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BTW, I'm left handed. I've read somewhere that this can make a difference as to how much strain is caused by turning one's head left and hunching the left shoulder. A simple test - try kissing your right shoulder and then your left. If your right handed, you'll probably find it more natural to the r...

When I first started playing the flute, I played “on the shoulder” and used piper’s grip. For me, this seemed a very natural way to hold the flute and I never experienced any excessive tension, cramping, or whatever. Later, I read (on C&F among other places), that piper’s grip was not the prefer...

A few of Harry Bradley:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNzMG_cpNM4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6HQ0msj ... ed&search=

Thanks guys. I realize that a computer generated "drum track" cannot replicate the real rhthym or swing of a tune. But with almost no clue about music theory (whats a bar?, what's an eighth note?), I just needed some basic info.

cheers,

SteveB

Hello all, In an effort to correct my abyssmal tempo & rhythm problems, I recently downloaded this on-line metronome: http://www.pinkandaint.com/weirdmet.shtml Is there anyone out there who uses this and knows how to set it to give the proper beat for different tune types (reels, jigs, polkas, e...

Check out the archived shows on TG4 featuring the singer Sarah Anne O'Neill and concertina player Kitty Hayes. http://www.tg4.ie/bearla/Webt/webt.htm Both speak only in English for interviews with Irish language television, so I assume they're both monoglot english speakers. Poor souls. If only they...

talasiga wrote: traditional irish music is music that can only be performed well if you can speak the Irish language ...... I think that this may bit of an oversimplification. While songs composed and performed in Irish may be the most ancient and revered, the english language (like it or not!) has...

djm wrote: "Newfy music is Newfy music". Just to clarify, the term "Newfy" (or "Newfie" as is it most often spelled), is considered a bit derogatory by many Newfoundlanders these days, especially when used by non-Newfoundlanders. Most don't mind the term when someone wh...

Overall, I think that the problem with “cheapies” are somewhat exaggerated. Most all the Generations, Feadogs, Clarks, Oaks, etc. that I’ve ever tooted on have been perfectly servicable. Sure you get the odd one that is really defective (they are cheap and mass produced afterall!) but rarely are the...

I’ve had a Dixon Trad for over 2 months now and it has become my overall favourite. The “trad” moniker is apt because, IMHO, it sounds, plays, (and costs!) as I think a whistle should. As your run of the mill amateur who wants to play ITM on the whistle, I can’t see myself needing anything beyond th...

The hole spacing on cylindical flutes is typically much wider than on proper conical flutes, particularily on the gap between holes 5 & 6 . I can’t say for sure because I’ve never played/seen one, but I assume the same goes for the cylindrical Tony Dixon PVC flute. You’d likely find a conical fl...

Hello all, my wife is looking for some lessons in dadgad guitar. She's played guitar (standard tuning only) and sang (mostly trad ballads) for years, but now would like to learn dadgad for accompanying tunes. She has checked out Siamsa school of irish music here in Montreal, but found their guitar c...

very nice photos indeed (wish I could have been there!). However, I couldn't find the sound files on the site. Could someone point a technologically challenged brother in the right direction?

SteveB

it's John Ryan's Polka. This this tune was part of a very famous set (Dennis Murphy's/The 42 Pound Cheque/John Ryan's) found on Planxty's Cold Blow & the Rainy Nignt album.

cheers,

SteveB

I went with the more traditional elliptical embrochure for my Mcgee rudall. I'm a new player, but FWIW, I'm very happy it. As I get used to it, I'm starting to get a nice reedy tone and very nice, loud, bottom D. It's not at all "dead" or "boehm-like" as I've sometimes heard some...