Jody Kruskal Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Cindy and I have been having some more fun, so here's a zippy little Irish polka on autoharp and concertina we recorded over JamKazam. Aren't modal tunes just so compelling? We love them! https://soundcloud.com/parallel_play2020/niely-cleeres-polka 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isel Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Lovely again Jody!☺️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Great tune! I’d never met it before. And a lovely performance. In the comments on the SoundCloud page, you say: Quote D modal, with C naturals in there, although I think our arrangement also has some C#'s Indeed, you and Cindy both play a C# in the descending pattern in the next to last measure of both the A and B sections. I looked up the tune on the session.org and most of the transcriptions there have a D at that point in the tune, but I like it better with the C#, the way you guys play it. Mixolydian, schmixolydian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jody Kruskal Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 Thanks Isel. David, right you are. I learned this tune in a wild and noisy session in the Camp House at Pinewoods long ago from a very young Emily Troll, back when she was on crew. So, I'm playing it from ear and memory, not dots. Interestingly, I played it for Emily many years later and she claims to have never known the tune. Go figure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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