One cardinal sin at sessions is to divert from the tempo and/or rhythm...I love to change tempo & rhythm when playing with myself...musically speaking.
What do you do, when by yourself, that would be considered taboo at a session???
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"Break wind. --on second thoughts, scratch that last one."
I wish. There was a bloke at our session a few months ago who was having some issues with this and singlehandedly killed the session. It was HORRENDOUS.
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At home: I ornament a tune to my liking, or in the manner of some artist I admire.
At a session: I play a tune straight as an arrow, and listen to what the crew is doing. Then I try to emulate their version.
(or versions, or versions of versions, etc. etc. ad nauseum, ad infinitum...)
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Not much, really. If I'm going to break a taboo might as well have a witness. Off the top of my head the only thing I can come up with is ~ play a solo. I try to avoid doing this in session.
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Play Old-Time tunes.
Practice my tenor banjo.
Pull out my 5 string banjo (don't worry, I have a conceal and carry permit to operate a banjo in my state (California)).
Re: Things You'd Do At Home But Never In a Session
Whew. Great entries everyone. If not for shanty's "read the session.org" I think Llig's "play on my own" would have won. A close one-two finish, no doubt.
Things You'd Do At Home But Never In a Session
Things You'd Do At Home But Never In a Session
One cardinal sin at sessions is to divert from the tempo and/or rhythm...I love to change tempo & rhythm when playing with myself...musically speaking.
What do you do, when by yourself, that would be considered taboo at a session???
PTW
# Posted on January 10th 2010 by Petey_Whistle
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Character is what you think about in private but don't do in public.
# Posted on January 10th 2010 by Will Harmon
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That's an easy questions, there's a lot of things I do at home that I generally try to avoid at sessions:
Stop playing in the middle of a tune to brush my teeth and change into pyjamas.
Walk around in my underwear.
Drink buttermilk.
Noodle.
Feed the cat. At sessions I leave that to the landlord.
...and many many more.
# Posted on January 10th 2010 by Janek
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Read the dots. Play the same bit over and over again. Swear. Break wind. --on second thoughts, scratch that last one.
# Posted on January 10th 2010 by gam
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Play brilliantly
# Posted on January 10th 2010 by RichardB
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Take off my slippers.
# Posted on January 10th 2010 by Ramiro
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"Break wind. --on second thoughts, scratch that last one."
I wish. There was a bloke at our session a few months ago who was having some issues with this and singlehandedly killed the session. It was HORRENDOUS.
# Posted on January 10th 2010 by DrSilverSpear
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I put my elbows on the variations and my feet on the ornaments, but then again, it's OK, it's my house. I wouldn't do that at someone else's house.
# Posted on January 10th 2010 by SWFL Fiddler
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At home: I ornament a tune to my liking, or in the manner of some artist I admire.
At a session: I play a tune straight as an arrow, and listen to what the crew is doing. Then I try to emulate their version.
(or versions, or versions of versions, etc. etc. ad nauseum, ad infinitum...)
I will kick off my clogs at either.
# Posted on January 10th 2010 by Piece
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read thesession.org
# Posted on January 10th 2010 by shanty
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Drink too much....wait....that one seems to follow me fron place to place.....
# Posted on January 10th 2010 by shanty
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I play my favourite tunes at home. It's a shame that nobody plays Fermanagh flute tunes in sessions.
# Posted on January 10th 2010 by slainte
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Play on my own
# Posted on January 10th 2010 by ...
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... some less facetious ones:
Play along with records
Play up the dusty bit
Play a tin whistle
Sing
# Posted on January 10th 2010 by ...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc1fguYopx0
0'38" to 1'08"
# Posted on January 10th 2010 by oldstrings
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Oh yes. I also sleep at home.
# Posted on January 10th 2010 by slainte
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play 8 hornpipes, 3 barndances, then a mess of polkas
# Posted on January 10th 2010 by airport
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(that's where you play whatever B part you like)
# Posted on January 10th 2010 by airport
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Play the melody and the accompaniment at the same time instead of just accompanying someone else.
# Posted on January 10th 2010 by fauxcelt
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" 0'38" to 1'08" "
Wow 30 seconds!!! You must be really good or really bad!!!
# Posted on January 10th 2010 by Petey_Whistle
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I'm not very good at multi-tasking, though.
# Posted on January 10th 2010 by oldstrings
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Not much, really. If I'm going to break a taboo might as well have a witness. Off the top of my head the only thing I can come up with is ~ play a solo. I try to avoid doing this in session.
# Posted on January 10th 2010 by Ben Steen
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Play concertina
# Posted on January 11th 2010 by Hup
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Recite:
"She stood on the bridge at midnight
And gave a little shiver.
She gave a cough,
Her leg fell off,
And floated down the river".
I know I have.
Max
# Posted on January 11th 2010 by pfft
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Sometimes while my significant other is vocally correcting me, I begin to daydream of one day becoming as famous as Duckmandu.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oshs33gUar8
# Posted on January 11th 2010 by Lint - upon - Tweed
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Slow air?
# Posted on January 11th 2010 by Dragut Reis
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Play Old-Time tunes.
Practice my tenor banjo.
Pull out my 5 string banjo (don't worry, I have a conceal and carry permit to operate a banjo in my state (California)).
# Posted on January 11th 2010 by fiddlerdan
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Triple-tongueing!
# Posted on January 11th 2010 by The Archivist
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Whew. Great entries everyone. If not for shanty's "read the session.org" I think Llig's "play on my own" would have won. A close one-two finish, no doubt.
# Posted on January 11th 2010 by SWFL Fiddler
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...and thank you Sharon, it's just not a good thread without a wind instrument tongue joke, and from a female fluter no less, impressive! [applause]
# Posted on January 11th 2010 by SWFL Fiddler
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skip parts of a tune cause i dont like them as much as the rest of the tune .
# Posted on January 12th 2010 by keelin
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Play riffs from The Tossers or Flogging Molly songs.
# Posted on January 12th 2010 by Fishmonger
which songs?
# Posted on January 12th 2010 by Ben Steen