Posting clips

[Akiba]

Gabriel,

Great playing--love it. Your cranns are awesome. You do play cranns and condensed rolls, yes? Also, what flute are you playing on that track?

Really, really impressed. Thanks.

Jason

[Trip-]

Thank you Gabriel.
I enjoyed your clip alot, esspecially the last gan ainm jig - meaning I shall never find it anywhere else

cheers.

[Gabriel]

Thanks!

I play quite a lot of crans in the first one, yes. I personally call my short rolls, well, short rolls but they might be condensed rolls as well. No idea, sorry.

The flute is a fully keyed Tom Aebi Pratten. The best flute I ever had and tried, I wouldn't part with it for an Olwell!

[jemtheflute]

Fantastic track, Gabriel - love it! Fantastic fiddler you have there too! Super lift and lilt you get together - the bodhran and cittern/zouk or whatever it is in the backing are really rather redundant - no criticsm of their playing meant - just don't add anything to this set! That may be partly to do with the mix, which I could be critical about, but absolutely not about the melody playing. Spot on jig pacing too - relaxed and flowing...... Truly lovely. More please!!!!

[rama]

gabriel, you and that aebi are a powerhouse, love the sound. like everyone else has said, great lift, lively music. i've been listening to it play over and over even as i write this (it takes me a looong time to type.)
thanks for breathng new life into the ole thread

[ImNotIrish]

Gabriel,

lovely, lovely set.

I haven't posted in a while, so here are a couple of relaxed (tempo) jigs.
Go easy, I have been away from my routines for awhile.
Arbo

http://www.box.net/shared/c1ehlhc7b7

[LorenzoFlute]

Nothing to add to what has already been said, Gabriel. Really nice playing!
The Aebi flute is really good, i tried it a few times, it has a really beautiful and rich tone and definitely enough power for sessions. One of the best flute maker around, no doubt.

[LorenzoFlute]

Arbo something's wrong with the link i think...

[ImNotIrish]

Arbo something's wrong with the link i think...

Sorry about that. I think it's fixed now.
Arbo

[LorenzoFlute]

"Relaxed" was the right word.
I've already heard the first jig, don't remember when. Does anybody know it's name? It's quite famous i think.

[rama]

nice lone flute tone, naked and lovely, unhurried and naturally arboesqued

[ImNotIrish]

In an effort to better listen, I recorded the previous jigs double tracking myself. There are a couple of points where I lost it momentarily, but generally I thought the two takes were pretty much together. Any thoughts?
Arbo

http://www.box.net/shared/9a9mzcx72k

[JeffS]

I've been trying to work on glottal stops but I'm not sure I even really know that they are. I've been making a "Ch" sound while a play and trying to push slightly from the abdomen. Can someone tell me if they hear anything like a glottal stop on this track?

http://www.box.net/shared/c49q81o93a

[JeffS]

Imnotirish -

That sounded pretty good to me. They were close indeed. The second to last jig you played (the one before Christe Barry's) had a tricky part at the beginning of the B part but you seemed to get it. It sounded like some tricky fingering.

Good job.

[joshD]

Man, Just listened to your track again Gabriel and i must say.... the whole group is a mighty set of player! So in the pocket and groovy. Well done!