Caitlin nic Gabhann and four other concertinists play her latest composition

[Daniel Hersh]

There are 13 other musicians too!  One of the other concertina players is Jack Talty - not sure about the other three.  They're playing her new tune called Ceol sa Quad.

 

 

[Don Taylor]

I guess that they did not get the message about not tapping their feet?

[Jillser Nic Amhlaoibh]

10 hours ago, Don Taylor said:

I guess that they did not get the message about not tapping their feet?

 

Probably not since it's quite common and accepted for Irish traditional musicians to tap their feet when playing....

[SIMON GABRIELOW]

Don't worry about "foot tapping".. because listening to that cheerful sound will get even the most repressed of us Tapping feet"!🌝🌝

[David Barnert]

17 hours ago, Don Taylor said:

I guess that they did not get the message about not tapping their feet?

7 hours ago, Jillser Nic Amhlaoibh said:

 

Probably not since it's quite common and accepted for Irish traditional musicians to tap their feet when playing....

 

He’s joking. Referring to the discussion of foot tapping in this thread:

 

 

[Jillser Nic Amhlaoibh]

Good to know, but since people may be reading this thread who are either:

 

1) Unfamiliar with Irish traditional music

 

and 

 

2) Unfamiliar with the aforementioned previous thread,

 

then for their benefit it can't hurt to mention that it's probably more common than not for players to tap their foot audibly when playing irish traditional music, just in case someone new to the tradition would interpret Don's comment as meaning that the practice is frowned upon.

[Peter Laban]

In his 1936 tutor for the uilleann pipes Leo Rowsome had a page of 'A few valuable hints', basically a list of 'don'ts'. One of them was 'DON'T stamp your foot to beat time  : such a habit can easily be avoided in its early stages'.

 

While it would be rowing against the tide to object to foot tapping, I don't think it is an obligatory part of playing traditional music. It's just something most people do. Although.. I have seen a few people posting to internet forums asking how they can learn to do it

Edited November 15, 2022 by Peter Laban

[SIMON GABRIELOW]

I suppose it is like, in another example, the principal of whether use to a metronome to beat time is needed or not, and as to the need to make the rhythm suitably clear to assist in playing. But foot tapping is more natural and hard not to do when music is so lively.