The Mason's Apron has been a crowd-puller for a couple of centuries, especially if you've got one or two virtuosos who can do spectacular variations (I've just been listening to it being played by The Dubliners).
The Green Fields Of Rossbeigh, as played on Geantra by Mairtin O'Connor and company. The set never really turns into a runaway freight train, but does not drag either. Lively, but not rushed.
Good stuff, I think
I'm surprised that nobody has stated the obvious - generally it's how you play a tune that makes it lively or not. Just about any old reel can be lively or dull. Tempo is not the only, or even the most important, variable. And the sooner a novice realizes all this, the better for them - and for everybody else
Lively Reels
Lively Reels
I am trying to source lively reels. Something to get musicians going as well as a crowd. Any suggestions will be much appreciated.
# Posted on August 2nd 2008 by belfastfifer
Re: Lively Reels
Brenda Stubbert's (A Dorian)
Repeal The Poll Tax (A Major)
The Gravel Walk (A Dorian)
Spootiskerry (G Major)
Susan Cooper (D Major)
( - Not necessarily in that order )
# Posted on August 2nd 2008 by nicholas
Re: Lively Reels
Have a look at John McSherry playing The Hunter's Purse. That's a good lively one...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEdtI0Hthqc
Watch these guys play Rip the Calico... it's the third tune...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVztCC37wlc
They're my top two reels at the moment.
# Posted on August 2nd 2008 by LowWhistler
Re: Lively Reels
The Windmill by Ciaran Tourish, my favorite tune at the moment.
# Posted on August 2nd 2008 by irishfiddler32
Re: Lively Reels
The Mason's Apron has been a crowd-puller for a couple of centuries, especially if you've got one or two virtuosos who can do spectacular variations (I've just been listening to it being played by The Dubliners).
# Posted on August 2nd 2008 by lazyhound
Re: Lively Reels
The Merry Sisters of Fate
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/623
Not sure about the visuals (??) but here's Lunasa tearing it up (first tune):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZl2Rr9B8C4
# Posted on August 2nd 2008 by gw
Re: Lively Reels
The Boys Of Malin (A Major)
# Posted on August 2nd 2008 by nicholas
Re: Lively Reels
The Green Fields Of Rossbeigh, as played on Geantra by Mairtin O'Connor and company. The set never really turns into a runaway freight train, but does not drag either. Lively, but not rushed.
Good stuff, I think
# Posted on August 2nd 2008 by Rook
Re: Lively Reels
Farrell O'Gara / Green Fields of Rossbeigh / Farewell to London
Miss Langton's / Tailor's Timble
Look to the old 78s. You'd be surprised at the amazing sets you'll find.
# Posted on August 2nd 2008 by PaddyCmusic
Re: Lively Reels
Mason's Apron/Temperance Reel/High Road to Linton
# Posted on August 2nd 2008 by jasbas
Re: Lively Reels
Lively reels are deadly.
# Posted on August 2nd 2008 by drone
Re: Lively Reels
oh...Foxhunter's!
# Posted on August 2nd 2008 by jasbas
Re: Lively Reels
Lord Mac Donald's and Peter's Street.
# Posted on August 3rd 2008 by sligofan
Re: Lively Reels
I meant Millbrae (A Major) in a post I made above, rather than Susan Cooper (D Major).
# Posted on August 3rd 2008 by nicholas
Re: Lively Reels
Is that lively as opposed to deadly? Are deadly reels poisonous? Will they kill you and make you ghostly and spirited?
# Posted on August 4th 2008 by fauxcelt
Re: Lively Reels
I'm surprised that nobody has stated the obvious - generally it's how you play a tune that makes it lively or not. Just about any old reel can be lively or dull. Tempo is not the only, or even the most important, variable. And the sooner a novice realizes all this, the better for them - and for everybody else
# Posted on August 5th 2008 by Jeeves Tones