What's your favorite IrishT polka?
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What's your favorite IrishT polka?
I have several polkas that have been running through my head lately:
- Britches full of stitches
- Ballydesmond 1 & 2
- Din Tarrant's
- Ger the Rigger
It seems to me that polkas take a backseat to jigs, hornpipes, and reels, which is a shame because they're sooooo much fun to play.....
What other Irish polkas would you recommend?
- Britches full of stitches
- Ballydesmond 1 & 2
- Din Tarrant's
- Ger the Rigger
It seems to me that polkas take a backseat to jigs, hornpipes, and reels, which is a shame because they're sooooo much fun to play.....
What other Irish polkas would you recommend?
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I learned Morris Manley's Polka from the L E McCollouch book. Then I learned Ballydesmond 2 from my teacher and it was the same polka. I liked it both times I learned it.
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There are some very nice polkas played on Kevin Burke's first Open House album. I don't know the names and I kind of think that he and Mark Graham made them up. All of the Ballydesond polkas that I've heard are very nice but I've never learned any of them. My favorite polka to play is Riding on a Load of Hay which is on Liz Carroll's first recording. Incidentally, there was an interview with Liz Carroll in a recent Sing Out. She was talking about bad gigs. One was playing in a hardware store in a Polish section of Chicago while the Energizer bunny was dancing with bad timing.
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Thanks for the recommendations! I've already 'googled' and printed The Scartaglen Polka, Riding on a load of Hay, and John Ryan's Polka.
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Hi,
have you see the book "110 Irelands best Polkas and Slides"? you can get a double CD to go with it. It's one of a series from Waltons, the others being 110 Fiddle Tunes, 110 Session Tunes, 110 Tin Whistle Tunes and 110 Slow Airs.
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have you see the book "110 Irelands best Polkas and Slides"? you can get a double CD to go with it. It's one of a series from Waltons, the others being 110 Fiddle Tunes, 110 Session Tunes, 110 Tin Whistle Tunes and 110 Slow Airs.
Cheers, Mac
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Here's a convenient source for three Ballydesmonds all together.
http://www.celticmusic.com/cgi-localbin/tunes.pl
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http://www.celticmusic.com/cgi-localbin/tunes.pl
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It's nice not to feel like the only one in the world who likes to play Irish polkas!
Azalin, I couldn't find The Last Chance polka through Google. Any clues where I might find the sheet music or a recording of it?
MacEachain, I am familiar with that book. Do you have the CDs? If so, are they listen-worthy or are they more instructional?
Azalin, I couldn't find The Last Chance polka through Google. Any clues where I might find the sheet music or a recording of it?
MacEachain, I am familiar with that book. Do you have the CDs? If so, are they listen-worthy or are they more instructional?
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