What tunes are ye working on?

boomerang · Post by **boomerang** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:02 pm

fearfaoin wrote:
boomerang wrote:... the athol highlanders
Man, I don't know what it is about the arpeggios in the B part of Athol Highlanders, but I just
can't seem to keep up with them. It sounds really muddy (especially the Adf part). That song is
my nemesis!

colomon · Post by **colomon** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:23 pm

No surprise there -- the D fingerings must be much closer to the way it would have originally have been played on Highland bagpipes. (And if you play it that way on an A whistle, it will come out in the normal key signature.)

bjs · Post by **bjs** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 7:46 am

thought I'd try The Gravel Walk but how do I deal with those 5 second octave a's in a row? The middle three being a triple.
Brian

Wormdiet · Post by **Wormdiet** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 9:42 am

colomon wrote:No surprise there -- the D fingerings must be much closer to the way it would have originally have been played on Highland bagpipes. (And if you play it that way on an A whistle, it will come out in the normal key signature.)

Every time this tune comes up in a session a little voice in my head says "Play this! You know it!" so I start playing along. I'm fine for a few measures and then I start using GHB fingerings (IE transposing the whole thing down to D), and often cause a train wreck. For some reason other tunes I first learned on GHB don't cause this.

So I wimped out and ordered a low A flute.

thought I'd try The Gravel Walk but how do I deal with those 5 second octave a's in a row? The middle three being a triple.
Brian

I've been making fair progress on it so far - the only part that's still sticky is the 4th part. For the second part, I've found tonguing to articulate the octave jumps is the way to go. After the second part comes, it's not insurmountable. Go for it!

DRC · Post by **DRC** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 10:53 am

Right now, we're concentrating more on songs.

Siuil A Run
Last Rose of Summer (Walking in the Air)
A Winter's Night in Dublin (original; music & lyrics by DC)
Isle of Innisfree
Culloden's Harvest
Mary L McKay (our own version)

DC
SlipJig Celtic Band

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 3:52 pm

PhilO · Post by **PhilO** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 7:47 pm

Brother Gildas' Jig, Legacy Jig, Tommy People's Jig, Musical Priest.

Philo

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 8:42 pm

I haven't learned a new tune in months. I play the same ones over and over.

I've never been one of those people who can learn a new tune every other day, though. For whatever reason, it takes me a while to fully "get" a them. It took me a few weeks to learn Drowsy Maggie, but that was a couple years ago.

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 9:12 pm

Heck I can't play Drowsy Maggie right after years. It's a mental/physical block or something.

I absolutely love Gravel Walk. A great tune.

I'm still wading through the tunes on the No Excuses Celtic cd I got for Christmas.

I've got Out on the Ocean up to speed and can play along with the DVD session. Still working on The Rambling Pitchfork and Pay the Reckoning. I've gotten the two slip jigs on there- A Fig for a Kiss and Willie Clancy's down pretty well, although a few slip ups at speed. The two Scottish tunes on this tutor- The Laird of Drumblair and St. Kilda Wedding are really rough at present and are going to take a while.

I just love thisCD/ DVD. It's great for those of us out in the areas where there are NO sessions. It gives a great chance to learn the tunes slower, then play along with the session or even omit different instruments and play their parts along with the rest of the group. Lots of fun.

Elmore · Post by **Elmore** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 2:46 pm

I have recently worked out a tune by saxophonist Joshua Redmond called "Our Minuet". Basically the melody and bridge. It is a beautiful tune that to me sounds a bit Celtic.

Elmore · Post by **Elmore** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 7:50 pm

...and now for something completely different...John Philip Sousa's Liberty Bell March

walker · Post by **walker** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 4:11 am

Gravel Walks and My Funny Valentine (be Ben Webster on whistle-harder to imagine with high whistles than low-the melody is easy, not as many options for improvisation. Guess I've got to work on half-holing).

Take Care,
Walker

Elmore · Post by **Elmore** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 7:43 am

Just this morning I found a missing part of "American Patrol", just in time for the 4th. I need a few more marches and I'll be set.

Fishie · Post by **Fishie** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 7:58 am

cowtime wrote:Heck I can't play Drowsy Maggie right after years. It's a mental/physical block or something.

Lol! I have the same thing with fig for a kis. It's one of the first tunes I "learned", but I still screw it up.

Elmore · Post by **Elmore** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 9:52 am

Still need to hone my version of "American Patrol" based on Glen Miller's arrangement but now have turned my attention to a tune called "Jessica" by Dickey Betts and recorded by the Allman Brothers Band. It's a nice instrumental that to me sounds a bit Irish or Celtic. I don't know...a lot of what I play seems to sound that way. Maybe it's the fact that I am playing on a whistle...or maybe it's the Irish Spring soap I've been showering with.

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