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Especially during the recent All Ireland Fleadh the hoofers and brushdancers were fecking everywhere. Too much. :lol: In Eastern Canada every young fiddle player now seems to be expected to be able to hoof while playing. It was a bit of a novelty when Natalie McMaster and Ashley McThingy were doing...

You'll probably want to look into podorythmie. (Chiming in late as usual) I have lived in Québec for 30 years and have many friends in the trad-music community and I have to tell you I have grown to loathe this practice, or rather its ubiquitousness and lack of subtlety. I can still just about deal...

Mr.Gumby wrote:Try Brian Keenan's Turlough as well, for a fictionalised account (review).

Another one: http://charlesforan.com/wordpress/books ... -farewell/

Mr.Gumby wrote:Táim Sínte Ar Do Thuama - I don't know the name of the air, buit that's the song it's used here for.

Táim Cortha ó Bheith im'Aonar i Mo Luí

Nice. No doubt you also know the air from Jackie Daly's playing - named after another song (A Ógánaigh An Chúil Chraobhaigh).

Hi all, A celebration to mark the centenary of the birth of Packie Manus Byrne is to be held in Ardara, Co. Donegal from 17-19 February. http://donegalnews.com/2017/02/set-packie-manus-byrne-centenary-weekend/ For the occasion Packie Manus's memoirs, which have been out of print for a long time now,...

I'm reviving this old thread to let people know that 18 February 2017 will mark the centenary of Packie Manus's birth. A celebration is to be held in Ardara, Co. Donegal from 17-19 February. I can't go myself, I'm sad to say, but some of you might be able to: http://donegalnews.com/2017/02/set-packi...

It has something to do with the upper octave >fingers up for c# > fingers down for B > initial cut on B for the start of the roll. This combination is especially tricky for me. The initial cut sounds just too long and awkward, and is, of course, throwing off the rest of the roll. If the transition ...

jim stone wrote:I wonder what are the tunes' names.

The first one is usually called The Concert Reel and the second is Kiss the Maid Behind the Barrel.

benhall.1 wrote:I'm with colomon - D and G will do for me.

A little more inclusive but almost as simple: "anything with one or two sharps in the key signature".

I am sorry to hear this. Like Susan, I remember Moonlight and the rest of the gang from those lively sessions in the chat room. Peace be with her, and with you, Alan.

Leafing through a tunebook yesterday I saw the date on this great flute tune and realized that exactly a quarter of a century ago today (almost to the minute), I was lying in a New Jersey hotel bedroom (barely conscious, after some mighty sessions the night before) listening to my friend and musical...

It is pretty common to shift the emphasis in a tune by moving a 'normal' (short) roll and I am not sure the effect is the same as what Steve calls 'off beat rolls' eg: B2 ~B2 BGEF|GABd efg Well it's certainly a roll on an off-beat, but it's not really the same thing. You are showing up the shortcom...

I do think I need to make clear here that in my thinking about a roll I would follow Breathnach's description of the rhythm of a free hopping ball . I suspect this is another(?) juncture where thinking about this (ornamentation vs articulation) diverges. If you look at, for example, the jig Coppers...

Chiming in late as usual, I would answer the OP's sister by saying, "don't put them in until you know where to put them in." This sounds similar to Richard's "cheeky" statement, and similarly might either come across as unhelpful and dismissive... But I think there is a subtle di...