I'm kinda new to this whole internet thing....i've been playing for years and I thought I new the language but someone's gotta help me here....what's ITM?
and another thing....what does it mean whe people start throwing pint glasses at you at a sessiun?.....this happens to me all the time....does it mean they like me?
Denis (nice stuff and great crack on the Law web site by the way), some people use "ITM" as shorthand, but others here frown on it. Also, if you call it "diddly music," you'll land in a deep dark cyber hole with just one other person for company, and he plays viola (gasp!)
LOL -- Denis, what Will is tactfully trying to say is that some people feel that using "ITM" is somehow disrespectful and just a little on the weird side, and some people feel that "Irish traditional music" just takes too flipping long to type...
Viola players RULE. Well, it is hard to play ITM with a viola. Also, I've come up with a new ackronym for ITM. Iri.Tra.Mus. haha, so both sides are happy!
I know a couple of people who play 5 string fiddles at sessions here in Manchester. Basically it's a fiddle and a viola on the same instrument.
Some tunes can be played an octave below the normal pitch and it really adds a lot.
We occasionally get cellos and double Basses and all are welcome.
We even have a Sousaphone player.
Frankie Gavin used a viola on some of the early De Danann albums, and it sounded like a fiddle recording slowed down...maybe it was poor choice sticking the viola track in the middle of all those fiddle tracks...maybe it needs a different approach to the viola to make it sound good for jigs & reels etc....
Catchin' up with some sessiun "lingo"
Catchin' up with some sessiun "lingo"
I'm kinda new to this whole internet thing....i've been playing for years and I thought I new the language but someone's gotta help me here....what's ITM?
# Posted on January 29th 2004 by dinjosra
Re: Catchin' up with some sessiun "lingo"
and another thing....what does it mean whe people start throwing pint glasses at you at a sessiun?.....this happens to me all the time....does it mean they like me?
# Posted on January 29th 2004 by dinjosra
Re: Catchin' up with some sessiun "lingo"
"It Tastes Maggotty." That's why they throw the glasses at you.
# Posted on January 29th 2004 by grego
Re: Catchin' up with some sessiun "lingo"
If you're not on the wind-up, then ITM = Irish Traditional Music.
Never had pint glasses thrown at me, so I wouldn't know!
Jim
# Posted on January 29th 2004 by Worldfiddler
Re: Catchin' up with some sessiun "lingo"
ah....thanks for the heads up...now I feel like part of the "scene"
# Posted on January 29th 2004 by dinjosra
Re: Catchin' up with some sessiun "lingo"
Denis (nice stuff and great crack on the Law web site by the way), some people use "ITM" as shorthand, but others here frown on it. Also, if you call it "diddly music," you'll land in a deep dark cyber hole with just one other person for company, and he plays viola (gasp!)
Welcome to the pub!
# Posted on January 29th 2004 by Will Harmon
Re: Catchin' up with some sessiun "lingo"
thank you Will...let me buy ya a virtual pint.
# Posted on January 29th 2004 by dinjosra
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Sl
# Posted on January 29th 2004 by Will Harmon
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Impeccably Tasteful Music
# Posted on January 29th 2004 by CreadurMawnOrganig
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Hey I take offense! I play viola! =D
# Posted on January 29th 2004 by Harper_Lad
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A violist's fingers are like lightning--they never strike the same place twice.
# Posted on January 29th 2004 by whistlemanhimself
Re: Catchin' up with some sessiun "lingo"
LOL -- Denis, what Will is tactfully trying to say is that some people feel that using "ITM" is somehow disrespectful and just a little on the weird side, and some people feel that "Irish traditional music" just takes too flipping long to type...
# Posted on January 29th 2004 by Zina Lee
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....AND WHAT IS WRONG WITH VIOLA!!!!!!
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# Posted on January 29th 2004 by NickPhelan
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only kiddin. i know exactly what's wrong with viola. it's a viola.
