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Crazy reels

does any1 no any really fun tunes to play that sound good but aren't that hard...especially on banjo!

# Posted on June 10th 2008 by banjo-craze

Re: Crazy reels

Here's some really crazy tunes
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6621
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7609
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3116
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2963

# Posted on June 10th 2008 by bogman

Re: Crazy reels

have you ever had a go at clumsy lover. The faster you play the better. Speed up towards the end.

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/16

this was originally written as a piping tune. go to this piping sitte and scroll down to clumsy lover

http://web.ripnet.com/~nimmos/music.html

# Posted on June 10th 2008 by belfastfifer

Re: Crazy reels

Crazy cheesiness:
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3825
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3352

Traditional show-off tunes:
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/196
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1091

Um... not-quite-so-traditional show-off tunes:
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/8196 (yay!)
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2589
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7588 (this was actually written for banjo)

Very cool, and sometimes weird, though not exactly what I'd call *crazy* tunes:
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1006
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/346
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/8196
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3817
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/8566
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7809

And some crazy chromaticism:
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/8417

# Posted on June 11th 2008 by Joe CSS

Re: Crazy reels

Why is it always banjo players who submit these threads?

Oh well.
On the off chance you may be inspired to learn a not crazy tune...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxwr4Zf4pdk

# Posted on June 11th 2008 by Hugo Chavez

Re: Crazy reels

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXlGOp8iDgI

# Posted on June 11th 2008 by slainte

Re: Crazy reels

Sorry, that's a jig.

# Posted on June 11th 2008 by slainte

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''have you ever had a go at clumsy lover. The faster you play the better. Speed up towards the end.''

aaARGH please no, It just sounds so much better played at an easy pace. All the lilt is lost, the beauty, it just becomes a blur of notes , Look how fast I can play' egocentric display. A cracking 5 part reel, murdered by so many.

you want tunes to play fast? try;
the concertina reel
Anything for john joe
pinch of snuff
foxhunters

I like a fast tune as much as anyone. But speed is the result of relaxation.which is the result of confidence, which is the result of a lot of hard work and dedication.

some tunes like it, some dont.

# Posted on June 11th 2008 by jig

5 part reel ?

6 part hornpipe.

# Posted on June 11th 2008 by Kenny

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Jesus Jig, you're some man - more with the hard work...toil and sweat.

Its not all about that.
There's more to life than music. Most people I know that play have jobs. Music is their switch off from that stuff. But not work.

Going to pubs from a young age, playing the same tunes with your family and friends is your childhood - not work. Play music rather than doing homework. NOT WORK.....or was it always work for you?

(Don't tell me who said what, or how long you've been playing for. I know)

# Posted on June 12th 2008 by Hugo Chavez