Just curious, what tunes are people working on right now?

PhilO · Post by **PhilO** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 8:54 am

Right now I'm working on a group of tunes:

Kesh, Morrison's, and Banish Misfortune (jigs); Jimmy Mo Mhile Stor (air); and Her Golden Hair Hanging Down Her Back and the Boys of Bluehill (hornpipes).

I was always entranced by Banish Misfortune but didn't get around to learning til now; I'm working with a Cathall McConnell version. I asked my daughter the other day, "Isn't that a strange grouping of notes throughout that tune and doesn't it sound wierd?" She said no, it sounded great. I love that girl.

Philo

aderyn_du · Post by **aderyn_du** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 9:15 am

Right now I'm "guilty" of working more on vocal stuff-- currently trying to correct a rather flat part on Star of the County Down.

And learning Fear a Bhata and Siuil a Run, slowly but surely.

Whistle-wise, Amhran Na Leabhar and Crested Hens are my priority and I'm trying to correct my tempo on Inisheer.

Hwyl,
Andrea ~*~

dlambert · Post by **dlambert** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 9:17 am

Hello Steve

The version I have of The Yellow Tinker doesn't have any Fnats. I don't know much about keys but this version is very playable on the whistle. Tommy Keane plays it on the pipes.

Cayden · Post by **Cayden** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 9:39 am

On 2003-01-21 10:17, dlambert wrote:
Hello Steve

The version I have of The Yellow Tinker doesn't have any Fnats. I don't know much about keys but this version is very playable on the whistle. Tommy Keane plays it on the pipes.

Are you sure? I don't recall hearing him play it but I think we can fairly safely assume he plays something close to Tommy Reck's version of it [as we all do].
Reck used the key the F's in the first part as did JOBM [see The Piper's Rock]. You can get away with playing DG ~G2 DF ~F2 there but you will at least have to bend the F a bit downward.

By the way DLambert I responded by PM to your question about MOB last week, did you receive?

BrassBlower · Post by **BrassBlower** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 9:52 am

On 2003-01-21 01:00, Easily_Deluded_Fool wrote:
For a laugh, compare the ABC midi version of "The Lonesome Boatman" to the mp3!

Both available via a google search.

I like the painting, too, also available via a Google search.

LeeMarsh · Post by **LeeMarsh** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 10:04 am

My current top tune for daily polishing is
Culloden's Harvest. This song (which I play as an aire) can be found Deante's Ready for the Storm album.

I'm also working on Scarboro Faire. On SF after I get the main melody polished a bit, I'd like to try some of the descant/harmonies that I remember from the Simon and Garfunkle rendition of this lovely english folk song.

I'm also working on Ghostwood from Lothlorien's MP3 album. Carol's Dorian (by our own CSkinner) and Monaghan's Jig.

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 10:08 am

The Merry Blacksmith, Swallowtail, and Banshee - reels.

Lark in the Morning, The Butterfly, Swallowtail, A Hundred Pipers - jigs.

Lochnagar, The Month of January, My Love is like a red red rose, Air for Linda (Neil Gatherer) - airs

Flowers of Edinburugh, The Liverpool, The Galway - hornpipes.

MarkB

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 10:13 am

Mooncoin, Contentment is Wealth, Coppers & Brass, Glen Allen, Jackie Coleman's and Dublin Reel.

atarango · Post by **atarango** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 10:16 am

"Rolling in the Rye Grass" for my whistle class...

"Star of the County down" on my low D- also perfecting "Saddle the Pony" on the low D-

and teaching my boyfriend "Gander in the Pratie hole"

-Angela

The Weekenders · Post by **The Weekenders** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 10:16 am

They're making me SING Danny Boy for our band's St. Pat's gig! HELP!!!!!!!!

SteveK · Post by **SteveK** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 10:24 am

On 2003-01-21 11:16, The Weekenders wrote:
They're making me SING Danny Boy for our band's St. Pat's gig! HELP!!!!!!!!

I had to do that a few years ago. Well, I didn't sing myself but I had to play for it. I found a nice guitar accompaniment in a Irish trad guitar book. It made all the difference as far as I was concerned. I don't like to use other people's guitar parts, just out of vanity. But this was quite nice.

Steve

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 10:24 am

"The pipes, the pipes are ca-ah-lling..."

Hehehehe.

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 10:28 am

Currently working on McGoldrick's version of the "Terry Tehan's/Her Long Black Hair" Set (From the Fused and Woodenflute Obsession CD's), as well as Conal O'Grada's version of The Galway Rambler, although I'm not sure that one would go over too well at the local session: I suspect most folks around here wouldn't reconize it for what it is right off.....Fun version though

Loren

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colomon · Post by **colomon** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 10:33 am

Trying to learn Bird in the Bush, Jackie Coleman's, Jim Donoghue's, Kiss the Maid behind the Barrel, and Carty's Pigeon at the moment. And working on polishing Michael Reilly's (G whistle), Bea Maye's (A whistle), and a set of The Three Smokestacks and Jim Hodder's.

Switchfoot · Post by **Switchfoot** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 2:51 pm

Hmmm, learning a varity of christmas carols (hey, there fun), come thou fount, be thou my vision, a song my friend wrote for church

and trying to figure out how to play "May the living be dead (in our wake)" by Flogging Molly and also trying to figure out a whistle part for "another bag of bricks" (also by Flogging Molly)