tunes that really rock (on a D flute) ?

BullFighter · Post by **BullFighter** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 1:41 pm

i'm sure you all know tunes that make your flute rock on the low d, or tunes that sound great on flute...
like the humours of trim... lonesome jig
you know, im gettin that low D on my new M&E and i would like to explore it with your help

un saludo, amigos!

Wormdiet · Post by **Wormdiet** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:01 pm

Floating Crowbar
An Phis Phluich
Within a mile of Dublin
Toss the Feathers (the "D" one)

bradhurley · Post by **bradhurley** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:03 pm

Sheila Coyle's, reel

The Coalminer (also called More Power to Your Elbow), reel

Unseen122 · Post by **Unseen122** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:13 pm

Last Night's Fun (never seems to get old)
Devanny's Goat
The Girl from the Big House
Up Leitrim

Those are some of my favorites.

Wormdiet · Post by **Wormdiet** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:23 pm

Unseen122 wrote: The Girl from the Big House

Is that the same tune as "Robbie Hannon's?" - D-Mix piping jig that has some F-naturals in the B pat?

Unseen122 · Post by **Unseen122** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:25 pm

Yes it is, but I have never heard it with Fnats. The Vallely bros. do it on their CD and Donnacha Gough does it (on a C set of pipes) on the Danu album with all the solos, Up in the Air.

Cathy Wilde · Post by **Cathy Wilde** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:26 pm

this is just off the top of my head thinking about things that seem to have good D's in them; I'm bad at remembering keys, etc.

Maids of Castlebar
King of the Pipers (Franc A Phoill)
Coalminer's (totally, Brad!)
Lady on the Island
Trim the Velvet (drop middle Ds down to low D)
ditto Wormdiet on The Good Wife/An Phuis Fluich -- fun for cranns
Heathery Breeze (in G, but good low Ds)
the Cook in the Kitchen
Molly Bawn
I Buried My Wife and Danced on Top of Her Grave
Farewell to Connaught
Dowds #9
Jackson's #1 (Jackson's Morning Brush?)
Seamus Quinn's
Moving Cloud (in G, I think?)

And while I hate to cite from the Top 20, I like The Foxhunter's & Rolling in the Ryegrass for nice low-D-whomping opportunities.

Unseen122 · Post by **Unseen122** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:29 pm

I Buried My Wife... is a great one. Came up in my session on Friday, I kind of knew how to play it from listening to Dervish so many times.

Sliabh Luachra · Post by **Sliabh Luachra** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:41 pm

Crooked Road
Humours of Tulla
Woodcock/ Kerfunten
Strop the Razor

Mark

neilC · Post by **neilC** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 5:01 am

Dare I suggest the Gold Ring?

maire · Post by **maire** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 5:53 am

Has anyone suggested Trim the Velvet or The snug in the Blanket (also known as the Hag in the Blanket)
Great tunes for the D flute, in that all the patterns are very flute friendly.

Cathy Wilde · Post by **Cathy Wilde** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 9:56 am

Trim the Velvet is such a blast. A piper pal of mine has now got it on his flute and unveiled it at our last session -- it was such a joy to have someone to play it with. Now I've got to get back on that horse so I can keep up with him -- he rocked! -- and two flutes are so cool on that tune

A few more good low D things that came up last night at our little session ...

jigs:

The Rolling Wave
The Leitrim Jig
Scotsman Over the Border

hornpipes:

The Home Ruler
Kitty's Wedding

and of course .... the B part of the Bucks.

Cathy Wilde · Post by **Cathy Wilde** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 9:58 am

neilC wrote:Dare I suggest the Gold Ring?

Under penalty of being forced to play it!

GaryKelly · Post by **GaryKelly** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 10:10 am

Captain Rock's rocks.

neilC · Post by **neilC** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 10:21 am

Cathy Wilde wrote:
neilC wrote:Dare I suggest the Gold Ring?
Under penalty of being forced to play it!

I've been working quite hard on it listening to the Conal O'Grada version. It's great fun... and I can just about get through it without tripping over. Seems that the hard 'D's in the last two sections stay harder (can I say that

) if I use strikes or throating to separate repeated notes rather than tonguing - tonguing seems to disrupte the hard-D embouchure.