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by benhall.1
Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:21 am
Forum: Flute Forum
Topic: Mazurkas - can anyone put names to these?
Replies: 21
Views: 3715

Re: Mazurkas - can anyone put names to these?

Yes exactly. I mean, I can now play 5 reels and 7 jigs on 'Woody', as he has become known.

... actually, of course, that's a lie ... I can play a two octave scale, one note at a time.
by benhall.1
Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:57 am
Forum: Flute Forum
Topic: Mazurkas - can anyone put names to these?
Replies: 21
Views: 3715

Re: Mazurkas - can anyone put names to these?

Rats! Why didn't the quotes work? Oh well, you get the gist ...
by benhall.1
Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:55 am
Forum: Flute Forum
Topic: Mazurkas - can anyone put names to these?
Replies: 21
Views: 3715

Re: Mazurkas - can anyone put names to these?

[/quote]The B part not included in O'Neill's does seem like more a straight waltz than a mazurka. Maybe it's an add-on to an original air that was the source of the mazurka-like A part?[/quote] The first sentence in the following in IRTRAD archives seems interesting in that respect: https://listserv...
by benhall.1
Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:31 pm
Forum: Flute Forum
Topic: Mazurkas - can anyone put names to these?
Replies: 21
Views: 3715

Re: Mazurkas - can anyone put names to these?

Right. I've looked ... and Kenny's dead right about the second one - it's "The Barnacle" all right. The first one appears to be called "Napper Tandy" and turns out to be in Roche - not a million miles from how I play it. A little bit different, but really not much. Interesting th...