I'm trying to find a song with a good push to it, like scarce o tatties, but I'm havin some trouble :( any suggestions? Im not so much a fan of songs in major keys though too...... King of the Fairies was good too....and islay rant...so I guess spooky tunes too..... but islay rant isn't spooky....Thanx for your help!
Sean Ryan's (aka The Castle, and The Nightingale)
Jimmy Ward's Favourite
Scatter the Mud
Tripping Upstairs
Connaughtman's Rambles
McGoldrick's
Morrison's
I don't understand this "jigs you can drive" and "tunes with a push to them" stuff. Surely it's just the way you play them. You can drive any tune, or lay back on them or whatever. And I'm not talking tempo.
the mountains of pomeroy is always a good one aswell as Roddy McCorley or the boys of wexford. Heres the weblink to a good enough set of marches or songs
I know you said you 're not a fan of tunes in major keys, however I play the following tune following scarce o'tatties: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/324
the change from minor to major is nice.
I usually return back to scarce o'tatties afterwards.
There's some lovely chord progressions in both tunes too.
...Need to add, that in the Stan Chapman's jig I do tend to swing the triplets a bit in keeping with scarce o'tatties.....that's how I like that particular set played that's all.
If you read music, google this songbook: Cape Breton Fiddlers... some really nice oldies and some original cape breton tunes. Even the major strathspeys have an "eerie" quality to them. Great book.
"I don't understand this "jigs you can drive" and "tunes with a push to them" stuff. Surely it's just the way you play them. You can drive any tune, or lay back on them or whatever. And I'm not talking tempo."
Truly, now? Tunes don't lend themselves better to one style of playing or another? All tunes are the same? Hallelujah!! My friend's Jeep can drive over massive boulders and through 5 feet of water or mud. Good to know that my Toyota Corolla will do just as well on that terrain.
Michael, yep, I agree. You can play any jig slow and wistful or driving and energetic, and everything between. But I've met Stephen (and just swapped him a tenor banjo), so I have a hunch at what he might be after. The jigs I suggested are just ones I've enjoyed playing with more drive than less, on occasion. Sure I play them elseways too.
My experience with dancers (the vast majority that is) is that the tune is irrelevant to them. Just so long as they have the right number of bars and it's the right speed - and played with the right lift of course.
However, the limited nature of what you can't do with the tunes on a banjo, no sustain, legato, glissando etc. does make it hard to play tunes in a languid or wistful way.
If your using a banjo and are looking for a jig "Glasgow City Police Pipers" is rock & roll, deceptively easy but hard to get right.
Find a pipe version & listen out for the funny wee bits which sit quite well on the banjo if you get them right. Scottish I know but then so is scarce of supuds,
wooo! thanx guys! I listened to your tunes you suggested, and added a bunch to my tunebook. I dont read music though, so I'm tabbing them. it works though. I really liked catharsis and that glasgow city police pipers too....um, I was gonna say something else but i forgot so....
I need help!
I need help!
I'm trying to find a song with a good push to it, like scarce o tatties, but I'm havin some trouble :( any suggestions? Im not so much a fan of songs in major keys though too...... King of the Fairies was good too....and islay rant...so I guess spooky tunes too..... but islay rant isn't spooky....Thanx for your help!
# Posted on April 22nd 2009 by steve...r
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Songs or tunes?
# Posted on April 22nd 2009 by Wyogal
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tunes
# Posted on April 22nd 2009 by steve...r
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Not exactly sure what kind of tunes you're after, but maybe try some of these? Scarce o'Tatties puts me in mind of them.
Fraher's
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/992
The Frieze Britches
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/34
Da Full Rigged Ship
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/878
The Price of My Pig
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4114
Catharsis
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/703
The Spy Czar (a Liz Carroll tune)
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/8504
# Posted on April 22nd 2009 by fuzzygreen
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Stool of Repentance
A Health to the Ladies
or do you mean jigs that you can drive? Such as:
Sean Ryan's (aka The Castle, and The Nightingale)
Jimmy Ward's Favourite
Scatter the Mud
Tripping Upstairs
Connaughtman's Rambles
McGoldrick's
Morrison's
# Posted on April 22nd 2009 by Will Harmon
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I don't understand this "jigs you can drive" and "tunes with a push to them" stuff. Surely it's just the way you play them. You can drive any tune, or lay back on them or whatever. And I'm not talking tempo.