# Posted on January 29th 2004 by NickPhelan
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There's nothing wrong with a viola......when played by a voluptuous beauty.
# Posted on January 29th 2004 by BowHand
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http://www.mit.edu/~jcb/jokes/viola.html
hehe
# Posted on January 29th 2004 by Crysania
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Are the pints full? Are they intending on you catching them? Do they bounce hard? Please clarify a bit...
# Posted on January 29th 2004 by Chaddock
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Gimme my pint back!
# Posted on January 29th 2004 by Pádraig
Re: Catchin' up with some sessiun "lingo"
Viola players RULE. Well, it is hard to play ITM with a viola. Also, I've come up with a new ackronym for ITM. Iri.Tra.Mus. haha, so both sides are happy!
Johnathan
# Posted on January 29th 2004 by Harper_Lad
Re: Catchin' up with some sessiun "lingo"
I know one viola player and you couldn't tell anything bad about her - if you would, she'd stab you in the eye with a bow.
# Posted on January 29th 2004 by Janek
Re: Catchin' up with some sessiun "lingo"
Dinjosra - would you like an application form for joining the Glee Club?
Dave
# Posted on January 29th 2004 by showaddydadito
Re: Catchin' up with some sessiun "lingo"
Who says you can't diddle on a viola? OK it's more physical than an ordinary fiddle, but that's the only difference really
# Posted on January 29th 2004 by ...
Re: Catchin' up with some sessiun "lingo"
I know a couple of people who play 5 string fiddles at sessions here in Manchester. Basically it's a fiddle and a viola on the same instrument.
Some tunes can be played an octave below the normal pitch and it really adds a lot.
We occasionally get cellos and double Basses and all are welcome.
We even have a Sousaphone player.
TTFN
PP
# Posted on January 29th 2004 by Pied Piper
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Dave, I want in on the glee club......I'll bring the beer.
# Posted on January 29th 2004 by dinjosra
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No pint glasses, please. They hurt.
# Posted on January 30th 2004 by Joe Quinn
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Dinjosra
Beer?
I'll nominate you for President!
(proper English beer please, served at proper cellar temperature. none of that nasty cold yellow stuff.)
Dave
# Posted on January 30th 2004 by showaddydadito
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Dave,
Be serious. Guinness all round, landlord.
Joe
# Posted on January 30th 2004 by Joe Quinn
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now now kids...let's be nice or I'll be forced to give everyone Tea (gasp)
# Posted on January 30th 2004 by dinjosra
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Well, I dunno, Dave...do you think that Denis is, well, you know, like, *serious* enough to join the gang?
# Posted on January 30th 2004 by Zina Lee
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Duuuuuuude.
-Padraig
# Posted on January 30th 2004 by Pádraig
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Hey...I can be serious!!!!!...no, wait, no I can't. I can get really drunk though.
# Posted on January 30th 2004 by dinjosra
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Ask Steve
# Posted on January 30th 2004 by Joe Quinn
Re: Catchin' up with some sessiun "lingo"
Frankie Gavin used a viola on some of the early De Danann albums, and it sounded like a fiddle recording slowed down...maybe it was poor choice sticking the viola track in the middle of all those fiddle tracks...maybe it needs a different approach to the viola to make it sound good for jigs & reels etc....
Jim
# Posted on January 30th 2004 by Worldfiddler
Re: Catchin' up with some sessiun "lingo"
Guinness, Tea, Robinsons Mild - I'm not all that fussed, so long as its not freezing cold.
Zina - I think we can let Denis join the in crowd for a probationary period (until we find out how well he makes tea, perhaps).
Sorry this isn't a serious and enlightening contribution, but its Sunday afternoon and I had to come in to work, so the choice was flippant or grumpy.
Dave
# Posted on February 1st 2004 by showaddydadito
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Dave, well, okay, Denis can join, but let's make him bring the booze the first few meetings.
# Posted on February 1st 2004 by Zina Lee