Roslin Castle and Crested Hen(s) are a couple of good one's if you'd like to work on your half holed Eb/D# a little bit - although not every plays these tunes with Eb, some play them opt for E instead. The versions using Eb sound much better to my ear.
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what are some simple melancholy sounding tunes ?
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Re: what are some simple melancholy sounding tunes ?
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Also try playing any tune reeeealy sloooowly.
You'll be surprised at what you can make sound sad.
HTH[/quote]
Most of the tunes people have posted I just get lost on
I think it's gonna have to be 'Old macdonald had a farm' played slowly for now & that playing slowly idea works well
Also try playing any tune reeeealy sloooowly.
You'll be surprised at what you can make sound sad.
HTH[/quote]
Most of the tunes people have posted I just get lost on
I think it's gonna have to be 'Old macdonald had a farm' played slowly for now & that playing slowly idea works well
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Re: what are some simple melancholy sounding tunes ?
I'm sorry... why don't you try the Arran Boat (I think I learned it when I had only been playing a few weeks):monkey wrote:Most of the tunes people have posted I just get lost on
I think it's gonna have to be 'Old macdonald had a farm' played slowly for now & that playing slowly idea works well
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/986
Playing slowly is good... I jumped right in trying to play way too fast for my own good, and I picked up a lot of bad technique in the process. Hopefully I've sorted most of it out by now.
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A video of Lothlorien playing at a venueMichael31856 wrote:Very nice. Any idea what make it was played on..?
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~nick-cj/
leads to
http://www.r2.co.nz/20031130/
click on yer connection speed of choice
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http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~nick-cj/lothinst.html
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Re: what are some simple melancholy sounding tunes ?
Playing slowly is the whole deal. You just have to be a bit patient. Old McDonald isn't very inspiring, that's for sure. Maybe you can just pick a few measures that look reasonable from one of the tunes and play those slowly.monkey wrote:Most of the tunes people have posted I just get lost onHTH wrote:
Also try playing any tune reeeealy sloooowly.
You'll be surprised at what you can make sound sad.
HTH
I think it's gonna have to be 'Old macdonald had a farm' played slowly for now & that playing slowly idea works well
One thing that I found interesting. I was sort of playing (well, I can't play but trying) through the easier tunes and I found I got very over-dosed on the "melancholy" sound. That would certainly vary from person to person. I liked it alot at first and then I just couldn't stand it. So actually Old McDonald sounds pretty good to me right now! I really need variety.
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