Hi all, my name is Dagmar and I play tin whistle for almost 2 years and low whistle for 6 months now. I came from 20 years on and off playing the classical flute and have just found my passion now ! But I
Es gibt auf jeden fall ein Session im Hamburg (Sonntags, glaub' ich). Ich bin niemals dort gewesen aber ein Paar Fruende wohnen jetzt da (im Hamburg... nicht unbedingt in der Session).
Die Name der Kneipe weiss' ich nicht. Aber ich muss meine Fruende sowieso bald telefonieren und ich wird die fragen.
Vielleicht weist noch jemand diese Kneipe wo von ich rede?...
Dagmar, I understand that there's a place in Hamburg called the Irish Rover where good traditional sessions take place. Aidan O'Hanlon is the "Fear a'T
Hi all,
thanks for all the very quick replies !! Jeremy, your german is really great ! And Volker, I live 20km north from Hamburg, so actually I have been to the Irish Rover in the center of Hamburg once and as far as I know it
Jaysus, Jeremy, is there no end to your talents? Heh. Dagmar, I hope that you struck up a conversation at the very least with the musicians in Hamburg. Most musicians at an open session (closed sessions are another thing) are very supportive of beginners -- not the least because many still consider themselves beginners. Try asking one of the whistle players for advice, if you can't think of another reason to start a conversation. It's probable that they'll ask you to play a tune with them at the speed you can manage. You might ask them whether they know of any slow sessions you can join on a regular basis.
I have been twice to the Sunday session at Irish Rover.. I can tell you as a total outsider, they were more than happy to let me join in.. As an American musician, I found the music to be played at a slow to moderate pace, so someone that is quite intermediate could really get in.. I wasn't breathless and breaking a sweat like I am back home :0) One of the sessions had a whistler who really knew his stuff..
You might try talking to a whistler at the session (if you can find cvplummer's whistler who knows his stuff, that's be the best!) -- if you can't think what to say, ask after a teacher, that should keep a conversation going for quite a while.
I've been playing now about...let's see, a year and a half if you start from when I started learning actually Irish as opposed to off of paper, and I would say that I only know about half the tunes on a given night at any given session around town. Doesn't stop me from being welcome and even invited to various sessions, Dagmar. Take your whistle to the next session, and play along on a couple of tunes that you know you can keep up on!
The fact that they know all the sets in advance means that you can too -- take a tape recorder with you, and ask if you can record the session. Practise the tunes in those sets, and then show up next time all ready to play them. (Although it may be that they're just good at passing signals on the B of the prior tune.)
Es wuerde mich schon sehr wundern, wenn es nur die eine Session in Hamburg gaebe. An Deiner Stelle wuerde ich einfach eine zeitlang jeden Sonntag hingehen und zuhoeren. Hast Du dem Floetisten gesagt, dass Du spielst? Du kannst auch fragen, ob sie eine Liste haben mit den Stuecken, die sie spielen. Und ueberhaupt brauchst Du nicht _alle_ Stuecke spielen zu koennen bevor Du mitmachen kannst. Bei den Sessions zu denen ich gehen, kenne ich ca. die Haelfte, manchmal weniger. Viel Glueck.
Sessions in Nortern Germany
Sessions in Nortern Germany
Hi all, my name is Dagmar and I play tin whistle for almost 2 years and low whistle for 6 months now. I came from 20 years on and off playing the classical flute and have just found my passion now ! But I
# Posted on April 17th 2002 by drdagmar
Re: Sessions in Nortern Germany
(Hi all english speaking members, german threads my be boring on first sight .... the google translator will add fun to it -
# Posted on April 17th 2002 by crannog
Re: Sessions in Nortern Germany
Es gibt auf jeden fall ein Session im Hamburg (Sonntags, glaub' ich). Ich bin niemals dort gewesen aber ein Paar Fruende wohnen jetzt da (im Hamburg... nicht unbedingt in der Session).
