What tunes are ye working on?

moxy · Post by **moxy** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 1:14 pm

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)

lyrick · Post by **lyrick** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 8:14 pm

Moll Ha'penny/Poll Ha'penny from The Thing Itself, Maeve Donnelly and Peadar O'Loughlin. I love the way they play this (and everything else they play, too), and it sounds pretty sweet on whistle.

brianormond · Post by **brianormond** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 8:41 pm

-John O'Connor
-The Wind That Shakes The Barley
-Innis Oirr (Innisheer)-plenty of low octave breath/tone control and octave jump practice

-Next up: The Poor Scholar

Wormdiet · Post by **Wormdiet** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 9:12 pm

Funny - I just learned Poll Ha'penny recently off of Feadoga Stain, and having heard Spike Island Lasses, it's on the short list of projects.

What does "Poll Ha'Penny" mean anyway?

lyrick · Post by **lyrick** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 10:49 pm

Wormdiet wrote: What does "Poll Ha'Penny" mean anyway?

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.

Cayden · Post by **Cayden** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 2:00 am

There's a less polite explanation for the title based on the translation of the Irish 'Poll'

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 10:31 pm

Crested Hens - I love that tune!
Smash the Windows
The Immigrant
Paddy Breen's Jig

Elmore · Post by **Elmore** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:20 pm

Today...Chelsea Bridge

FJohnSharp · Post by **FJohnSharp** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:28 pm

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.

colomon · Post by **colomon** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:38 pm

Elmore wrote:Today...Chelsea Bridge

Ellington?

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.

Elmore · Post by **Elmore** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 5:36 am

colomon wrote:
Elmore wrote:Today...Chelsea Bridge
Ellington?

Strayhorn

Pete D · Post by **Pete D** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:29 am

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.

Black Mage · Post by **Black Mage** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:07 am

Right now I'm trying to learn Inisheer, though I'm still trying to perfect May Morning Dew and An Ending Chapter

OnTheMoor · Post by **OnTheMoor** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:39 am

The Mill Pond... not actually "working" on it, but I can't seem to play anything else when I pick up my whistle (or flute) these days.

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:47 am

Stack of rye, and Arran Boat. With Arran Boat I am sluring the notes that go up the scale and tounging the notes that go down.

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