I'm no expert, but I know what I like. You've done a fine job of posting the tunes. Now could you add flesh to those bones by spouting on in the comments section? Do you play these as a set? Or are there other tunes you pair them with? They all sound Scottish to my ear, eh? Also, it's helpful to hear your sense of what tempo suits them best, any suggested variations, etc.
Thanks Guys - I'll put some comments out there. I am very curious about something you said David. First of all - Paddy Glackin also plays the Darby tune. He is also a Donegal fiddler.
Between your comment and the Paddy Glackin correlation, I just realized that the tunes could be specialized. I just though it was a matter the style applied to each tune.
The tunes don't demand that they be played in a certain style do they? Interesting.-
The tunes themselves may not demand it, but your ear might, depending on how much ITM you've listened to. All three of the tunes you posted sound "northern" to me, and that would steer me toward a "northern" approach to bowing and playing them--mostly single bow strokes, perhaps some bowed triplets tossed in, and probably using a tempo and phrasing to emphasize that march feel.
Some tunes are less adaptable to different styles than others. Highlands, for example, are most prominent in the Donegal repertoire, and I can't think of a highland that I've ever heard played in a non-Donegal style--most ITM musicians wouldn't feel comfortable trying to pin a fluid, rolling, highly ornamented swing (a la Sligo, say) to a highland. It just wouldn't fit.
To my ears, the same applies to many other tunes. When I play Dinkie's or Gravel Walks or the Shetland Fiddler, they come with "northern" bowing rhythm, and phrasing. It just wouldn't be satisfying to attempt something else.
Other tunes are more adaptable. I've heard (and posted some examples on another thread) the Star of Munster in nearly every regional style--Donegal, Sligo, East Clare, West Clare, Galway, etc.
Hey Expert Tune Posters
Hey Expert Tune Posters
I just posted three tunes
Charlie Hunter
Darby Gallagher
and
The Maho Snaps
Tell me if I should do anything differently to make them more appropriate for the Session. I hope you enjoy them.
Mark
# Posted on June 27th 2002 by Mark Cordova
Re: Hey Expert Tune Posters
I'm no expert, but I know what I like. You've done a fine job of posting the tunes. Now could you add flesh to those bones by spouting on in the comments section? Do you play these as a set? Or are there other tunes you pair them with? They all sound Scottish to my ear, eh? Also, it's helpful to hear your sense of what tempo suits them best, any suggested variations, etc.
Anyway, thanks for the tchunes, Mark....
# Posted on June 27th 2002 by Will Harmon
Re: Hey Expert Tune Posters
The last one, The Maho Snaps, was composed by an Irishman, a Notherner, I think - I can't remember who. I'll find out.
Darby Gallagher's was in Johnny Doherty's repertoire (he called it a march, rather than a jig), so I suppose it's a Donegal tune.
# Posted on June 28th 2002 by CreadurMawnOrganig
Re: Hey Expert Tune Posters
Thanks Guys - I'll put some comments out there. I am very curious about something you said David. First of all - Paddy Glackin also plays the Darby tune. He is also a Donegal fiddler.
Between your comment and the Paddy Glackin correlation, I just realized that the tunes could be specialized. I just though it was a matter the style applied to each tune.
The tunes don't demand that they be played in a certain style do they? Interesting.-
# Posted on June 28th 2002 by Mark Cordova
Re: Hey Expert Tune Posters
The tunes themselves may not demand it, but your ear might, depending on how much ITM you've listened to. All three of the tunes you posted sound "northern" to me, and that would steer me toward a "northern" approach to bowing and playing them--mostly single bow strokes, perhaps some bowed triplets tossed in, and probably using a tempo and phrasing to emphasize that march feel.
Some tunes are less adaptable to different styles than others. Highlands, for example, are most prominent in the Donegal repertoire, and I can't think of a highland that I've ever heard played in a non-Donegal style--most ITM musicians wouldn't feel comfortable trying to pin a fluid, rolling, highly ornamented swing (a la Sligo, say) to a highland. It just wouldn't fit.
To my ears, the same applies to many other tunes. When I play Dinkie's or Gravel Walks or the Shetland Fiddler, they come with "northern" bowing rhythm, and phrasing. It just wouldn't be satisfying to attempt something else.
Other tunes are more adaptable. I've heard (and posted some examples on another thread) the Star of Munster in nearly every regional style--Donegal, Sligo, East Clare, West Clare, Galway, etc.
Does this make sense?
# Posted on June 28th 2002 by Will Harmon
Re: Hey Expert Tune Posters
It makes perfect sense. Thanks.
Mark
# Posted on June 28th 2002 by Mark Cordova