I have been looking up some airs and I can't seem to find some great ones for fiddle. Can anyone give me some airs and a place to find the notes for them?
Do you mean slow airs? If so, there are loads of them that go great on fiddle. You'll hear plenty of people say that you can't pick up this music (meaning Irish trad) from dots - that you have to learn it by listening. IMHO, it's much much more important when dealing with slow airs. In fact, for my money, it's a distinct advantage for a lot of them to hear them sung, and learn them from that. Try looking for some decent Sean Nos singing, for the ones with words (a lot of them) and some really good playing for the ones without - like Ronan Browne playing Port na bPucaí (which also has some words somewhere) on pipes.
Methinks you can't have been looking too hard! There's lots of great recordings of slow airs on fiddle - you'd do worse that listen to Joe Ryan's recording An Buachaill Dreoite or any of Matt Cranitch's..
Irish Airs, any ideas?
Irish Airs, any ideas?
I have been looking up some airs and I can't seem to find some great ones for fiddle. Can anyone give me some airs and a place to find the notes for them?
# Posted on January 13th 2012 by broselynn
Re: Irish Airs, any ideas?
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/1707
http://www.mally.com/details.asp?id=553
# Posted on January 13th 2012 by Weejie
Re: Irish Airs, any ideas?
Do you mean slow airs? If so, there are loads of them that go great on fiddle. You'll hear plenty of people say that you can't pick up this music (meaning Irish trad) from dots - that you have to learn it by listening. IMHO, it's much much more important when dealing with slow airs. In fact, for my money, it's a distinct advantage for a lot of them to hear them sung, and learn them from that. Try looking for some decent Sean Nos singing, for the ones with words (a lot of them) and some really good playing for the ones without - like Ronan Browne playing Port na bPucaí (which also has some words somewhere) on pipes.
# Posted on January 13th 2012 by ethical blend
Julia Clifford
I found this on Dragut Reis' youtube channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWDzITNz7Tc&list=UUu6MEeCnkUR1JeW4TVq50FA&index=3&feature=plcp
# Posted on January 13th 2012 by airport
Re: Irish Airs, any ideas?
Methinks you can't have been looking too hard!
There's lots of great recordings of slow airs on fiddle - you'd do worse that listen to Joe Ryan's recording An Buachaill Dreoite or any of Matt Cranitch's..
# Posted on January 13th 2012 by the wounded hussar
Re: Irish Airs, any ideas?
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/25996
# Posted on January 13th 2012 by gam