# Posted on April 22nd 2009 by ...
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the mountains of pomeroy is always a good one aswell as Roddy McCorley or the boys of wexford. Heres the weblink to a good enough set of marches or songs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huT-w0cQ-JQ
# Posted on April 22nd 2009 by backerwannabe
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I know you said you 're not a fan of tunes in major keys, however I play the following tune following scarce o'tatties: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/324
the change from minor to major is nice.
I usually return back to scarce o'tatties afterwards.
There's some lovely chord progressions in both tunes too.
# Posted on April 22nd 2009 by Mairi028
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...Need to add, that in the Stan Chapman's jig I do tend to swing the triplets a bit in keeping with scarce o'tatties.....that's how I like that particular set played that's all.
# Posted on April 22nd 2009 by Mairi028
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If you read music, google this songbook: Cape Breton Fiddlers... some really nice oldies and some original cape breton tunes. Even the major strathspeys have an "eerie" quality to them. Great book.
# Posted on April 22nd 2009 by Fiddlechick7
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Gallaghers frolics
# Posted on April 22nd 2009 by zippydw
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"I don't understand this "jigs you can drive" and "tunes with a push to them" stuff. Surely it's just the way you play them. You can drive any tune, or lay back on them or whatever. And I'm not talking tempo."
Truly, now? Tunes don't lend themselves better to one style of playing or another? All tunes are the same? Hallelujah!! My friend's Jeep can drive over massive boulders and through 5 feet of water or mud. Good to know that my Toyota Corolla will do just as well on that terrain.
I'm off to the trails. Toodles.
# Posted on April 22nd 2009 by awildman
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The tunes are the body work, the shape, the curves, the lines. How you play them is the engine, the suspension, the brakes.
Where you play them is the terrain.
# Posted on April 22nd 2009 by ...
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pints is the fuel - morris dancers are the speed bumps (just kidding)
# Posted on April 22nd 2009 by airport
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[thump thump]
Hey, did we hit something?
I dunno, let's go back and check.
[thump thump]
Naw, I guess not, all good, lets go.
[thump thump]
# Posted on April 22nd 2009 by SWFL Fiddler
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lol! or [jingle thump thump] maybe?
# Posted on April 23rd 2009 by airport
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Michael, yep, I agree. You can play any jig slow and wistful or driving and energetic, and everything between. But I've met Stephen (and just swapped him a tenor banjo), so I have a hunch at what he might be after. The jigs I suggested are just ones I've enjoyed playing with more drive than less, on occasion. Sure I play them elseways too.
# Posted on April 23rd 2009 by Will Harmon
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Do dancers respond exactly the same to all tunes, then, if they're all played in the same manner?
# Posted on April 23rd 2009 by awildman
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My experience with dancers (the vast majority that is) is that the tune is irrelevant to them. Just so long as they have the right number of bars and it's the right speed - and played with the right lift of course.
# Posted on April 23rd 2009 by ...
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However, the limited nature of what you can't do with the tunes on a banjo, no sustain, legato, glissando etc. does make it hard to play tunes in a languid or wistful way.
# Posted on April 23rd 2009 by ...
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If your using a banjo and are looking for a jig "Glasgow City Police Pipers" is rock & roll, deceptively easy but hard to get right.
Find a pipe version & listen out for the funny wee bits which sit quite well on the banjo if you get them right. Scottish I know but then so is scarce of supuds,
# Posted on April 23rd 2009 by Solidmahog
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http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1181
sorry steve...r forgot to paste it as I was running out for lunch
# Posted on April 23rd 2009 by Solidmahog
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wooo! thanx guys! I listened to your tunes you suggested, and added a bunch to my tunebook. I dont read music though, so I'm tabbing them. it works though. I really liked catharsis and that glasgow city police pipers too....um, I was gonna say something else but i forgot so....
# Posted on April 24th 2009 by steve...r
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Than you will! those were some awsome jigs!
# Posted on April 24th 2009 by steve...r