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TheSilverSpear- Ive heard good things about Mickey Dunnes chanters. Do you have a sound clip or some contact details for him?

Cheers

Personally, i think smoking is wonderful and damn the Scottish Parliament for the ban

Not enough Im off to practise

Well said rick!!!!

Just a small comment on the mentioning of rules etc. Although there are rules out there such as tempo, key etc as UILLIAM mentioned above, the point for me of trad/folk music is that rules should be bent, twisted and even broken to explore new ideas and to get personal interpretations of things. Als...

Edited for stupidity and not readin the post right above which said what i just said then deleted.

Practising to be a piper.

Amazing tune by Jay Unger(sp?). Woudnt like to try it on the pipes tho...

Not ITM but if you want progressive trad music, check out Martyn Bennett. The greatest exponent of it, eclipses Afro Celt.

http://news.scotsman.com/archive.cfm?id=120772005

http://news.scotsman.com/archive.cfm?id=118752005

True, but as we are answering a question by a specific person, fiddlinviolinin, who if i gather correctly, has only recently started, then he may be better at the moment to stay in the first octave. Thats all i was meaning.

Or should the advice be - 'Hey beginners, whatever you do, don't try tunes that play into the 2nd octave, especially up to B!' No but a good grounding of fingering in the first octave will aid the 2nd octave, plus you have a lot to think about anyways, keep the octave down low until you have the be...

Yes, just as there is Highland, Orkney and Shetland music.

Ward's Jig in G is the one i started with, good for rolls and stays in the first ocatve.

Gaelic Psalm singing from Lewis!!

Very theraputic!