the tune by doing this once in a while.
Tim Britton plays a slow, dreamy version of Banks of Lough Goughna which is terrific.
On a related note, the great pianist Arthur Rubenstein said " Most people play slow compositions too slow, and fast ones too fast". Something to think about.
Whatever your favorite killer-fast tune is, try playing it slowly. Even if you don't especially like it that way, I'll bet you get a better insight into the tune by doing this once in a while.
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Check out Michael Miles' slow version of The Wind that Shakes the Barley on 5-string banjo. It's almost at the bottom of the page. There's some other nice stuff too. A slowish version of Whiskey Before Breakfast.
http://www.magicbanjo.com/mbanjo_record ... ic%20Banjo
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I'll second that... it's surprising how good it sounds as a slow air.On 2002-05-04 07:55, brewerpaul wrote:
Star of the County Down works well either way. In fact, I like to play it as a slow air, then cut into a fast bouncy version.
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Wait a minute.. wasn't "Star of the County Down" a slow song/air originally?On 2002-05-04 09:37, raindog1970 wrote:I'll second that... it's surprising how good it sounds as a slow air.On 2002-05-04 07:55, brewerpaul wrote:
Star of the County Down works well either way. In fact, I like to play it as a slow air, then cut into a fast bouncy version.
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Most versions I've heard are pretty lively, but I don't doubt that you're right.On 2002-05-04 09:57, Eldarion wrote:
Wait a minute.. wasn't "Star of the County Down" a slow song/air originally?
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