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Musical tongue twisters

Enjoyed watching the youtube and then playing through the recently posted tune "Sail Away Ladies".

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/11080/details

It seemed like a bit of a musical tongue twister.

I bet there are probably quite a few good tunes that might be described as musical tongue twisters.

Any nominations?

# Posted on February 24th 2011 by ceciltguitar

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For me, I'm more often tripped up not by individual tunes, so much as by consecutively-played pairs of tunes that share certain key phrases and then diverge. I won't give examples, as nothing good can come from that.

# Posted on February 24th 2011 by Tall, Dark, and Mysterious

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And for me, I just can't find B# : )

jim,,,

# Posted on February 24th 2011 by FIDDLE4

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The B parts of Hardiman's jig and the Roaring Barmaid are also kind of like that. Not too often do you get back to the A part with the guitarist knowing where the heck the downbeat is.

# Posted on February 24th 2011 by Whiddler

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Jim, just use C flat -- it's near enough. : ]

# Posted on February 24th 2011 by gam

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There's a pipe tune called The Conundrum that exploits the tendency for our brains to seek patterns. The first tune here:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i0XF2ZALQ4

it's rather clever, and also a good tune.

# Posted on February 24th 2011 by gam

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Greetings all!

Going off on a tangent...

"An phis fhliuch"

All the best

Brian x

# Posted on February 24th 2011 by briantheflute

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gam -

: )

jim,,,

# Posted on February 24th 2011 by FIDDLE4

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naughtybrian

# Posted on February 24th 2011 by gam

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Here's one from Paddy Fahey that is very disorienting because in the B part the recurring melodic bits are shifted from where they occur in the A part.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4890

# Posted on February 24th 2011 by GaryAMartin

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Good For the Tongue in B-flat and the Vendome Hornpipe in F -- the latter AKA The Independent. Good for the fingers too!

# Posted on February 25th 2011 by Larry Ayers

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Proudlocks followed by Off To California - without swapping tune in the B part.

# Posted on February 25th 2011 by geoffwright

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Have a look at "The Guns of the Magnificent Seven".
bm

# Posted on February 27th 2011 by bmckim

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Thank you for each tune suggested - more fun to be had.

"The Guns...." Got me to thinking about crafting a tune that would continually alternate between 3/4 and 4/4, which is kinda similair concept to the compas of some flamenco styles.

# Posted on March 2nd 2011 by ceciltguitar

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Deserving of mention: Elzic's Farewell

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4256

I have both heard and seen this played with E natural notes where the referenced version features E flat notes.

# Posted on March 2nd 2011 by ceciltguitar

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http://www.jamielaval.com/Tune_charts/Elzics.pdf

# Posted on March 2nd 2011 by ceciltguitar