May I please take advantage of your collective knowledge and experience? I'm involved in a winter pageant for lack of a better term, kind of a cross between a Choral concert and variety show. Here's my request. The director has asked if I could play a "minor jig type thing" while a group of devils (20 ten year olds with horns and pitch forks)dance across the stage. I have few minor tunes in my repertoire, but I thought it would be interesting to hear your suggestions. I guess this is what I'm looking for. I don't believe the tune actually needs to be a jig, just a dark haunting sounding melody, and it should be relatively simple as I may have to teach it to a young fiddle player on short notice. I will be playing a mandolin incase that influences your suggestions..
How bout Dever the Dancer? slip jig. I remember playing that once while there were dancers in glow in the dark skeletons dancing, it was cool! Although I dunno if it works for boys dancing slip jigs???
Another slip jig - Paddy Cronin had a crooked old Scottish setting of 'Fig for a Kiss'. It's on Breanndan Begley and Caoimhin o'Raghallaigh's little album FYH, and might be up on Caoimhin's myspace page too, for a listen.
Hi fife,
You may want to give a quick listen to Abbot Bromley's Horn Dance http://www.kitchenmusician.net/smoke/abbots.html
This is not my favorite interpretation, but the sheet music versions all seem to cost money...
A slip jig called 'The Butterfly' seems to be an appropriate haunting type of tune for such an occasion. Strange how the slip jig seems to fit ten year olds with horns and pitchforks, as opposed to the double jig 'The Rambling Pitchfork'..
St Annes reel played in a minor key==called satans reel. You will find it on the Hockley valley music camp web site under the section of 'evil fiddle tunes'
THank you very much, all of you. I had already been thinking about The Butterfly, Tamlin is a GREAT IDEA, and I can't believe I didn't think of Stonehenge. I'v just returned from rehearsal, and now have a visual idea of what's happening. I am now going to open a beer, fill my pipe, and take a look at the rest of your ideas. I greatly appreciate you input.
seeking your suggestions
seeking your suggestions
May I please take advantage of your collective knowledge and experience? I'm involved in a winter pageant for lack of a better term, kind of a cross between a Choral concert and variety show. Here's my request. The director has asked if I could play a "minor jig type thing" while a group of devils (20 ten year olds with horns and pitch forks)dance across the stage. I have few minor tunes in my repertoire, but I thought it would be interesting to hear your suggestions. I guess this is what I'm looking for. I don't believe the tune actually needs to be a jig, just a dark haunting sounding melody, and it should be relatively simple as I may have to teach it to a young fiddle player on short notice. I will be playing a mandolin incase that influences your suggestions..
# Posted on December 29th 2007 by fife
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How bout Dever the Dancer? slip jig. I remember playing that once while there were dancers in glow in the dark skeletons dancing, it was cool! Although I dunno if it works for boys dancing slip jigs???
# Posted on December 29th 2007 by violynne
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Another slip jig - Paddy Cronin had a crooked old Scottish setting of 'Fig for a Kiss'. It's on Breanndan Begley and Caoimhin o'Raghallaigh's little album FYH, and might be up on Caoimhin's myspace page too, for a listen.
Reels? The Tempest. D minor is so underplayed!
--DtM
# Posted on December 29th 2007 by Dan the Man
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Hi fife,
You may want to give a quick listen to Abbot Bromley's Horn Dance http://www.kitchenmusician.net/smoke/abbots.html
This is not my favorite interpretation, but the sheet music versions all seem to cost money...
It's a genuinely spooky sounding tune.
# Posted on December 29th 2007 by morning star
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http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/217
# Posted on December 29th 2007 by Kenny
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"Stonehenge" by Spinal Tap is the ideal tune.
# Posted on December 29th 2007 by bodhran bliss
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Three dead simple, two-string minor key tunes come to mind:
The Wild One (jig, Ddor)
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5891
Danse Breton (march, Emin - probably the easiest of these three)
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6932
Up and Down Again (slip jig, Emin/Gmaj - sounds really hypnotic when played several times in a row)
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4445
# Posted on December 29th 2007 by Tall, Dark, and Mysterious
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Tuttle's is a D minor reel that should keep the little divils capering, and shouldn't be too hard on the young fiddler.
# Posted on December 29th 2007 by drone
Re: seeking your suggestions
A slip jig called 'The Butterfly' seems to be an appropriate haunting type of tune for such an occasion. Strange how the slip jig seems to fit ten year olds with horns and pitchforks, as opposed to the double jig 'The Rambling Pitchfork'..
# Posted on December 29th 2007 by Free Reed
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How about Trip to Pakistan?
# Posted on December 29th 2007 by sbhikes
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never work with children or animals
# Posted on December 29th 2007 by showaddydadito
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St Annes reel played in a minor key==called satans reel. You will find it on the Hockley valley music camp web site under the section of 'evil fiddle tunes'
# Posted on December 29th 2007 by eajarecsni
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I think Jump at the Sun (J. Kirkpatrick) might be suitable.
# Posted on December 30th 2007 by kuec
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Tamlin is the spookiest tune I know. And simple.
# Posted on December 30th 2007 by jig
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THank you very much, all of you. I had already been thinking about The Butterfly, Tamlin is a GREAT IDEA, and I can't believe I didn't think of Stonehenge. I'v just returned from rehearsal, and now have a visual idea of what's happening. I am now going to open a beer, fill my pipe, and take a look at the rest of your ideas. I greatly appreciate you input.
Happy New Year
Marc Bernier
# Posted on December 30th 2007 by fife
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I'm late to the party, but what about One Too Many, followed by Tam Lin?
# Posted on December 30th 2007 by cathrynb