slow airs

TinWhistlinFool · Post by **TinWhistlinFool** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 10:23 pm

sorry im such a seldom poster :sniffle: ... But i have an itch i cant scratch, i have been craving some good Slow Airs. Something mellow, maybe some harp or guitar with it, but i just need to hear some slow airs. Does anyone know of somewhere online i can download, or if im forced, i can stop being so cheap and maybe buy a recomended cd. Maybe one of you has a recording of slow airs? 8) i just love knowing who im listening to.. it was great finding out the guy who wrote shannon's song is here, now theres a good song.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 11:32 pm

The Sally Garden

Blind Mary

The Coulin

The Dawning Of The Day

TinWhistlinFool · Post by **TinWhistlinFool** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 11:50 pm

i love the sally gardens... never heard of the others though, thank you so much.

Mike J · Post by **Mike J** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 12:23 am

Take a look at Tin Whistle Tunes (aka Clips 'n' Snips). There's lots of whistle music posted there. Tunes are broken into catagories: Slow Airs, Jig, Reels, Horpipes.

http://www.tinwhistletunes.com/clipssnip/

Also take a look at the Wandering Whistler Music Archives. All of the tunes there are in midi format, but many of them also have mp3's as well.

http://www.tinwhistler.com/music/

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 12:47 am

TinWhistlinFool wrote:i love the sally gardens... never heard of the others though, thank you so much.

:0)
glad to be able to help.

kevin m. · Post by **kevin m.** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 2:38 am

I keep 'Harping on' about it( :roll: ),but if you want an album of superlative slow airs featuring Harp(and Flute and Whistle),then Joe Burke's 'The Tailor's Choice'is for You.
Joe is mainly known as a great Accordian player,but his Flute playing is also marvelous.
He plays a Boxwood Rudall and Rose.
A great album.

TinWhistlinFool · Post by **TinWhistlinFool** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 2:24 pm

Thank you very much.

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 2:50 pm

You might look here.
http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php ... =slow+airs

tim-hart · Post by **tim-hart** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 3:57 pm

When I'm on the hunt for this type of tune, I sometimes enjoy listening for songs with good melodies. (There's a reason so many people play the Foggy Dew, for example -- it's a terrific melody). I also like seeing what's already in my repertoire, (marches, reels, hornpipes, you name it) and experiment with deconstructing them, pulling the tempo down to turn them a free-flowing air. You can make some amazing, artful things happen...

Have fun,

tim

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 4:08 pm

tim-hart wrote:When I'm on the hunt for this type of tune, I sometimes enjoy listening for songs with good melodies. (There's a reason so many people play the Foggy Dew, for example -- it's a terrific melody). I also like seeing what's already in my repertoire, (marches, reels, hornpipes, you name it) and experiment with deconstructing them, pulling the tempo down to turn them a free-flowing air. You can make some amazing, artful things happen...

Have fun,

tim

Along those lines I really like Skibbereen and Bold Fenian Men.

Shyanni · Post by **Shyanni** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 4:34 pm

Hi! New member here and I just wanted to contribute my 2 cents worth. I really like slow airs too, especially since I am a fairly new player and slow pieces are easier to play without my fingers getting tangled up. Two of my favorites are Oatlands Air (D. Burke Socan 1997) and Dark Island.

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 4:37 pm

Shyanni wrote:Hi! New member here and I just wanted to contribute my 2 cents worth. I really like slow airs too, especially since I am a fairly new player and slow pieces are easier to play without my fingers getting tangled up. Two of my favorites are Oatlands Air (D. Burke Socan 1997) and Dark Island.

Welcome, Shyanni! No need to be shy here! Oatlands Air...I haven't heard this one. By "D. Burke Socan" are you referring to a CD? I don't recognize it, but I'm always up for a new air.

colomon · Post by **colomon** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 4:49 pm

SOCAN is the Canadian equivalent of ASCAP. So D Burke is presumably Canadian.

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 4:51 pm

colomon wrote:SOCAN is the Canadian equivalent of ASCAP. So D Burke is presumably Canadian.

Thanks, Colomon.

Shyanni · Post by **Shyanni** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 5:02 pm

Yes, Oatlands Air is a piece I learned by ear from a CD called Pengalleon by Elizabeth Patterson. Both the recording and distributing company are Canadian, as am I.

I can't read music, so I learn mostly by ear from CDs, and I have my own code for writing them down. Over the last month I have begun to learn to read music a bit, at least to the point where I can download a piece of notation and figure out the fingering. For the timing I have to actually hear the piece played.

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