A lot of Irish music is boring and repetitious. Here's some

LeeMarsh · Post by **LeeMarsh** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 9:21 am

Several of my favorites have been mentioned above, but I'd add the following, for easy playing.

Aires:
Gentle breeze, (An Feochan)
Take may Hand.
Foggy Dew
Star of County Down

Three Aire Set:
Ned of the Hills (Eamon a Chnioc)
Fair Maid of Wicklow,
Stubble Fields of Autumn.

Slow Reel:
Harvest Reel

Three Jig set:
Road to Lisdoonvarna
Monaghan's
Morrisons

Also:
Rakes of Mallow
Dans an Dro (cape breton tune).

To find Baidin Fheidhlimidh look do a search for Boat and look for the song Fheidhlimidh's(sp?) Boat.

madguy · Post by **madguy** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 9:35 am

On 2003-01-02 10:21, LeeMarsh wrote:
Several of my favorites have been mentioned above, but I'd add the following, for easy playing.

Aires:
Gentle breeze, (An Feochan)
Take may Hand.
Foggy Dew
Star of County Down

Three Aire Set:
Ned of the Hills (Eamon a Chnioc)
Fair Maid of Wicklow,
Stubble Fields of Autumn.

Slow Reel:
Harvest Reel

Three Jig set:
Road to Lisdoonvarna
Monaghan's
Morrisons

Also:
Rakes of Mallow
Dans an Dro (cape breton tune).

To find Baidin Fheidhlimidh look do a search for Boat and look for the song Fheidhlimidh's(sp?) Boat.

Lee, when I read your suggestion to find Baidin Fheidhlimidh I thought how complicated I had made an easy task! Searched for Boat as you said, but alas, still no success - at least not at JC's ABC site; but I won't give up yet!!!

~Larry

madguy · Post by **madguy** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 9:47 am

A bit of perserverance has paid off! I just found a book I've had for quite some time, 110 Ireland's Best Slow Airs (Mel Bay Publications), and right there, on page 58, is Baidin Fheidhlimidh!!!!

~Larry

LeeMarsh · Post by **LeeMarsh** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 6:18 pm

On 2003-01-02 10:47, madguy wrote:
A bit of perserverance has paid off! I just found a book I've had for quite some time, 110 Ireland's Best Slow Airs (Mel Bay Publications), and right there, on page 58, is Baidin Fheidhlimidh!!!!

~Larry

It also has 5 of the Aires I mentioned.
Take may Hand.
Foggy Dew
Ned of the Hills (Eamon a Chnioc)
Fair Maid of Wicklow,
Stubble Fields of Autumn.

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Enjoy Your Music, Lee Marsh 

[ This Message was edited by: LeeMarsh on 2003-01-02 19:20 ]

fluter_d · Post by **fluter_d** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 7:56 pm

I just realised (somewhat belatedly) that, although Baidin Fheilimi is a song, we always played it as a slide... If anyone else can figure out the correct ABC, here're the notes:
Key: D Major

A---D- F--ED-/ A-B-c- d---B-/
A---D- F--ED-/ G-E-E- E-----/
A---D- F--ED-/ A-B-c- d---B-/
d---B- A-B-G-/ F-D-D- D-----://

d---e- f--ed-/ g---e- f--ed-/
B---c- d---B-/ A-B-G- F--ED-/
d---e- f--ed-/ g---e- f--ed-/
B---d- A-B-G-/ F-D-D- D-----://

Sorry if this makes no sense... This is written as if it's played as a slide, with 12 beats to the bar, but slides are played pretty fast... Anyway, these are the note values. Someone who knows more than I about this whole ABC thing can go from here!
Good luck!
Deirdre

Whitmores75087 · Post by **Whitmores75087** » Fri Jan 03, 2003 5:31 pm

I've been exploring this site.
http://www.irishtunes.net
It's easy to navigate and full of interesting and sometimes not so well known tunes. Try "The Blackbird". It's under B. It's a song that rings bells in my head from my youth. I love it.

mvhplank · Post by **mvhplank** » Fri Jan 03, 2003 8:37 pm

I was stuck in D-minor jigs and reels for a while until my guitar-playing friend rebelled. But we'll still play Julia Delaney with enthusiasm.

I e-mailed the library at Notre Dame U, where Capt. O'Neill's collection resides, and they offered the opinion that Julia was a grand-daughter or niece of the man. There are lots of "Delaney" tunes in O'Neill's, but I like that one the best.

M