I'm looking to buy a CD which is good to play along with. Something that has a good few musicians and with accompaniment (but not too much so as not to be able try accompany them yourself) preferabley.
Tunes not played lightening speed either. Don't mind fast but slower than Dervish!
Piano-accordionist Karen Tweed has produced CD's / cassettes which are said to be good for playing along with, details in "Recordings" section of this website.
Pat Mangans' Farewell to Ireland has fab tunes....fairly fast but awesome to play along to. oh, an Live @ Mona's is good too. I think Pat's cd is better though...
I get tired just listening to the Malloy, Brady, Peoples album, they play so fast! So unless a person has some of this slowing down software that folks talk about, I would save that album for more advanced lessons!
Just one off the top of my head that I used to play along with all the time (until I basically learned every tune off of it-- still go back to it though):
breda keville's new cd of gorgeous east galway music at a very unhurried speed is a great playalong. it is titled "the hop down." mike and mary rafferty's recordings of east galway flute & accordion music are wonderful for playing along. mary macnamara's cds of east clare tunes on concertina are super. and "garden of blutterflies," by one Tipsy House in San Francisco, is also a good playalong.
oh, and two more---dowager empress of the clare concertina kitty hayes, both her solo cd and her new cd with piper peter laban. i just learned the jigs she calls "cooley's jigs" on her first cd....
Quote: i just learned the jigs she calls "cooley's jigs" on her first cd....
Which you probably saw Kitty, Peter, Mick Kinsella and Maurice Coyle play in Feakle and later from that on TG4 's Feilte program
Also: look at the Se mo Laoch special on TG4 on sunday (10PM, with a repeat on tuesday 8 pm) on Kitty's life and music. Peter Laban, Claire keville, Brid O Donohuie, Dympna O Sullivan Tim Dennehy and others taking part and playing.
Good play-along CD's
Good play-along CD's
I'm looking to buy a CD which is good to play along with. Something that has a good few musicians and with accompaniment (but not too much so as not to be able try accompany them yourself) preferabley.
Tunes not played lightening speed either. Don't mind fast but slower than Dervish!
Thanks.
# Posted on October 3rd 2006 by 52Paddy
Re: Good play-along CD's
Something along the lines of Kevin Griffin "Across the Pond". And it would be great if they were all in the normal key (to avoid capos).
# Posted on October 3rd 2006 by 52Paddy
Re: Good play-along CD's
hmmm, slower than Dervish...well, that leaves just about everybody else!
# Posted on October 3rd 2006 by kennedy
Re: Good play-along CD's
Not sure about the speed issue, but Molly, Brady and Peoples is a great "play-along".
# Posted on October 3rd 2006 by stevebenn
Re: Good play-along CD's
Of course I meant Molloy .... Molly is a completely different thing all together!
# Posted on October 3rd 2006 by stevebenn
Re: Good play-along CD's
Paddy Keenan and Paddy Glackin "Doublin'" is quite good for "play along"
# Posted on October 3rd 2006 by t byrne
Re: Good play-along CD's
Piano-accordionist Karen Tweed has produced CD's / cassettes which are said to be good for playing along with, details in "Recordings" section of this website.
# Posted on October 3rd 2006 by nicholas
Re: Good play-along CD's
Try any of these for starters:
Andy McGann & Paddy Reynolds ~ http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/450
Fiddle Sticks ~ http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/202
An Historic Recording Of Irish Traditional Music by Paddy Canny, P.J. Hayes, Peader O'Loughlin, Bridie Lafferty ~ http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/868
Live at Mona's ~ http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/1120
# Posted on October 3rd 2006 by RogueFiddler
Re: Good play-along CD's
Pat Mangans' Farewell to Ireland has fab tunes....fairly fast but awesome to play along to. oh, an Live @ Mona's is good too. I think Pat's cd is better though...
# Posted on October 3rd 2006 by BE
Re: Good play-along CD's
I get tired just listening to the Malloy, Brady, Peoples album, they play so fast! So unless a person has some of this slowing down software that folks talk about, I would save that album for more advanced lessons!
# Posted on October 3rd 2006 by AlBrown
Re: Good play-along CD's
My strong recommendation is Brian Conway "First Through the Gate" - perfect! (bought it recently) http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/362
# Posted on October 3rd 2006 by RichardB
Re: Good play-along CD's
Check out Shannon Heaton's Oil for the Chain CD. It comes with a great tune book too.
# Posted on October 3rd 2006 by dbrown
Re: Good play-along CD's
How about Colm O'Donnell's "Farewell to Evening Dances."
# Posted on October 3rd 2006 by Why Bother?
Re: Good play-along CD's
Just one off the top of my head that I used to play along with all the time (until I basically learned every tune off of it-- still go back to it though):
Jimmy Noonan and company-- "The Maple Leaf" http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/170
# Posted on October 3rd 2006 by Jason G
Re: Good play-along CD's
breda keville's new cd of gorgeous east galway music at a very unhurried speed is a great playalong. it is titled "the hop down." mike and mary rafferty's recordings of east galway flute & accordion music are wonderful for playing along. mary macnamara's cds of east clare tunes on concertina are super. and "garden of blutterflies," by one Tipsy House in San Francisco, is also a good playalong.
# Posted on October 4th 2006 by ceemonster
Re: Good play-along CD's
Caoimhin O Raghallaigh and Mick O'Brien - 'Kitty Lie Over'
Joe Ryan and Gerdie Commane - 'Two Gentlemen of Clare Music'.
# Posted on October 4th 2006 by nicstar
Re: Good play-along CD's
Fiddlesticks which I know is available on the Foot Stompin' Web site.
# Posted on October 4th 2006 by cathrynb
Re: Good play-along CD's
oh, and two more---dowager empress of the clare concertina kitty hayes, both her solo cd and her new cd with piper peter laban. i just learned the jigs she calls "cooley's jigs" on her first cd....
# Posted on October 5th 2006 by ceemonster
Re: Good play-along CD's
Quote: i just learned the jigs she calls "cooley's jigs" on her first cd....
Which you probably saw Kitty, Peter, Mick Kinsella and Maurice Coyle play in Feakle and later from that on TG4 's Feilte program
Also: look at the Se mo Laoch special on TG4 on sunday (10PM, with a repeat on tuesday 8 pm) on Kitty's life and music. Peter Laban, Claire keville, Brid O Donohuie, Dympna O Sullivan Tim Dennehy and others taking part and playing.
See it on TG4 webtv.
# Posted on October 7th 2006 by <>-_-_-<>