Chatty concertinist
Posted 09 February 2013 - 10:37 AM
O'Regan's--Montreal Tunebook and ABC Translator
....so Tallship, yes the ORegans worked perfectly to get the ABCs back to dots. And thank-you for redirecting me to the site. I hadn't been there for over a year--it sort of just slid out of sight. Lots of great stuff there: those 3/2 hornpipes and 7/8 tunes.! I think I've got a weekend's worth of entertianment....
Heavyweight Boxer
Posted 27 February 2013 - 04:17 PM
Here's a funny little tune I've just discovered as I was transcribing another collection for the Village Music Project. Some of the morris musicians may want to grab this and adapt it for an existing dance or better yet write a new dance!
Heavyweight Boxer
Posted 08 March 2013 - 03:57 PM
A discussion started in a Tune of the Month thread reminded me of a transcription I did last year from Danny Chapman's hand written arrangement of the Playford tune Mr Beveridge's Maggot. I'm not sure if I've ever posted it on the forum so here it is. Well beyond my standard of playing but still fun to noodle around with and learn a thing or two from.
Heavyweight Boxer
Posted 10 March 2013 - 07:20 AM
This is good fun without being too long or complex as a variation set, it takes you a short way up into the dusty end to sharpen up your ledger line reading too.
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T:Buy a Broom
Edited by tallship, 10 March 2013 - 07:20 AM.
Chatty concertinist
Posted 11 March 2013 - 12:54 AM
Interesting Pete,
Living in what was once heavily German and Scandinavian Minnesota I know that as "Ach du Liber Augustin," or as the kids song "Did you ever see a lassie." Titles sure are interesting...and confusing.
Chatty concertinist
Posted 11 March 2013 - 01:20 AM
Interesting Pete,
Living in what was once heavily German and Scandinavian Minnesota I know that as "Ach du Liber Augustin," or as the kids song "Did you ever see a lassie." Titles sure are interesting...and confusing.
There had been a discussion of that particular song last year.
BTW, in my mind it is linked with Trachtenkapelle & Volksmusik, thus I kind of dislike it...
However I have overcome such feelings in the past once or twice 
Heavyweight Boxer
Posted 17 March 2013 - 02:25 PM
This one may raise a few eyebrows! 
Don't know where it comes from, has anyone heard of the composer? I think he must have been a related to Robin Dunn and Nigel Chippindale! 
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Chatty concertinist
Posted 18 March 2013 - 12:34 AM
Interesting Pete,
Living in what was once heavily German and Scandinavian Minnesota I know that as "Ach du Liber Augustin," or as the kids song "Did you ever see a lassie." Titles sure are interesting...and confusing.
There had been a discussion of that particular song last year.
BTW, in my mind it is linked with Trachtenkapelle & Volksmusik, thus I kind of dislike it...
However I have overcome such feelings in the past once or twice
Looks like we come at it the same way. But despite the title of the discussion you sent me to that discussion is about "Nos Galen" aka "Deck The Halls" and not actually about the tune I was referring to at all. There might have been a different discussion, though I didn't search...
Chatty concertinist
Posted 20 March 2013 - 01:22 PM
This one may raise a few eyebrows!
Charles Sherritt was an accordion player from Aberdeen, Scotland.
Edited by davidcorner, 20 March 2013 - 01:23 PM.
Heavyweight Boxer
Posted 07 April 2013 - 06:14 AM
Charles Sherritt was an accordion player from Aberdeen, Scotland.
Thanks for the info David although I'm blessed if I can find out anything about him or anything else he may have written. 
Well now, time for another tune methinks! This one will try out the skills of the very best players although it's very playable by anyone if the speed is kept down. It is intended to be played at a fair old lick it has to be said, and here it is played by the composer, Danny Chapman who pretty comprehensively cans the idea that Irish style can't be played on an English concertina.
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