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Jennie wrote:This one falls into the "Danny Boy" category for me. I can't tell whether I'd actually like it or not, just because it seems like I've heard it way way too many times. Do people play it in sessions, ever? Or only when pressured?
I have the same reaction, but I think it's because the song feels like an
Irish Spring commercial. It's not really a bad jig, it just seems like the
one Americans associate with Ireland, so it probably gets overplayed.
I have played it in session before, the Hammered Dulcimer player
(who knows scads of tunes) starts that or Sailor's Horpipe (Popeye's
theme) occasionally, in a sort of tongue-in-cheek manner. Everybody
plays along without complaint...
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I was watching my Planxty DVD last night and decided to learn The Clare jig this morning....now I can't get it out of my head at all :boggle:
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Jennie wrote:
Key_of_D wrote:I'd like to learn the Irish Washerwoman, just haven't gotten around to learning it!
Why? :-?

This one falls into the "Danny Boy" category for me. I can't tell whether I'd actually like it or not, just because it seems like I've heard it way way too many times. Do people play it in sessions, ever? Or only when pressured?

But if you love it, do learn it!

There's another couple by Jerry Holland that my daughter and I love to play, Brenda Stubbert's (a reel) and James Cameron (a march).

Jennie

Well, I like the tune (Irish Washerwoman) and yeah, it probably is a bit overdone, but I've simply never learned it to play for my own enjoyment. I've heard the Kesh Jig is another one that's (or use to be) overdone, but I like playing it simply because it's a different tune. As to whether or not the Irish Washerwoman is played in sessions, that's beyond me as I've never been to one!
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Gee, now you're inspiring me... I should probably run through The Irish Washerwoman a few times myself. I'm just assuming it would flow if I were ever called to play it, but wouldn't it be embarrassing to mess it up!

Another one I'm really enjoying is called The Lurgadaun, from a recording by Providence. A nice jig.

Jennie

P.S. Thanks PhilO for opening this topic. I have a few tunes to go look up now!
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Irish Washerwoman is often presented as a beginner tune but it's a harder tune to master. The changes between B and A and Cnat back and forth are tricky. I like the B part.
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Washerwoman isn't for beginners. I never learned it cause I'm tired of hearing it. The hardest tune to learn is the one you don't like. But even if you love it, it's got some challenges.
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I think the real challenge with a tune like Washerwoman is to take it, make it your own, put something fresh into it.

Possible? Yes. Hard? On a tune that "everybody knows," you betcha.

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Cynth wrote:I came across Neary's Jig on Brian McNamara's website, and on his A Piper's Dream CD as well, that is fun for a beginner to take a stab at. Can't play it worth a darn, but more fun than finger exercises that's for sure. I think it's a slip jig.
http://www.piperbrian.com/music/music_tunes.html
You can hear a sound sample of the first part and a bit of the second:
http://www.piperbrian.com/sounds/sound_samples.html
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My all time favorite tune (right now)
:wink: is Hardiman the Fiddler. Somehow I never seem to get sick of that one. Looks like slip jigs are popular around here, too.

I haven't been learning many tunes lately, but I guess my favorite kinda new tune is the Fair Haired Boy. I heard some musicians at a session play it after the Blackhaired Lass, sounds pretty cool.

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feadogin wrote: Looks like slip jigs are popular around here, too.
Justine
Lunasa plays a lot of Slip jigs, I've noticed.
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It's been a while since I've been so taken with a group of tunes at once that I'm working on. At times, I get into ruts where I seem to be trying to perfect the same tunes over and over and don't want to "lose" them from memory. When I have lessons though, I always need new tunes to work on as well (mustn't bore teacher) and I've loosened up my compulsive self to not be so into replaying old (to me) tunes. Right now, I'm playing and loving The Templehouse Jig, The Musical Priest, Brother Gildas' Jig, Munster Buttermilk, The Killavil Jig, The Legacy Jig, and Banish Misfortune (yeah, still working on this - a bit difficult to get this really down right).

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King of the Fairies

Still struggling a bit with the middle of the second part... but love that tune!
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anniemcu wrote:King of the Fairies
Still struggling a bit with the middle of the second part... but love that tune!
Now, try to learn Scollay's Reel :twisted:


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fearfaoin wrote:
anniemcu wrote:King of the Fairies
Still struggling a bit with the middle of the second part... but love that tune!
Now, try to learn Scollay's Reel :twisted:
I can't get that link to open... :cry:

But I found it elsewhere...
http://riverartsproject.com/folkarchive ... php?id=130

http://www.telarc.com/gscripts/title.as ... 536#tracks

very similar... I'll go mad trying to keep them separated! Curse you wicked fearfaoin! :x :lol:
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Baloo Lammy on both Low Whistle and Ups.
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Lad O'Beirne's

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"Lad O'Beirne's Favourite", as played by Noel Hill on his 2nd solo CD, and also by the Mulcahy family on their recording"Notes From The Heart". This is a reel version of the jig "The Geese In The Bog", transposed to "D",
[ not his best known reel in "G". ]
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