Daria Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Recently saw Mohsen Amini,Scottish Concertina player in bands IMAR and Talisk at Celtic Colours Festival in Cape Breton Canada. Absolutely phenomenal player . Gave Concertina a lot of good PR at this international festival. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FnI5VtpOeh8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyM Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Ive yet to see him in the flesh but i think ive bought most everything he's played on :-) I seem to remember him getting discussed on this forum last year when he was up for Radio 2's young folk musician of the year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 (edited) Wow. I just read this thread a half hour ago and followed them to this tune, and I’ve now learned it! X:1 T:l'Air Mignonne C:Simon Riopel S:https://youtu.be/hur5jYWD9B4 L:1/4 M:C| K:Amaj EAB|c>c ce|cB AB|c>c ce|cB AB| F3 A|E3 c|1BA GA|B:|2BA GB|AB ce|| |:f>f fa|fe ce|f>f fa|fe cA| F>F FA|E3 c|1BA GA|BE ce:|2BA GB|A|| Edited to add: The composer plays a C# rather than a B at the end of the fourth measure, but I prefer the B (and the faster tempo) as Ímar plays it. Edited October 15, 2017 by David Barnert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wes Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 To each their own, I say. He's obviously very technically talented, but it all sounds very frantic to my ear, and where is the melody? Of course, I'm a Mrs Crotty fan... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wes Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 I may be way off here, but I also wanted to add that I'm not sure that this groups (and many like them) style/sound is in the traditional catagory. To me, the style is a definite offshoot from traditional and quite modern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceemonster Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 There's nothing new about it, and not much "traditional" about it, either. Niall Vallely was doing this kind of jazzed-up, scalar noodling over a decade ago, and gobs of others are doing it as well. Having said all that, Mr. Amini is certainly a very good player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwinship Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 For what it's worth, L'Air Mignonne shares the first half its A and B parts with The Eagle's Whistle, and so we have an excuse to share this great Boys of the Lough clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCECUeBB9UI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 For what it's worth, L'Air Mignonne shares the first half its A and B parts with The Eagle's Whistle, and so we have an excuse to share this great Boys of the Lough clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCECUeBB9UI Close, but not quite. Eagle's Whistle is in a triple meter, and l'Air is in duple, so the stresses come out in different places. I wouldnt be surprised, however, if Riopel knew this tune when he wrote the other one and allowed himself to be influenced by it subconsciously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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