flute clips

[Gabriel]

Gabriel:
Great sound! I notice you speed up considerably in the B part of the flute piece. I don't think you breathe too much.

Thanks!

Yep, it's true that I speed up. It always happens, even if I try to keep the speed...demo effect I guess
Works better with other musicians together...

Ah, and thanks for that metronome. Works great!

[rh]

rh,
nice playing, too - your flute has a nice buzz.

I also took a recording and added it to my signature. I'm happy to read your comments

thanks for the comment. your clips sound good -- nice solid tone you have. the whistle clip is really good too. i have a bleazey too, don't play it much but i might have to give it a turn after hearing your clip. thanks for posting.

[Bill Reeder]

Free Metronome:
check out the Weird Metronome
Simple, free, uses midi sounds, programmable, great for any rhythmns.

I've used this off and on for a while. It's kind of fun and I like it too.

[cocusflute]

Now's your chance to get even for all the times I've been cranky.
It's a lovely tune. Wish I could do it justice.

Reavy’s Barn Dance

(Many thanks to Hans and to Rama)

[rh]

It's a lovely tune. Wish I could do it justice.

lovely indeed, and well rendered. great lift, i enjoyed it very much. i love barndances and germans, i should learn some more of them.

thanks for kicking our arses into posting some clips.

[NicoMoreno]

hans,

The jig is called Cornelius Curtin's Big Balloon. It is played by the great Paddy Carty, among others, although that would most likely be the oldest recording.

CORNELIUS CURTIN'S BIG BALLOON (Balún Mór Chonchúir Mhic Cruitín). AKA and see “Captain Holmes,” “Hide and Go Seek.” Irish, Jig. E Minor. Standard. AAB. Fiddler Con Curtain ran a pub for many years in Fulham, south London called The Balloon, (or The Big Balloon), though most Irish music session pubs were north of the river. Of late he and his wife Anne run a pub in Brosna, north Kerry. Con gives what he considers irrelevancies short shrift, guitarist Paul de Grae relates, as he did on one occasion when a visitor to Con's pub complained of the absence of a lock on the men’s toilet door. Expletives deleted, Con's reply was that he had never heard of anyone in Kerry stealing sh*t. Sligo flute player Tommy Healy has been credited with coming up with the title in lieu of the original one which had been lost. Source for notated version: flute player Paddy Carty (Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 22, pg. 11. Shanachie 29001, "Paddy Carty."

[hans]

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T:The Dances At Kinvara
R:Barn Dance
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed heard of them from a friend, 
N:but never visited Kinvara himself.  
N:He has long cherished this
N:unfulfilled wish.
K:G
(3DEF|G2 B2 BdBG|c2 D2 [F3A3] G|FGAB cdef|gfaf gd^cd|
B2 G2 DBcB|A2 D2 [F3A3] G|FGAB cAFA|G2 B2 G2:||
GA|B2 dB c2 e2|d2 b2 b3 f|agfe dcBA|G2 g2 g2 (3def|
g2 dB e2 cA|d2 BG [E2C2] AF|FGAB cAFA
|G2 B2 G2:||

From compositions by Ed Reavy: Reavycom.abc

[hans]

hans,

The jig is called Cornelius Curtin's Big Balloon. It is played by the great Paddy Carty, among others, although that would most likely be the oldest recording.
....

Very interesting. The tune as transcribed here Cornelius Curtin's Big Balloon is similar, but not quite the same.

[greenspiderweb]

Now's your chance to get even for all the times I've been cranky. It's a lovely tune. Wish I could do it justice.

Reavy’s Barn Dance

(Many thanks to Hans and to Rama)

OK, for all the times you were cranky: much too happy a tune for you to play...

For the times you've been very helpful and instructive: lovely tune, rock solid timing and nice delivery!

Thanks for the tune!

[greenspiderweb]

rh,
nice playing, too - your flute has a nice buzz.

I also took a recording and added it to my signature. I'm happy to read your comments

thanks for the comment. your clips sound good -- nice solid tone you have. the whistle clip is really good too. i have a bleazey too, don't play it much but i might have to give it a turn after hearing your clip. thanks for posting.

Agreed! Gabriel, you and your Reviol are a good team! I liked your tone also!

[michael c]

Now's your chance to get even for all the times I've been cranky.
It's a lovely tune. Wish I could do it justice.

Reavy’s Barn Dance

(Many thanks to Hans and to Rama)

Great job! I'll be in Kinvara next week and maybe dancing into north Clare. Hopefully I'll hear more tunes like that when I'm there.

[Cathy Wilde]

Michael -- if y'all see any barns dancing next week, hit the ground. It's a tornado.

[michael c]

Barnes Wallace??? That was a fairly destructive cargo too, I think.

[Cathy Wilde]

Thank god it didn't land on my Barnes Noble.