Bothy Band transcriptions/books

[FJohnSharp]

It's on the website too.

http://www.lunasa.ie/flash.htm

[Joseph E. Smith]

...groovy. I may just have to avail myself of this book. Thanks for the link!

[AaronMalcomb]

I'm not a big BB fan, nor of PK, either.

I'm racking my brains but can't figure out what PK stands for. Phillipino Kickboxing? I'm sure I'll feel stupid once I somebody tells me... Oops, never mind. I figured it out: Paddy Keenan.

Cheers,
Aaron

[djm]

Sorry, Aaron, didn't mean to tax your brain like that. The threads are best read in sequence. The previous entries had referred to the Bothy Band and Paddy Keenan, so BB and PK seemed pretty straight forward - to me, at least.

Cheers,

djm

[TonyHiggins]

Speaking of transcriptions, it is instructive to transcribe an entire playing of a tune. (Not as tedious as it seems as there will be a lot of identical repeats.) It's interesting to see where the changes are made, and how. They're sometimes very subtle and slight, sometimes drastically different. Learning to play them sparks ideas on more possibilities.

The Dublin Reel on Planxty's Cold Blow and the Rainy Night, played by Liam O'Flynn on pipes, has amazing variations. Some of the changes are in just the phrasing (which note is accented or paused slightly) or just one or two notes totally changing the feel on the repeat. Makes it more fun to play that way.
Tony

[SteveShaw]

Tony Higgins writes:
"Speaking of transcriptions, it is instructive to transcribe an entire playing of a tune. (Not as tedious as it seems as there will be a lot of identical repeats.) It's interesting to see where the changes are made, and how. They're sometimes very subtle and slight, sometimes drastically different. Learning to play them sparks ideas on more possibilities.

"The Dublin Reel on Planxty's Cold Blow and the Rainy Night, played by Liam O'Flynn on pipes, has amazing variations. Some of the changes are in just the phrasing (which note is accented or paused slightly) or just one or two notes totally changing the feel on the repeat. Makes it more fun to play that way."

It's great to focus on variation once in a while when just listening for pleasure. One of my favourite albums for this is "Music from Sliabh Luachra Vol. 6" which is just solo Jackie Daly on either accordeon or concertina (that should please the pure droppists! ) It's easier to focus on when you just have a single melodic line to listen to (though he does use the basses, sparingly but with great effect, to add more variation). If I could only take one inspirational album to the desert island...

Cheers!

Steve

[naex_may]

Hey this is just a general question: Has anyone ever published acurate transcriptions of recordings say of the Bothy Band, or Planxty, or any of these bands, down to the accompaniment and all that sort of thing? Or have any of you done any of that sort of thing just for fun?

I am interested in fooling around with this sort of thing and was wondering if anyone had anything to say about that sort of full band transcription.

Philip

I transcribed all the bothy band dancing tunes (no songs, no blackbird slow air) I got hold of (1975, old hag, out of the wind, live). Only the line of the tunes (no harmonies). Whenever there were interesting variations I transcribed the whole thing. It was not a special project but the collection developed thorugh the years. I wanted to listen out as many details of their music as possible. The transcription was a side effect. Have them as pdf for personal fun. Publishing could be a violation of interlectual property rights. If you want to transcribe Bothy Band . . .

Alexander

[Joseph E. Smith]

naex_may wrote:"Publishing could be a violation of interlectual property rights."
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....hmmmm, this could be true, AND it might lead to other antisocial behavior.

I recently odered the Lunasa tune book, and it has arrived today. Good transcriptions of the tunes....but only the first ime around...the rest is left up to the individual performer...I'm liking it!

[jb]

Alexander, I got a copy of your transcriptions in Babbity's. They are excellent, you should see about getting permission to publish!