What tunes are ye working on?
- moxy
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I came here to say I'm just working on Coast of Austria - I have a recording of it by Donncha O'Brien. And funny enough, the first thread in the forum was about Donncha himself!
I thought that was interesting. A lot of that is happening to me these day. I'm just going to go with it.
Coast of Austria - Donncha plays it amazingly. (I'm told that Austria actually has no coast - it's funny, just as funny as the title Spike Island Lasses - another great tune)
I thought that was interesting. A lot of that is happening to me these day. I'm just going to go with it.
Coast of Austria - Donncha plays it amazingly. (I'm told that Austria actually has no coast - it's funny, just as funny as the title Spike Island Lasses - another great tune)
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According to Bill Ochs in his tutorial, the tune was originally a fancier tune named Molly Macalpin after some high-class (English?) lady, and the Irish transformed it into a more folksy tune and named it Polly Halfpenny after a more regular person, then shortened it to Poll' Ha'penny. Or some story like that. I don't have the book in front of me.Wormdiet wrote: What does "Poll Ha'Penny" mean anyway?
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Crested Hens - I love that tune!
Smash the Windows
The Immigrant
Paddy Breen's Jig
Smash the Windows
The Immigrant
Paddy Breen's Jig
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Chelsea Bridge
Today...Chelsea Bridge
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"Feet entangle birds, words...men"
"Feet entangle birds, words...men"
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Ballydesmond Polka number 1. I already know #2 and I figured I should learn all three.
And I'm getting my ass kicked by the fourth and fifth parts of Foxhunter Reel and the first 4 bars of the B part to Byrne's Hornpipe. I need someone to play them for me so I can hear them.
Patience John, patience.
And I'm getting my ass kicked by the fourth and fifth parts of Foxhunter Reel and the first 4 bars of the B part to Byrne's Hornpipe. I need someone to play them for me so I can hear them.
Patience John, patience.
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Re: Chelsea Bridge
Ellington?Elmore wrote:Today...Chelsea Bridge
As for me, seems to be "John Brennan's", "The Four Courts" (think that's the one -- I'm learning it off the Horan/Harrington CD in my car), and "Tell Her I Am" this week.
Sol's Tunes (new tune 2/2020)
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Re: Chelsea Bridge
Strayhorncolomon wrote:Ellington?Elmore wrote:Today...Chelsea Bridge
"Imagination without education is like a bird without feet"
"Feet entangle birds, words...men"
"Feet entangle birds, words...men"
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wormdiet: I would think Lord Mayo to orinally written as a March. I've never even heard it played as a reel. It is commonly attributed to O'Carolyn...did reels even exist back then?
Pieces I'm working on:
Reels
Eel in the Sink
Anything for John Joe (or something to that effect)
McMahon's
the Road to Gallway
the Earl's Chair
Sweeny's
the Traveller
the only tough thing is committing them to memory.
Pieces I'm working on:
Reels
Eel in the Sink
Anything for John Joe (or something to that effect)
McMahon's
the Road to Gallway
the Earl's Chair
Sweeny's
the Traveller
the only tough thing is committing them to memory.
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Right now I'm trying to learn Inisheer, though I'm still trying to perfect May Morning Dew and An Ending Chapter
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