Tunes for St Patrick's day
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Tunes for St Patrick's day
Hello guys,
I've tryied the search mode but I've not found anything. Which are the tunes played during this day (if any traditional)?
Cheers.
Paolo
I've tryied the search mode but I've not found anything. Which are the tunes played during this day (if any traditional)?
Cheers.
Paolo
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I have never been aware that there were any particular tunes that received "special play" on St. Patrick's day. Of course, it never occurred to me to ever ask that question, either.
Bill
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"... you discover that everything is just right: the drones steady and sonorous, the regulators crisp and tuneful and the chanter sweet and responsive. ... I really look forward to those five or six days every year." Robbie Hannan
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Londonderry is the other name for Derry, the county town of County Derry. Unless you mean Londonderry NH.fearfaoin wrote:Maybe, but it's controversial, since in modern times, it's beenPat Cannady wrote:The tune IS irish, and very old...
called Londonderry Air, and Londonderry appears to be the
Anglicised name for Co. Derry, reminding folks of that whole
Northern Ireland thing...
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We really don't have much good traditional music locally. They're all "celtic fusion" or "folk rock", etc. Most of the stuff you hear on this holiday (in my locale) is just the pub songs that get all of the once-a-year pub patrons excited (not that it takes much after drinking five pints of green-dyed beer). Songs like The Wild Rover, Finnegan's Wake, Whiskey in the Jar, etc. I don't think the tunes are associated with the holiday so much as the majority of America's perception of what "Irish" music is.
A pub on St. Patricks day here is a bit like church on Christmas and Easter morning... there's hardly enough chairs in the house to sit everyone and the regular attenders are the minority.
Aside from songs, I've never heard of any tunes that are affiliated or associated with the holiday itself.
A pub on St. Patricks day here is a bit like church on Christmas and Easter morning... there's hardly enough chairs in the house to sit everyone and the regular attenders are the minority.
Aside from songs, I've never heard of any tunes that are affiliated or associated with the holiday itself.
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I'm not sure what to expect at our session on St. patricks day, since it will be my first time experiencing it. I really hope the powers that be don't lead us down the pub song road. Not that I don't enjoy those songs in a tongue-in-cheek sort of way. I just don't want to propagate the myth that drinkin' songs are what irish music is. I know the regular patrons appreciate trad, but who knows what kind of drunken riff raff will show up on St. pat's Day. Unfortunately, our session leader tends to cater to holiday themes (see my rant re: Christmas carols).