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Nice set of tunes on Clips'n'Snips

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Here

I don't know how many of you delve into the clips archive. I only do it when I'm so busy at work that I buckle under the pressure and do nothing when I really should be working (surely I'm not alone).

Anyway, the set features Markus, who posts here sometimes, but I also loved the fiddle playing on the first track. Markus certainly likes to give the Hammy a blast, you can really hear him digging in. The second tune is a great tune - I must re-learn it.

Hope you enjoy it. I must get back to work - damn, look at the time, I'd better just go home!

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Re: Nice set of tunes on Clips'n'Snips

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BMFW wrote:Here
I don't know how many of you delve into the clips archive. I only do it when I'm so busy at work that I buckle under the pressure and do nothing when I really should be working (surely I'm not alone).
We are all goofing off, that is why we are visiting the site!
Anyway, the set features Markus, who posts here sometimes, but I also loved the fiddle playing on the first track. Markus certainly likes to give the Hammy a blast, you can really hear him digging in. The second tune is a great tune - I must re-learn it.
Sounds great!
Hope you enjoy it. I must get back to work - damn, look at the time, I'd better just go home!
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Why thank you! 8)

Antti is indeed a great fiddle player.

If I remember correctly, the 2nd tune is Spindle shanks, which is somewhat a classic back home in Helsinki. (I'm in Limerick until July..) Once you've picked it up, you'll have a great way of getting up a certain boxplayer's nose if you ever visit the O'Malley's' session in Helsinki. A great bloke who seems to know all the tunes but not like them all. Just follow it up with Christmas Eve and tell him I said hi. :wink:

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Nice tunes, I love the phrasing on the Hammy. It sure can bark on that low end.
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please to educate me - "Hammy"? But then... I'm still waiting on the download...perhaps the answer will be more obvious to me when that's finished.
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Flutes made by Hammy Hamilton. They're classic large-holed flutes, nicely optimized for honking and playing Irish music in general. Deirdre Havlin, erstwhile of Deanta, plays them; she shows that not only can they honk, but they can sing pretty well too.
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chas wrote:Flutes made by Hammy Hamilton. They're classic large-holed flutes, nicely optimized for honking and playing Irish music in general. Deirdre Havlin, erstwhile of Deanta, plays them; she shows that not only can they honk, but they can sing pretty well too.
I am edified! Thank you muchly. Sure sounded good on those tunes!
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chas wrote:Flutes made by Hammy Hamilton. They're classic large-holed flutes, nicely optimized for honking and playing Irish music in general. Deirdre Havlin, erstwhile of Deanta, plays them; she shows that not only can they honk, but they can sing pretty well too.
I just dragged my Hammy out the other day, and was blown away by how sweet and easy-blowing the high register is. I'd forgotten, and it's been to my detriment! :-)
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Post by greenspiderweb »

That reminds me that Markus also posted a clip of my favorite version that I've heard of "Fermoy Lassies" on the Seery Delrin here:

http://tinwhistletunes.com/clipssnip/Au ... ussell.mp3

Nice work, Markus, and I liked Antti's fiddling too!
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Post by Jennie »

I like these too. The Fairbanks crowd plays the first tune there, the Paddy Fahy's reel in G major. It's been one of my favorites for a year or more. Martin Hayes recorded it as a slow reel, beautifully. Does anyone else play this one? How fast?

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Post by Unseen122 »

That Hammy does sound great. Just makes me want one even more. I think Danu does that second tune but calles it a different name which I can't remember right now. Great playing.
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