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    Theme Of The Month, August 2015: The Music Of Turlough O'carolan

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    Very interesting and lovely dulcimer playing Daria! I'm not that familiar with these instruments but your style sounds a bit like listening to a cimbalom of Hungarian provenance to my ears... (very full and rich, thereby creating a wall of decay). Really like the sort of alienating effect on this kind of music... (or maybe I have it completely wrong, and this approach isn't uncommon at all?)!Anyways, did I say that I like it a lot? :)Best wishes - Wolf

    Oh yes, a cimbalom is a type of hammered dulcimer. Tuning different but quite similar in appearance and tone.

     

    Thank you for your comments.

    Theme Of The Month For June, 2015: Waltzes

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    I first heard this song last year at a workshop given by Pascal Gemme of the Quebecois group Genticorum . He said it was from an animated documentary called Crac! by Frederic Back, which chronicles the history of Quebec through the eyes of a rocking chair. The soundtrack was done by the group Le Reve du Diable and the film won an Oscar in the 80s

     

    Here is the film- entire soundtrack is traditional Quebecois music

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsWU-nksQWA

     

    And here is my meager attempt:

     

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2z8mprBtlA

    Fairy Dance

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    I am just trying to learn the song Old Molly Hare ,in honor my my new granddaughter, Molly, and believe it is the same tune.

     

    Does anyone know ?

     

    Your playing is wonderful Alan. I really like your descending bass line and plan to try something similar.

     

    Thanks for posting.

    Tune Of The Month, April, 2015: Harliquin Air

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    Finally getting around to learning this tune-getting in under the end of month wire. The advantage to being late is I got to listen to the other submissions and use David Barnert's excellent suggestion of using an E chord as secondary dominant at end of first section.

     

    This song was very user friendly for the Anglo, I suppose since it is bouncy. If the current TOTM voting is predictive, I suspect next month's selection(if it is Da Slockit Licht) will be anglo challenged.

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps44MSqoU4U

    Theme Of The Month, April 2015: Your Newest

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    Now that I've at least half recovered I focussed on my being part of discovering the amazing world of the "Dahlhoff" collection...

     

    So if someone might fancy listening to one (resp. two) of "my newest", please follow this link...!

     

    Best wishes - Wolf

     

    P.S.: Will post directly here too, with a set of Irish Polkas (two of them new to me) soon...

    Very nicely done Wolf. Looking forward to hearing some more soon.

    Theme Of The Month, April 2015: Your Newest

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    I wanted to get this arrangement finished before a retirement party I went to a few weeks ago. It never made it and still isn't there, but here is a first go.

     

    Any advice as to how to not make my bellows sound like I am drowning when I need to release the air hole would be appreciated. Subtlety of bellows control is obviously not one of my strengths :)

     

    When I'm Sixty Four by the Beatles

     

     

    I wasn't going to post this, but you forced my hand. (very nice, by the way).

     

    https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/68325595/C.net%20Tune%20of%20the%20Month/maxwell2.MP3

     

    At Morris practice recently they were doing Bampton stepping practice, and I started playing this quietly. It sort of works.

     

    In a manner of speaking.

     

    Maxwell's Silver Hammer as a Morris tune.

     

    That sounds great Jim- I think I will steal your version!

     

    Actually this is one time I am glad I don't sing. Nice song but bizarre lyrics.

    Theme Of The Month, April 2015: Your Newest

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    I wanted to get this arrangement finished before a retirement party I went to a few weeks ago. It never made it and still isn't there, but here is a first go.

     

    Any advice as to how to not make my bellows sound like I am drowning when I need to release the air hole would be appreciated. Subtlety of bellows control is obviously not one of my strengths :)

     

    When I'm Sixty Four by the Beatles

     

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2k_fBPwLe8

     

    Anglo GD Morse

     

     

    Theme Of The Month, April 2015: Your Newest

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    I heard this tune about a month ago at a concert in Philadelphia by the young Irish group Full Set . I liked the song, but didn't get the name. The only thing I heard in the title was "Horse" and that it was written by an accordion player from Chicago .So I typed in "horse, accordion, Chicago" and bingo, first hit on the list was "Horse Keane's Hornpipe" by Jimmy Keane. Horse was his father - I presume he either looked like a horse, worked with horses, or liked the racetrack...

     

    Here it is on my Morse Anglo CG. I am trying to play it in an Irish style, throwing in occasional ornamentation, but definitely a WIP

     

    https://youtu.be/xDiGH9Ki-eY

    Tune Of The Month, March 2015: Jamaica Farewell

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    Here is my instrumental version. Some glitches in middle. This was a fun song to do. I tried to get a calypso type of rhythm using my left hand.

     

     

    https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=h69WADgeWDI

     

    Not working for me. Wants me to log in, I'm guessing to your Google account. (Note the word "edit" in the web address. I don't want to edit; I only want to view/listen.)

     

    I think you need to check and correct the link address. I'm looking forward to when it works.

    OK, will you check it now? I reloaded it a different way

    Tune Of The Month, Feb. 2015: Metsakukkia

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    And here is mine, same like last month:

     

    " Beginner, only melody, tips, comments, suggestions welcome :) !"

     

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/dl2ywx0nbhgexj2/Metsäkukkia-TOTM.mp3?dl=0

    Nice job Toffie. I started to try to do TOTM a few months after I started to play the concertina,about a year ago. It is a great teaching tool. I it makes me learn keys and chords and tunes that I would not normally seek out.

     

    Keep up the nice work.

    Tune Of The Month, Feb. 2015: Metsakukkia

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    Have been able to download the file, Elke. Really nice playing, only criticism is that you shorten the long sustained notes in bar 3 + 7 and thus don't complete those bars.

     

    Daria, that's a fine effort too, love to hear the tune played with pieces of harmony. Interesting choice of chords in the B section, since I'm "hearing" it pretty different as is audible in my own recording. These individual approaches are such an important part of what makes TOTM so rewarding as for me...

     

    And congrats on your purchase, apparently a nice-sounding instrument, which has the looks too... :)

     

    Best wishes - Wolf

    Nice playing Wolf. It is interesting to see the different interpretations that show up isn't it? I found my version in book of tunes from northern Wisconsin, so apparently the Finnish settlers brought it over with them.

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