Charlie Lennon wrote both a waltz as well as the hornpipe that is linked here. It's a wee suite, and althought both tunes have been played on different CDs, it seems Maire's is the only one which has the 2 together. The liner notes say that Charlie was sitting one day in the Wicklow (?) mountains, and heard bees droning in repetitive notes, and this suggested the tune to him.
Maire puts a beautiful drone on the tonic D, against the melody, which gives the waltz that hypnotic feel. Here's the melody part - http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/9298
"House Party / An Coisir"
Gael Linn 165
# Posted on July 3rd 2005 by ceolachan
Antigonish Polkas
Just discovered there are 3 Antigonish Polkas on Track 7!
# Posted on November 29th 2007 by paddy25
Nell Fees'
Track 10, tune 2 - already on the site, but with an apostrophe -
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4430
# Posted on December 21st 2009 by Fliúiteadóir
Track 4 waltz
Charlie Lennon wrote both a waltz as well as the hornpipe that is linked here. It's a wee suite, and althought both tunes have been played on different CDs, it seems Maire's is the only one which has the 2 together. The liner notes say that Charlie was sitting one day in the Wicklow (?) mountains, and heard bees droning in repetitive notes, and this suggested the tune to him.
Maire puts a beautiful drone on the tonic D, against the melody, which gives the waltz that hypnotic feel. Here's the melody part -
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/9298
# Posted on December 26th 2009 by Fliúiteadóir