I've been playing a few tunes recently that I think are best described as "slip reels", since they're a bit different to 3/2 hornpipes. These tunes are to reels what slip jigs are to jigs, and they're tremendous fun! I have 3 so far, and was wondering if anyone knew of any more.
I'm sure they're tremendous fun when you've never heard them before and are trying to back them on a sunday afternoon after trying to kill your hangover with more pints right dow? :P
Dow, mate, that twisted bridge is REALLY bad. no, no, it's REALLY, REALLY bad. awful. not even a tune, more like an exercise. Other tunes are alright though...
The Twisted Bridge probably wouldn't be much fun in the non-harmony Irish music world. But with harmonies and counter melodies it can start out as fairly innocuous and build up to a raging monster. Wow, SirNose, that's REALLY BAAAD.
I heard a fantastic rendition at the Sunday concert of the Coldstream Border Gaitherin last year (or was it two years ago, or three?).
Hey Sirnose, enlighten me, how does a 3/2 hornpipe go in dum de dum de dum dum dum language?
Haven't noticed you on the board lately Thought you must have been sleeping.
SirNose - that tune is raw energy. No need for all the fancy twiddles and turns of your Scott-Skinners and Charlie Lennons. It says what it means and it means what it says. Perhaps it reminds you too much of yourself.
hey dow, I like the Up Downey Reel too! had some awesome tunes in melbourne this weekend with Nic, Rinn, Ado, Crust, Kate and all the crew at Dan O'Connells, thanks guys you rock!!(sorry to miss you though Sir Nose, maybe the 25th May ay??)
annnnnnyway dow, are you coming to goulburn, its going to be awesome!!!??
Is "Flaming Drones" by Nancy Kerr? I'd always assumed she wrote it as an "accompaniment" to play whilst she sings Dance to your daddy, (a 3:2)
Googling "Flaming drones" whilst excluding Kerr and Daddy loses all references to the tune.
I know there's one on the First Lunasa album, I accidentally went into it at a house session one time and confused the guitarist with it: http://thesession.org/tunes/display/2081
There's a good example of one of these "slip reels" on the album "Roughshod" by Horseplay, a band based around Durham (UK). It's Cas's Trip To Durham, composed by their piper Paul Martin, and it's fairly similar to The Twisted Bridge though neither is a copy/variation of the other. As an up-front driving tune on the Border Pipes it is excellent.
As it says in the comments section "The Twisted Bridge" is a bad translation. The tune should actually be translated as "The Famous Bridge". I believe it was written in the 50s (but that date could be wrong).
The Unusual Suspects include it on their CD (on track 6) and label the tune as traditional. It is not traditional though - I remember being told the name of the composer once.
I am not really sure of how you define slip reels, but how about la grondeuse as recorded by La bottine souriante on their album cordial. I believe this version is also in the book Dance ce soir. Would this be a slip reel?
Slip reels
Slip reels
I've been playing a few tunes recently that I think are best described as "slip reels", since they're a bit different to 3/2 hornpipes. These tunes are to reels what slip jigs are to jigs, and they're tremendous fun! I have 3 so far, and was wondering if anyone knew of any more.
The Twisted Bridge http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5151
La Grande Gigue Simple http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7194
The Flaming Drones http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7201
# Posted on May 14th 2007 by Dow
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I'm sure they're tremendous fun when you've never heard them before and are trying to back them on a sunday afternoon after trying to kill your hangover with more pints right dow? :P
# Posted on May 14th 2007 by late in the evening
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In all seriousness though. Crankin' tunes!
# Posted on May 14th 2007 by late in the evening
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Dow, mate, that twisted bridge is REALLY bad. no, no, it's REALLY, REALLY bad. awful. not even a tune, more like an exercise. Other tunes are alright though...
# Posted on May 14th 2007 by SirNose
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The Twisted Bridge probably wouldn't be much fun in the non-harmony Irish music world. But with harmonies and counter melodies it can start out as fairly innocuous and build up to a raging monster. Wow, SirNose, that's REALLY BAAAD.
I heard a fantastic rendition at the Sunday concert of the Coldstream Border Gaitherin last year (or was it two years ago, or three?).
# Posted on May 14th 2007 by DonaldK
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Hey Sirnose, enlighten me, how does a 3/2 hornpipe go in dum de dum de dum dum dum language?
Haven't noticed you on the board lately Thought you must have been sleeping.
# Posted on May 14th 2007 by mcknowall
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SirNose - that tune is raw energy. No need for all the fancy twiddles and turns of your Scott-Skinners and Charlie Lennons. It says what it means and it means what it says. Perhaps it reminds you too much of yourself.
