tenpenny bit first jig i learnt,as well as your two versions i had thesecolomon wrote:Just because it always amuses me how different these things are from place to place:Have known it since not long after I started to play whistle, but rarely hear it these days (I think it was banned from our local session). Definitely "everyone" knows it.boomerang wrote:Some good old standards, that almost everyone plays are
the blackthorn stick,Never heard of it before.the rakes of kildareI expect you mean this "Tenpenny Bit", which I am told that everyone knows, but I only got around to learning it last summer to play for English Sword Dancing at a local festival, and I don't think I've ever played it since then.the ten penny bit
There is a completely different "Tenpenny Bit" which is a great jig which frequently follows "Scotsman Across the Border" -- I've got four or five recordings of the pair, the earliest by Paddy Killoran. This "Tenpenny Bit" I absolutely love and play frequently, though it usually gets someone in the session to say, "What was that jig?"
PS I agree with everyone on "Donnybrook Fair", which is a great old jig.
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X:1
T:Tenpenny bit(1
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:SLIPJIG
K:D
eAA eAA|~B3 GBd|eAA eAA|def gfg|
eAA eAA|~B3 GBd|~e3 ged|BAG A3:
Aa aga|Gg gfg|Aaa aga|bag ag|
eaa eaa|dgg dgg|~e3 ged|BAG A3:
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X: 145
T: Tenpenny Bit
R:Jig
O:Ireland
M:6/8
K:AMix
eAA eAA|BAB GBd|eAA eAA|def gfg|
eAA eAA|BAB GBd|edB gBB|BAA A3 ::
A2a aga|bge dBG|A2a aga|bag a2B|
A2a aga|bge dBd|edB gdB|BAA A3:|
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I love them,like i said it was my first jig and i thought i could play it,but every time i revisit it i realise i was kidding myself,i find i play all versions mixed in and finish with the slip,not planned just the way it came out.The smiley face is meant to be key D.
The problem ive got is i have to like the tune and want to get to know it otherwise i struggle,Trip to brittany is a classic example i loved it first time i heard it and was playing it within an hour ,if i didnt like it i would be still trying to get my head round it,bro steves site helped me get used to learning tunes as im brand new to trying to play music.
clare jig and sunnyside jig came quite quick to me because theyre catchyish.the hornpipe humours of tuaimgreine was also quite easy to get it just seems to lift and swing all by itself and the faster i play it the more things happen i love it.