Hello, world. I have decided to give up violining and take up guitar - my body does not take kindly to the position one must assume to play the instrument. I have, however, begun playing harp, and I now own a Harpsicle harp, which is an American-made (NOT Pakistani, so it has the right spacing between strings and stays in tune) harp with 26 strings. It sounds lovely. I have named it Victoria (harps must have names).
At the moment, I'm listening to Sergeant Early's Dream/Hills of Ireland/Gusty's Frolics as performed by Maggie Sansone on dulcimer (and of course the rest of her group). It has to be one of the most remarkable songs ever written.
A group of friends and I are thinking of starting up Celtic Club (our Celtic music jamming party) again, so it'll probably run for a second year. And then they'll all graduate and it'll go away, which makes me extraordinarily depressed, because I'll be the only one left, and I can't play EVERYTHING.
No worries!
Gwen
Tunes in gwendolen's tunebook: 14
| Lark In The Morning | January 13th 2007 |
| Scottish music | January 14th 2007 |
| Discussions | Re: Scottish music | January 14th 2007 |
| Discussions | Scottish music | January 14th 2007 |
| Discussions | Re: PIano Tunes? | January 14th 2007 |
| Tunes | January 14th 2007 | |
| Discussions | Re: Easy reels for fiddle | January 14th 2007 |
| Name | Type | Key |
|---|---|---|
| Are You Willing? | reel | Amixolydian |
| The Boys Of The Lough | reel | Dmajor |
| The Butterfly | slip jig | Eminor |
| The Cowboy | jig | Gmajor |
| The Five Pound Flute | jig | Dmixolydian |
| Greig's Pipes | reel | Gmajor |
| Gusty's Frolics | slip jig | Dmajor |
| Hanley's Tweed | reel | Adorian |
| The Hills Of Ireland | slip jig | Eminor |
| Mountain Madness | jig | Adorian |
| Niamh's Capers | reel | Amajor |
| Over The Bog Road | reel | Gmajor |
| The Road To Lisdoonvarna | reel | Dmixolydian |
| What Pain I've Endured Since Last Year | slip jig | Eminor |