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| Even MORE Traditional Music! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| O'Carolans Welcome | This tune reminds me of my friend Malaika. She is a great dancer, and one of my favorite waltz partners. She's also as great in a bar fight as Turlough O'Carolan. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Three Irish reels: The Rose Tree/New Potatos/Miss McLeods. The first and last reel are pretty ubiquitous to irish session music. The middle reel is hardly ever played for some reason... perhaps because it sounds kind of like the theme song of 'Gilligan's Island.' | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Three Reels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blackberry Blossom | This is a classic American fiddle tune. When I was learning to play the banjo, this tune gave me more trouble than any other three combined. Gee... it's a lot easier to play on the computer! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A grand English Morris tune. This is just one of several possible interpretations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jockey to the Fair | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turkey In The Straw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This old chestnut was reputedly written by a fourteen year old boy, who played it at the first national fiddler's competition -- on a cigar box fiddle he made himself. He won the competition, too. I don't know whether it is truth or myth. It's a good story either way. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A fyne dance and tune. I went a little beyond the norm in the arrangement. I do that sometimes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Fyne Companion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Irish Lady | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I had too many ideas for voicings in this tune, and it shows! When I got to the ninth voice I realized I'd reached full sonic saturation. If I went a little beyond the norm in the previous tune, I went whole hog beyond it on this one. I do that sometimes, too. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hell Among The Yearlings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This is an old time fiddle tune. I'm not sure whether 'yearlings' refers to cattle or young-uns... either way it's a fun tune. Yee HAW! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A fine irish tune. The title reminds me of the first morris team my wife was on. They called themselves 'The Crafty Maids.' When they realized that we were calling them 'The Sneaky B*tch*s' they changed the name of the team. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Wise Maid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas Traveller | This is probably one of the most ubiquitous american fiddle tunes there is. I like it anyway. I did three settings of the tune. The first one is old-time/new england style, the second is bluegrass, and the last is straight old-time fiddle style. The melodic differences are minor, but noticeable. I got these settings from 'The Fiddler's Fake Book,' a great source for fiddle tunes from all over the world. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The title of this english country dance tune is somewhat ambiguous: does it refer to a place of punishment, diseased cattle, or that horrible corn chowder I made? I dunno. It's a nice tune though. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grimstock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Give the Fiddler a Dram | Here's another American fiddle tune. I like the tune, and I think the sentiment is right on... especially if I am the fiddler! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This is a delightful American contra dance tune. It is one of my all-time favorites. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Barham Downs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I found this little gem in Playford's Dancing Master. It's a nice tune, albeit a little too happy and sweet for something like a gun. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Gun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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