Hallo! I'm looking for some easyish reels for my ceilidh band to play for a Flying Scotsman Set. Any suggestions? I'm hoping to end the set with sleep sound in the morning and Glenburnie Rant. Cheers!
Could I remind the questioner that this forum is for Irish music ?
I'm trying to remember what my band plays for it, it's the ones in the ( band ) book, I don't play the tunes anyway......woops, I do play scottish music too, ye'ken........
"Could I remind the questioner that this forum is for Irish music"
Does it actually say that anywhere on the site? I know most people treat it as such and the phrase "The exchange of tunes is what keeps traditional Irish music alive" implies that it is but is it made explicit? Even if it is should that prevent discussion of related music?
Don't get upset there Paul, Pete is only baiting you. He knows full well that if the ITM guys here only played & talked about pure, unadulterated Irish tunes, we wouldn't have all that much to talk about!
After all, most of the best Irish Reels came from Scotland!
Let's just call it all - Traditional Music, then anything goes!
Except he wasn't baiting *me*. But even then ladydaisys post only implies Scottish Music anyway. I thought the dance was English - certainly I've played for it at enough English barndances and ceilidhs.
Hallo,
thanks for your help guys, I like the sound of marches then a jig for the gay gordons. Cock o the North - that was the tune I was looking for - I could remember how it went, but not the name or the key! For the reels, Fairy Dance is good, and I love st anne's reel, but is it fairly easy for fiddlers to play? Right - problems solved - cheers guys!
If this site is for only Irish music, and not scottish music, and I hope the moderator can review this and clarify it for me. If it is for only Irish music, I want to immediately remove my name and end my assoication with this site. Ethics mandate that I stop being a part of a traditional music site where the scottish music was stolen and then reference as *PURE* and *ORIGINAL* Irish music. Hopefully common sense prevails,. but I would love to know. Thinks of this, what is American music, blues? rock? that Hip Hop stuff? Bluegrass? Appalacian? Gypsy? I give, seems music traditions have moved around and change by region. That the beauty of traditonal music. But if you want the thievery to be referred to as IRISH, I have been in the wrong place for the last year
...& speaking of 'Irish' traditions - "Can't beat Scotland the Brave" - Aye ye can, & boys oh boys you should hear it 'beat' on a Lambeg Drum! http://www.bcpl.net/~cbladey/lambeg.html
Now, why do the words Pigeon & Cat suddenly spring to mind ..........................
Easyish Ceilidh Reels
Easyish Ceilidh Reels
Hallo! I'm looking for some easyish reels for my ceilidh band to play for a Flying Scotsman Set. Any suggestions? I'm hoping to end the set with sleep sound in the morning and Glenburnie Rant. Cheers!
# Posted on January 31st 2006 by ladydaisy
Re: Easyish Ceilidh Reels
PS - can you do the Gay Gordons to Jigs? Is this normal? We normally play Marches for it, but jigs sound quite jolly, what do you think? Bye
# Posted on January 31st 2006 by ladydaisy
Re: Easyish Ceilidh Reels
We do Gay Gordons to Cock o'the North and A Hundred Pipers.
# Posted on January 31st 2006 by showaddydadito
Re: Easyish Ceilidh Reels
Could I remind the questioner that this forum is for Irish music ?
I'm trying to remember what my band plays for it, it's the ones in the ( band ) book, I don't play the tunes anyway......woops, I do play scottish music too, ye'ken........
# Posted on January 31st 2006 by Guernsey Pete
Re: Easyish Ceilidh Reels
What about St Annes Reel and Fairy Dance which we just play as a two parter.
# Posted on February 1st 2006 by curlew
Re: Easyish Ceilidh Reels
We play Fairy Dance twice in G then twice in D try it.
# Posted on February 1st 2006 by curlew
Re: Easyish Ceilidh Reels
"Could I remind the questioner that this forum is for Irish music"
Does it actually say that anywhere on the site? I know most people treat it as such and the phrase "The exchange of tunes is what keeps traditional Irish music alive" implies that it is but is it made explicit? Even if it is should that prevent discussion of related music?
# Posted on February 1st 2006 by Paul_draper
Re: Easyish Ceilidh Reels
Don't get upset there Paul, Pete is only baiting you. He knows full well that if the ITM guys here only played & talked about pure, unadulterated Irish tunes, we wouldn't have all that much to talk about!
After all, most of the best Irish Reels came from Scotland!
Let's just call it all - Traditional Music, then anything goes!
# Posted on February 1st 2006 by Ptarmigan
Re: Easyish Ceilidh Reels
Except he wasn't baiting *me*. But even then ladydaisys post only implies Scottish Music anyway. I thought the dance was English - certainly I've played for it at enough English barndances and ceilidhs.
# Posted on February 1st 2006 by Paul_draper
Re: Easyish Ceilidh Reels
typically I've seen Gae Gordons open up the dance, with Scotland the Brave and Thistle o' Scotland
# Posted on February 1st 2006 by Sunnybear
Re: Easyish Ceilidh Reels
Playing a couple of 2/4 marches and a 6/8 at the end sounds really good - puts a real lift into the set!
# Posted on February 1st 2006 by izzymac
Re: Easyish Ceilidh Reels
Hallo,
thanks for your help guys, I like the sound of marches then a jig for the gay gordons. Cock o the North - that was the tune I was looking for - I could remember how it went, but not the name or the key! For the reels, Fairy Dance is good, and I love st anne's reel, but is it fairly easy for fiddlers to play? Right - problems solved - cheers guys!
# Posted on February 2nd 2006 by ladydaisy
Re: Easyish Ceilidh Reels
Can't beat Scotland the Brave to start with.
# Posted on February 6th 2006 by Theo Gibb
Re: Easyish Ceilidh Reels
If this site is for only Irish music, and not scottish music, and I hope the moderator can review this and clarify it for me. If it is for only Irish music, I want to immediately remove my name and end my assoication with this site. Ethics mandate that I stop being a part of a traditional music site where the scottish music was stolen and then reference as *PURE* and *ORIGINAL* Irish music. Hopefully common sense prevails,. but I would love to know. Thinks of this, what is American music, blues? rock? that Hip Hop stuff? Bluegrass? Appalacian? Gypsy? I give, seems music traditions have moved around and change by region. That the beauty of traditonal music. But if you want the thievery to be referred to as IRISH, I have been in the wrong place for the last year
# Posted on February 7th 2006 by texross
Re: Easyish Ceilidh Reels
...& speaking of 'Irish' traditions - "Can't beat Scotland the Brave" - Aye ye can, & boys oh boys you should hear it 'beat' on a Lambeg Drum!
http://www.bcpl.net/~cbladey/lambeg.html
Now, why do the words Pigeon & Cat suddenly spring to mind ..........................
# Posted on February 7th 2006 by Ptarmigan