Trim The Velvet

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on November 18th 2002 by SPeak.

This tune has been added to 189 tunebooks.

Also known as Maisigh An Veilbhit.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Treasury Of Irish Music 2 by Various Artists
• A Tribute To John McKenna by Mick Woods
• An Gaoth Aduaidh - The North Wind by Various Artists
• Around St. James' Well by Carmel Gunning
• Augusta: 20 Years Of Irish Music Recorded Live At The Augusta Heritage Center by Various Artists
• Barefoot On The Altar by Chulrua
• Come West Along The Road by Brian O'Connor
• Consider The Source by Brian Conway
• Donncha O'Briain by Donncha O'Briain
• Dublin Made Me by Liam O'Connor And Seán McKeon
• Farewell To Ireland by Patrick Mangan
• Feadoga Stain 2 by Mary Bergin
• Festival Of Traditional Irish Music by Various Artists
• First Footing by Anam
• Forgotten Days by Davy Spillane And Kevin Glackin
• Fortune Favours The Merry by Peter Horan And Gerry Harrington
• Humours Of Highgate by John Blake, Lamond Gillespie And Mick Leahy
• In Good Hands by Paddy Murphy
• Ireland's Best Session Tunes CD 1 by Waltons Recording
• Irish Button Accordion by Billy Moran
• Irish Piping Tradition by Gay McKeon
• Johnny Doherty by John Doherty
• Le Chéile (Lord Mayo) by Various Artists
• Lord Mayo by Le Cheile
• Masters Of Tradition by Various Artists
• Memories Of Clare by Bobby Gardiner
• Memories Of Hughie Gillespie by Frank Kelly
• Michael Flatley by Michael Flatley
• Milltown Lass by Rose Murphy
• Morga by Morga
• Music From The Coleman Country by Various Artists
• Music Of North Connacht by Innisfree Céilí Band
• My Love Is In America by Various Artists
• Past Masters Of Irish Fiddle Music by Various Artists
• Pluckin' Good by Christy Dunne
• Pure Traditional Irish Accordion Music by Finbarr Dwyer
• Rossinver Braes by Ben Lennon And Tony O'Connell
• Storm The Kettle by Eamonn Dillon
• Sweet Liberty by Garva
• That's The Spirit by James Keane
• The Barley Grain by Larry Kinsella
• The Best Of Seamus Tansey by Seamus Tansey
• The Bucks Of Oranmore by Joe Burke
• The Chieftains 1 by The Chieftains
• The Coming Dawn by Nightingale
• The Enduring Magic by Michael Coleman
• The Far Set by Michael Clarkson And Gerry Jones
• The Flute Players Of Roscommon - Vol 1 by Various Artists
• The Mountain Road by Comhaltas Tour Group 1997
• The Rare Stuff by The Rare Stuff
• The Totally Traditional Tin Whistle Tape by Various Artists
• The Whirlwind by Paddy Glackin And Robbie Hannan
• Think Before You Think by Danu
• Traditional Irish Music (traditional Music Session From Belfast) by Various Artists
• Traditional Irish Music From County Clare by Martin Vaughan
• Traditional Irish Music From Galway And Clare by Bobby Casey, Gabriel McKeon, Raymond Roland, Liam Farrell & John Roe
• Traditional Irish Music Played On The Concert Flute by Marcus Hernon
• Traditional Irish Music Played On The Uilleann Pipes by Robbie Hannan
• Traditional Music Of Ireland And The Bucks Of Oranmore by Joe Burke And Charlie Lennon
• Two Champions: Irish Traditional Music At Its Best. by Sean McGuire And Joe Burke
• Up And Away by Paul Smyth
• Up And Coming - Ó Ghlúin Go Glúin by Oisín And Conal Hernon
• Whistleworks by Phil Hardy
• Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 2, Disc 2 by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Trim The Velvet
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
~G3B AGFD|GBdB BAFA|~G3B AGFA|defd cAFA|
~G3B ~A3c|BcdB BAFA|~G3B AGFA|defd cAFA||
dgeg dg~g2|dedB cAFA|dgeg dg~g2|defd cAFA|
d3e dBGB|dGBd cAFA|dgeg dg~g2|defd cAFA||
~g3a bgaf|g2ab c'baf|g2af g2af|defd cAFA|
~g3a bgaf|g2ab c'ba2|bg~g2 af~f2|defd cAFA||
BGdG BG~G2|(3BAG dB cAFA|BGdG BG~G2|defd cAFA|
BGdG BG~G2 |DGBd cAFA|~B3G c2ce|defd cAFA||

I almost fell over when I didn't find this tune on The Session!
One of my all-time favorites.

