Using Crans
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Using Crans
I was working on crans tonight when it occured to me that I have absolutely no idea where to isert them in actual tunes and I've only seen them actually marked in occasionally. I know that roles are often used to break up otherwise boring dotted quarter notes and taps and cuts are used to separate like notes/where ever, but I have don't really know the pattern for where crans are appropriate. Can anyone enlighten me or should I stop worrying?
Re: Using Crans
Try the D crann in Fraher's Jig:PallasAthena wrote:I was working on crans tonight when it occured to me that I have absolutely no idea where to isert them in actual tunes and I've only seen them actually marked in occasionally. I know that roles are often used to break up otherwise boring dotted quarter notes and taps and cuts are used to separate like notes/where ever, but I have don't really know the pattern for where crans are appropriate. Can anyone enlighten me or should I stop worrying?
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/992
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aLLE6Wh7QM
BTW, I would not dismiss playing the quarter or dotted quarter as-is as boring.
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Re: Using Crans
I'll second the Fraher's Jig suggestion. This tune helped me learn to play cranns and understand something about using them.Guinness wrote: Try the D crann in Fraher's Jig:
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/992
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aLLE6Wh7QM
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paddy fahy and swallowtail jig--------------what is your email i will send you some short clips as i play these tunes just to get an idea------------------crans are a mustDaleth wrote:What Cavefish said. A good tune to practice cranns on can be Morrison's jig. Rather than playing a roll on the E in the first measure (and those following where you'd do a roll), a crann can sound pretty neat, followed by either a roll on the A or just ABA (rolls on an A can be difficult).
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I think of a cran as a substitue for a roll on the D note. On a whistle it is not possible to "roll" on a low d because there is no note below the D and a roll is a triplet figure with a cut and a strike you can't strike on a low D because there is no other hole to strike on. So if you know where to place a roll it shouldn't be difficult to place a cran on a D or E that could use a roll. The tunes above use lots of crans as they are in D and the root note is used a lot. I would add to that list:
Lucy Cambell's
The Foxhunter's Reel
The Humours of Glendart
Lucy Cambell's
The Foxhunter's Reel
The Humours of Glendart
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this too------------its all up to YOUUnseen122 wrote:I think of a cran as a substitue for a roll on the D note. On a whistle it is not possible to "roll" on a low d because there is no note below the D and a roll is a triplet figure with a cut and a strike you can't strike on a low D because there is no other hole to strike on. So if you know where to place a roll it shouldn't be difficult to place a cran on a D or E that could use a roll. The tunes above use lots of crans as they are in D and the root note is used a lot. I would add to that list:
Lucy Cambell's
The Foxhunter's Reel
The Humours of Glendart
Does anyone ever "cran" on higher notes, F and G in particular? Cuts came easier for me than taps (still do) and I sometimes find myself playing G T1 G T2 G or F T2 F T3 F, instead of G T2 G B1 G.
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