What does one say? I enjoy making music and it might as well be Irish trad. since we live in rural Ireland and the music is the fields and forests all around. Late forties, family man .. never really got the chance to learn an instrument as a child, I suppose my 4 older siblings fought as much as ours do now over 'practising' and the lessons were getting a bit expensive be the time numbers 5 .. 9 came along!
Always whistled a tune (the teeth, that is) and even now I would consider this as my 'instrument'. If only I could render on a musical instrument what I can whistle or perhaps think I'm whistling... great way to play around with a tune during the day.
When our children were old enough, we thought it would good for them to learn the tin whistle .. a local class was found and hey presto, with them practising, there I was whistling all the tunes and airs that I had forgotten I knew. We have four kids ranging from 4 to 14, all play some music with varying degress of enthusiasm. I play flute, whistle and more recently I'm enjoying the concertina.
Enjoy rambling the hills and countryside of Ireland and between a bit of daily exercise for the body and a bit of nightly music for the soul .. seems a good mix to me.
Tunes in the wounded hussar's tunebook: 85
| Pip Murphy's | jig | February 26th 2007 |
| The Miners Of Wicklow | jig | December 11th 2006 |
| Saratoga | hornpipe | May 1st 2006 |
| The Mountain Stream | barndance | November 23rd 2005 |
| Kelly's | reel | November 21st 2005 |
| Ireland says NO | June 14th 2008 |
| Festivals are where it's at - not exams or competitions! | January 24th 2008 |
| Instrument Survey results etc. | August 11th 2007 |
| The wisdom of crowds - What instrument do you play? | June 1st 2007 |
| Ireland beat Pakistan!!! | March 18th 2007 |
| Discussions | Re: Summer School Drumshambo 30 pupils in the Flute class ???? | July 23rd 2008 |
| Discussions | Re: Summer School Drumshambo 30 pupils in the Flute class ???? | July 22nd 2008 |
| Discussions | Re: Summer School Drumshambo 30 pupils in the Flute class ???? | July 22nd 2008 |
| Discussions | Re: Summer School Drumshambo 30 pupils in the Flute class ???? | July 22nd 2008 |
| Discussions | Re: Middle-age sentimentality and music | July 21st 2008 |