# Posted on November 18th 2002 by SPeak

The High C in Trim the Velvet - HELP!!!

I just started learning Trim the Velvet off that Paul Smyth CD. He's not playing a D flute so with a computer program, I was able to change the pitch to match my D flute. It's a lovely setting and the tune is going well for me, except for that high C in the third part. It's the only tune that I play which has that high C so I'm not used to it. (I'm not classically trained on the silver flute so everything is a challenge for me)

Anyone have any tips for getting the high C to sound decent? Does anyone just play the third part in the lower octave? Here's my fingering for this note:

oxo xxo

Maybe there's a way around the high C. Maybe there's a setting out there that avoids the high C totally?? I'm open to any suggestions.

Any help will be greatly appreciated

Joyce

# Posted on June 30th 2004 by JMH

Hi Joyce, if all else fails you could vary it and just play a high A instead of a C.

# Posted on June 30th 2004 by Dow

Easy Substitute?

I know I have to learn this great flute tune someday, but I haven't got sick of a similar but easier tune: The Steampacket: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/690

As for Joyce's question, read this discussion thread: http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display.php/3921

# Posted on December 25th 2005 by slainte

# Posted on May 20th 2007 by willv

Trim The Velvet- "bringing it down a notch"

This doesn't help our fluting friends, but may interest any fiddlers out there. I have been immensely enjoying one of my favorite new fiddle/flute CD's, John Blake, Lamond Gillespie &
Mick Leahy's "Humours of Highgate". On it is a lovely set of reels, "The Flax In Bloom" & "Trim The Velvet" . John Blake plays the set on a "C" pitched flute, and upon closer listening,
Lamond has his fiddle tuned down 2 semitones. With the instruments pitched lower, the tunes sound in "C" and "F" respectively (instead of the usual "D" and "G"). I didn't feel like tuning my instrument down, though, so I decided to "have a go
at it" (Trim The Velvet) in actual "F" fingering. The result is very
pleasing to the ear, and while the fingering takes some getting
used to, it's totally worth it. The big bonus here for fiddlers is that the need to either shift position, or "stretch" the 4th finger & separate the bow is eliminated, because your highest note is now a B flat! I had to do a little "tweak" in one spot, however;
the transposition makes the connection between the 2nd and 3rd parts of the tune a little awkward. In the "G" version, the last note of the 2nd part is an "A", jumping up to a "g" to start the third part (no big deal, the strings are right next to each other). In the "F" version however, this becomes a rather clumsy jump from a "G" on the D string up to an "f" natural on the E string. The solution I came up with was to "split the difference" so to speak, by substituting a "c" instead of the "G".
Sounds just fine to me, but I'm not a fiddle player, so I would welcome any comments or suggestions on this. Thanks, and enjoy!

T:Trim The Velvet
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:F
F3 A GFEC | FAcA BGEG | ~F3 A GFEG | cdec BGEG |
FEFA G^FGB | ABcA BGEG | ~F3 A GFEG | cdec BGEG ||
cfdf cf ~f2 | cdcA BGEG | cfdf cf ~f2 | cdec BGEG | c3 =B cAFA |
cdcA BGEG | cfdf cf ~f2 | cdec BGEc ||: ~f3 g afge | f2 ga bgaf |
af ~f2 efge |1 cdec BGEc :|2 cdec BGEG || AFcF AFFG |
AFcA BGGB | AFcF AFFA | cdec BGEG | AFcF AFFG |
AFcA BGGB | A3 F ~B3 G | cdec BGEC ||

# Posted on March 30th 2009 by jaychoons