Do you like this whistling?

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:10 pm

Peter Laban wrote:That would be Kilfarboy.

Apologies. Spelling corrected.
I had not realized Kilfarboy was an Irish placename.
You learn something new every day.

Boody · Post by **Boody** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:21 pm

I think this, especially this last clip, is some of the best whistling I've heard. Is there a cd or any other way I could get more of his music?

Guinness · Post by **Guinness** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:47 pm

The LP recently sold for $36+shipping on eBay.

http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 0199047645

but who still has a turntable?

Cayden · Post by **Cayden** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:55 pm

Guinness wrote: but who still has a turntable?

I do and why wouldn't I? Even had some Patsy Touhey piping and Tom Morrison flute 78rpms dropped off by the postman. Lovely.

and for more can we ever mention enough there's the Transcriptionpage for your convenience?

Boody · Post by **Boody** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:05 pm

Guinness wrote:
but who still has a turntable?

Who doesn't? A chieftains 1 on vinyl is what started me on the long and painful road of whistle obsession

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 2:39 pm

Guinness wrote:The LP recently sold for $36+shipping on eBay.

http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 0199047645

but who still has a turntable?

I do, thankfully.

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 2:44 pm

Peter Laban wrote:... there's the Transcriptionpage for your convenience?

And a treasure trove of info it is. Thanks for your work, Peter.

Whitmores75087 · Post by **Whitmores75087** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:06 pm

Outstanding!!

ImNotIrish · Post by **ImNotIrish** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:06 pm

Peter Laban wrote:Interesting enough I uploaded a slow air by the same player (from a 1975 home recording) and linked it to a thread a few weeks ago. After two weeks it had 8 downloads all done during the first week, I took it down then.

What does that tell us?

I would like to hear the slow air. Thanks, Arbo. BTW, I ony read half of the posts, but I did find the clip enjoyable. Fast , yes, and maybe it would be nice to hear a more relaxed pace, but thoroughly enjoyable. And the tonguing added a nice touch, though got somewhat tiresome after a while...

Arbo

monkey587 · Post by **monkey587** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:10 pm

I love this guy's playing. It's like there's no fingers, whistle, or whatever involved, it's like it's just transferring directly from his imagination to my ears.

Mitch · Post by **Mitch** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:34 pm

Hmmm ... I voted that I like it.

I like it because of the melancholie/lonely setting that seems to grow in the performance as a backdrop. This is probably mostly in the tunes themselves, but the player has recognised the intent and respected it - also skilled enough to execute the tune without killing the message.

AS for technique - tongueing and all that, well, I almost always hear the performance first then have to force myself to go hunting for technique. Unless the performance sucks - then the technique is all I hear. Hate that.

The last time my playing got some advice/critique from an accomplished Irish player, he said "you're tonguing the downbeat too much." even though I wasn't - I was cutting it. Then he demonstrated some useful tips for tonguing to support the rhythm - e.g. the off beats on jigs like tenpenny bit, black rougue, Ballinsloe fair etc. Tongueing helps the lift, but too much makes it all too lumpy. And I went off to listen to Brid O'donohue's rendition of "na ceanabhan banna" (sp?) and now understand that tune a little better.

Another bit of advice I got from a great player that seems cogent here was from a Bluegrass player. He said: "the main difference between ITM and Bluegrass is your stance against the beat - in ITM it's usually strict and upright, sometimes a little laid-back - the weight is even on the feet or a little on the heels. In Bluegrass you lean forward against the beat, the weight is on your toes - when you feel like you are about to fall forward, the music begins to fly."

The clip seems a little Bluegrass to me, but I still like it.

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:54 pm

looks like slightly less than 3/4 of the folks like it. On the other hand, only about 1/8 disliked it.

tompipes · Post by **tompipes** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:01 pm

A little off topic I know but here's a great little turntable that's handy for putting your vinyl collection on to your hard drive

http://www.zzounds.com/item--NUMTT1600MKII

Tommy

talasiga · Post by **talasiga** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:16 pm

Wanderer wrote:looks like slightly less than 3/4 of the folks like it. On the other hand, only about 1/8 disliked it.

Thats just becuase the like it box was first. Had the poll been set up with the dislike it box first I am sure we would have got a diffrent result.

CranberryDog · Post by **CranberryDog** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:25 pm

talasiga wrote:
Wanderer wrote:looks like slightly less than 3/4 of the folks like it. On the other hand, only about 1/8 disliked it.
Thats just becuase the like it box was first. Had the poll been set up with the dislike it box first I am sure we would have got a diffrent result.

Very, very, good one.

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