Hello all,
I'm a bit curious about the tune type, the Fling. I learned a couple off the mulcahy family cd but know nothing about them. I was wondering if people could tell me more about them and if people could lead me the way to finding more, seeing as i only know like 4 or 5.
Thank you,
Geoff Maher
Could someone also tell me the difference between that, a scottische, a highland, and a march? Are they all the same? Are they all slightly different?! The March I'm most familiar with and I'm getting to know the Highland better. Or am I?
There are differences in tunes that are often subtle, and essentially the same tune, with different accents and tempo, can become a different type of tune depending on how you play it, and what tradition it has fallen into. A fling can become a reel, a march can become a polka, and the vice versa is true as well. Whether or not a tune is a fling is often more apparent from how it is played than how it is notated.
Flings
Flings
Hello all,
I'm a bit curious about the tune type, the Fling. I learned a couple off the mulcahy family cd but know nothing about them. I was wondering if people could tell me more about them and if people could lead me the way to finding more, seeing as i only know like 4 or 5.
Thank you,
Geoff Maher
# Posted on October 19th 2006 by insert username here
Re: Flings
While were on this sort of topic...
Could someone also tell me the difference between that, a scottische, a highland, and a march? Are they all the same? Are they all slightly different?! The March I'm most familiar with and I'm getting to know the Highland better. Or am I?
Thanks for making this, Geoff! =P
cheers,
Armand
# Posted on October 20th 2006 by fiddlinviolinin
Re: Flings
Ask "Ceolachan."
# Posted on October 20th 2006 by slainte
Re: Flings
Hey Geoff, Flings are brilliant tunes & these old threads should answer your questions:
Flings:
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/10585/comments#comment218867
Barndances, Germans, Hornpipes, Highlands, Flings, Highland Flings, Schottisches etc.
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/4149/comments#comment84671
Flings and Schottisches
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/9170/comments#comment194798
Flings -what are they????
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/1132/comments#comment17584
# Posted on October 20th 2006 by Ptarmigan
Re: Flings
There are differences in tunes that are often subtle, and essentially the same tune, with different accents and tempo, can become a different type of tune depending on how you play it, and what tradition it has fallen into. A fling can become a reel, a march can become a polka, and the vice versa is true as well. Whether or not a tune is a fling is often more apparent from how it is played than how it is notated.
# Posted on October 20th 2006 by AlBrown