Kesh Jig

Brian Boru · Post by **Brian Boru** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:27 pm

I would like to increase my jig repetoire and I was thinking of learning the Kesh Jig. Are there favourite arrangements of this tune? I think it is a common jig so I would imagine the performances probably go from bad to spectacular. So I am looking for a good model to work from.

Thanks.

Guinness · Post by **Guinness** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:43 pm

I think the most popular version was by the Bothy Band. This one is quite good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWwmhj92-Cw

Here's another:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOt38XKsiSE

Buckeye67 · Post by **Buckeye67** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:53 pm

Eskin has a good version to work from on his new site: www.tradlessons.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6idv6eJA2iQ

flutey1 · Post by **flutey1** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:58 pm

I think the version on the Virtual Session is really similar to (if not the same as) the one Bothy Band plays. it's a great tune.

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 6:29 am

Cathal McConnell has a very clearly audible version on his whistle tutor CD.

straycat82 · Post by **straycat82** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:17 am

I agree about the Bothy Band, I think they set the standard for that tune. I get so tired of hearing that tune over and over again but I don't mind it a bit on the Bothy record.

Whitmores75087 · Post by **Whitmores75087** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 4:29 pm

I;'m with straycat. Kesh needs to be played very well to sound interesting. Most times (like when our band plays it) it's boring. Try "Dusty Bob's". Similar tune, but easier to play and is more appealing.
I'ts on JC's ABC Tune Finder.

Stevie D · Post by **Stevie D** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:34 am

It's a fairly easy jig to pick up, I'd say. Only been playing a month and I can pound my way through it. Whistle-wise, of course.

Chiffed · Post by **Chiffed** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:35 pm

flutey1 wrote:I think the version on the Virtual Session is really similar to (if not the same as) the one Bothy Band plays. it's a great tune.

Yep, pretty close. Decent band to play along with, too.

For the sake of interest, make the phrases bigger on Kesh. It tends to be hacked into one-bar chunks, and that's just not interesting. The Bothy and Virtual Session tracks have nice big phrases.

Kesh is a nice tool for learning to make G and A rolls sound alike, too. We usually follow it with Top of Cork Road, or maybe that other one.

Brian Boru · Post by **Brian Boru** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:08 am

Guinness wrote:I think the most popular version was by the Bothy Band. This one is quite good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWwmhj92-Cw

Update:

I have practiced and practiced and can ALMOST keep up to this guy. I think this is the first jig I can play with anything resembling proper speed. I kind of got lost in the second part and then I realized he switched jigs on me

Thanks for all the suggestions.

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:56 pm

Brian Boru wrote: I have practiced and practiced and can ALMOST keep up to this guy. I think this is the first jig I can play with anything resembling proper speed. I kind of got lost in the second part and then I realized he switched jigs on me

Thanks for all the suggestions.

The so-and-sos keep doing that, don't they!

The Weekenders · Post by **The Weekenders** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 4:00 pm

That was a nice clip.

You know, whenever I see mention of Kesh, it takes me back to the whistle parties we have here in the Bay Area. Several times I have tried to play Lark on the Strand but everybody piles on to Kesh no matter whether I tell 'em its not Kesh. It's like a stampede, a juggernaut... Proves how much anybody listens when they're in whistle-tune grabbin' euphoria I guess. At least to me.

Anyway, when you get bored with Kesh, and yes, you will want to limit it after hearing it for the seven thousandth time, (right after the Butterfly) you'll like Lark On the Strand. B part is more adventuresome.

lordofthestrings · Post by **lordofthestrings** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:30 pm

I was thinking of learning the Kesh Jig. Are there favourite arrangements of this tune?

Personally, my favourite arragnement is my own

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I like to pair my varriant version with a tune called "calipo house". Nice effect.