# Posted on May 14th 2007 by ragaman
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You may think it's bad, SirNose, but then you like the Up Downey Reel, so I'll be taking your judgement with a very large handful of salt
# Posted on May 14th 2007 by Dow
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hey dow, I like the Up Downey Reel too! had some awesome tunes in melbourne this weekend with Nic, Rinn, Ado, Crust, Kate and all the crew at Dan O'Connells, thanks guys you rock!!(sorry to miss you though Sir Nose, maybe the 25th May ay??)
annnnnnyway dow, are you coming to goulburn, its going to be awesome!!!??
# Posted on May 14th 2007 by tombo
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Not if you're gonna play the Up Downey!
# Posted on May 14th 2007 by Dow
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oh come on Dow!!!! i ll play the Twisted Bridge if you play the Up Downey!!!
# Posted on May 14th 2007 by tombo
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Or we could play safe and stick to something good like Paddy Fahy tunes or whatever...
I just googled "slip reel" and found this set of new compositions http://www.cranfordpub.com/tunes/psc/slip_reel.htm.
# Posted on May 14th 2007 by Dow
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A grumpy accordian player at Girvan was heard to say
"Whatever happened to melody? Everybody just wants to play morse code these days!"
# Posted on May 14th 2007 by Johannes J
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I also found this http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5050,, but I think it's more like a normal 3/2 than a slip reel, so more marchy than reely.
# Posted on May 14th 2007 by Dow
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Awesome!... will have a go at the tune, sounded alright humming it!!
# Posted on May 14th 2007 by tombo
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Looks like that one in C I just gave the dots for has been recorded on track 10 of Anna Massie's "Glad Company". You can hear a clip of it here http://www.tradtunes.com/album_details.php?album_id=2684.
# Posted on May 14th 2007 by Dow
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Is "Flaming Drones" by Nancy Kerr? I'd always assumed she wrote it as an "accompaniment" to play whilst she sings Dance to your daddy, (a 3:2)
Googling "Flaming drones" whilst excluding Kerr and Daddy loses all references to the tune.
# Posted on May 14th 2007 by TomB-R
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All that info is in the comments section of the tune.
# Posted on May 14th 2007 by Dow
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PS there's no doubt as to the validity of the info. I got it from the liner notes of her CD.
# Posted on May 14th 2007 by Dow
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Doh!
Thanks
Tom
# Posted on May 14th 2007 by TomB-R
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I know there's one on the First Lunasa album, I accidentally went into it at a house session one time and confused the guitarist with it: http://thesession.org/tunes/display/2081
There's also one on LAU's album, I'm fairly sure.
# Posted on May 14th 2007 by Sean Clery
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There's a good example of one of these "slip reels" on the album "Roughshod" by Horseplay, a band based around Durham (UK). It's Cas's Trip To Durham, composed by their piper Paul Martin, and it's fairly similar to The Twisted Bridge though neither is a copy/variation of the other. As an up-front driving tune on the Border Pipes it is excellent.
# Posted on May 14th 2007 by nicholas
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As it says in the comments section "The Twisted Bridge" is a bad translation. The tune should actually be translated as "The Famous Bridge". I believe it was written in the 50s (but that date could be wrong).
The Unusual Suspects include it on their CD (on track 6) and label the tune as traditional. It is not traditional though - I remember being told the name of the composer once.
It is a great tune though.
# Posted on May 14th 2007 by No Cause For Alarm
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http://www.unusualsuspects.uk.com/listen.html
You can hear a clip of the tune here.
# Posted on May 14th 2007 by No Cause For Alarm
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Hey Dow,
I am not really sure of how you define slip reels, but how about la grondeuse as recorded by La bottine souriante on their album cordial. I believe this version is also in the book Dance ce soir. Would this be a slip reel?
# Posted on May 16th 2007 by Carabus
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La grondeuse = The grumbling woman
# Posted on May 16th 2007 by Carabus
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I learnt "The twisted bridge" from Jennifer Wrigley a couple of years ago- she said it was a pipe march.
# Posted on May 17th 2007 by RoisinB
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What would Jennifer Wrigley know?
It is quite marchy. I have always heard it described as a 6/4 reel.
But will folk please stop calling it the Twisted Bridge!
# Posted on May 17th 2007 by No Cause For Alarm
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Slip Reel... And I still have no clue what a mazurka is supposed to be.... I need to introduce this to my band now...
# Posted on November 6th 2007 by JosephofCK