Die Name der Kneipe weiss' ich nicht. Aber ich muss meine Fruende sowieso bald telefonieren und ich wird die fragen.
Vielleicht weist noch jemand diese Kneipe wo von ich rede?...
# Posted on April 17th 2002 by Jeremy
Ceolas is definitely one of the most helpful....
... and important sites.
In searching ceolas I found this: http://www.folkworld.de/frog/gerpub.htm
Dagmar - maybe even your hometown is on that list.
Jeremy, your german is great - I even can hear you talk in my head!!!
# Posted on April 17th 2002 by crannog
Re: Sessions in Northern Germany
Dagmar, I understand that there's a place in Hamburg called the Irish Rover where good traditional sessions take place. Aidan O'Hanlon is the "Fear a'T
# Posted on April 18th 2002 by Bannerman
Re: Sessions in Nortern Germany
Hi all,
thanks for all the very quick replies !! Jeremy, your german is really great ! And Volker, I live 20km north from Hamburg, so actually I have been to the Irish Rover in the center of Hamburg once and as far as I know it
# Posted on April 18th 2002 by drdagmar
Re: Sessions in Nortern Germany
Jaysus, Jeremy, is there no end to your talents? Heh. Dagmar, I hope that you struck up a conversation at the very least with the musicians in Hamburg. Most musicians at an open session (closed sessions are another thing) are very supportive of beginners -- not the least because many still consider themselves beginners. Try asking one of the whistle players for advice, if you can't think of another reason to start a conversation. It's probable that they'll ask you to play a tune with them at the speed you can manage.
You might ask them whether they know of any slow sessions you can join on a regular basis.
Zina
# Posted on April 18th 2002 by Zina Lee
Re: Sessions in Nortern Germany
Gruss aus America..
I have been twice to the Sunday session at Irish Rover.. I can tell you as a total outsider, they were more than happy to let me join in.. As an American musician, I found the music to be played at a slow to moderate pace, so someone that is quite intermediate could really get in.. I wasn't breathless and breaking a sweat like I am back home :0) One of the sessions had a whistler who really knew his stuff..
# Posted on April 19th 2002 by cvplummer
Re: Sessions in Nortern Germany
Hi cvplummer and Zina,
I am not familiar with sessions at all so I just talked to a flute-player at the Irish Rover and no, they didn
# Posted on April 19th 2002 by drdagmar
Re: Sessions in Nortern Germany
You might try talking to a whistler at the session (if you can find cvplummer's whistler who knows his stuff, that's be the best!) -- if you can't think what to say, ask after a teacher, that should keep a conversation going for quite a while.
I've been playing now about...let's see, a year and a half if you start from when I started learning actually Irish as opposed to off of paper, and I would say that I only know about half the tunes on a given night at any given session around town. Doesn't stop me from being welcome and even invited to various sessions, Dagmar. Take your whistle to the next session, and play along on a couple of tunes that you know you can keep up on!
The fact that they know all the sets in advance means that you can too -- take a tape recorder with you, and ask if you can record the session. Practise the tunes in those sets, and then show up next time all ready to play them. (Although it may be that they're just good at passing signals on the B of the prior tune.)
Have fun!
Zina
Sessions are a blast!
# Posted on April 20th 2002 by Zina Lee
Re: Sessions in Nortern Germany
Es wuerde mich schon sehr wundern, wenn es nur die eine Session in Hamburg gaebe. An Deiner Stelle wuerde ich einfach eine zeitlang jeden Sonntag hingehen und zuhoeren. Hast Du dem Floetisten gesagt, dass Du spielst? Du kannst auch fragen, ob sie eine Liste haben mit den Stuecken, die sie spielen. Und ueberhaupt brauchst Du nicht _alle_ Stuecke spielen zu koennen bevor Du mitmachen kannst. Bei den Sessions zu denen ich gehen, kenne ich ca. die Haelfte, manchmal weniger. Viel Glueck.
Bloomfield
# Posted on April 23rd 2002 by Bloomfield