Titles of beautiful tunes that are easy to play.
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TheWaltz Mist covered Mountains of Home was very popular during the 1950s through the playing of Jimmy Shand.
The jig was composed by Junior Crehan. the story he had was that walking home fro ma session one morning the tune came t ohis head, Willie clancy was there, Junior played the tune for him and Willie pointed at Mt Callan in the distance and said 'why not call it the Mist Coverred Mountain'.
Junior notoriously 'developed' tunes from other tunes (and what harm, he didn't pretend otherwise) and I am sure Willie was well aware of it.
The jig was composed by Junior Crehan. the story he had was that walking home fro ma session one morning the tune came t ohis head, Willie clancy was there, Junior played the tune for him and Willie pointed at Mt Callan in the distance and said 'why not call it the Mist Coverred Mountain'.
Junior notoriously 'developed' tunes from other tunes (and what harm, he didn't pretend otherwise) and I am sure Willie was well aware of it.
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All great stuff.
A couple more:
There is a lullaby called the Garton Mother's Lullaby. Lovely melody for whistle or flute, also words that I find stick in the mind and haunt me at the oddest occasions.
There is a lullaby version of the Eagle's Whistle which is a lovely, simple melody.
Also there is the song "If Ever You Were Mine," which can be played quite simply and beautifully on whistle.
I think these lovely simple tunes are underplayed, probably because of the desire of the Irish Traditional movement to distance itself from the New Age movement.
It's a shame: they are lovely melodies.
--James
A couple more:
There is a lullaby called the Garton Mother's Lullaby. Lovely melody for whistle or flute, also words that I find stick in the mind and haunt me at the oddest occasions.
There is a lullaby version of the Eagle's Whistle which is a lovely, simple melody.
Also there is the song "If Ever You Were Mine," which can be played quite simply and beautifully on whistle.
I think these lovely simple tunes are underplayed, probably because of the desire of the Irish Traditional movement to distance itself from the New Age movement.
It's a shame: they are lovely melodies.
--James
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Someone played a wonderful version of Gershwin's 'Summertime' here once. It's pretty easy.
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... I think the reverse might be true. The 'Mist Covered Mountains' is ajanice wrote:Not quite so easy as the other tunes listed, "Give Me Your Hand" is a beautiful tune well worth learning.
(actually, "Mist Covered Mountains" is a jig, slowed down to a slower tempo and used as a repeating theme in Local Hero. Great movie-one of my favorites)
popular traditional Scot's song from the 19th century sung in a moderately
slow 6/8 time which has been speeded up and played as a jig.
Many songs from the Highlands and Islands are in 6/8 or 9/8 time - those
times seem to suit the natural rhythmic lilt of the original Gaelic lyrics.
Colin
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See Peter's post above. "Speeded up and played as a jig" is basically what Peter meant by "developed tunes from other tunes."Colin wrote:... I think the reverse might be true. The 'Mist Covered Mountains' is ajanice wrote:Not quite so easy as the other tunes listed, "Give Me Your Hand" is a beautiful tune well worth learning.
(actually, "Mist Covered Mountains" is a jig, slowed down to a slower tempo and used as a repeating theme in Local Hero. Great movie-one of my favorites)
popular traditional Scot's song from the 19th century sung in a moderately
slow 6/8 time which has been speeded up and played as a jig.
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The Local Hero theme is a separate tune composed by Mark Knopfler. I think it's what the ginger lad plays on the Clarke whistle after Wedge Antilles and the other accordion player perform "Mist Covered Mountains."janice wrote:Not quite so easy as the other tunes listed, "Give Me Your Hand" is a beautiful tune well worth learning.
(actually, "Mist Covered Mountains" is a jig, slowed down to a slower tempo and used as a repeating theme in Local Hero. Great movie-one of my favorites)
My understanding of the roots of the "Mist Covered Mountains" air is in Scots-Gaelic song, possibly piobaireachd. I'll agree with Peter on the waltz and jig. But Peter could tell me Johnny Doran was a missing Romanov and I'd believe him.
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"Give Me Your Hand" is easier to find under its title in Irish: Tabhair Dom Do Lámh. I've got it in a couple of collections.janice wrote:Not quite so easy as the other tunes listed, "Give Me Your Hand" is a beautiful tune well worth learning.
(actually, "Mist Covered Mountains" is a jig, slowed down to a slower tempo and used as a repeating theme in Local Hero. Great movie-one of my favorites)
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