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Patrick wrote:Just FYI, there are not 48 states. There are 50.

Still? I thought there were at least 60 by now, after the recent feeding frenzy.

Sometimes when phrasing a tune I fall back on that old "question and answer" crutch from music school. However, a few tunes work well this way. The one i have in mind is the A part of "Lark in the Morning". Variety seems to be the most important thing. Was it Brad who mentioned ...

Hello, i'm new here too, and hopefully i'm not bungling this reply... :boggle: Phrasing is really where it's at, it's the most important part of playing. Much more important than ornamentation, for example. Unfortunately, phrasing doesn't come easily (at least not to me). In Irish music, it's very i...

I just got (couple of weeks ago) my 6-key Cotter. A beautiful flute, powerful, expressive, in tune, harder to play than my M&E, but not too hard, overall. I'm very happy with it.

In the end, it's all a question of taste, but the "Black Album" was what got me started in Irish music, years ago, and it's still a great source of inspiration. I don't get tired of listening to it. It's not overstated, it's just the flute and zouki (and excellent zouki work, by the way, b...