Peter Stephenson Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltas...la_rooney_harp/ http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltas..._at_the_fleadh/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Evans Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 (edited) Wow! Thunderstruck! What beautiful, almost sad faces until the last time 'round and they allow a smile. Both women have an astounding cross-row technique. I could barely catch the bellows changes. Bravo! Edited January 11, 2008 by Mark Evans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Stephenson Posted January 11, 2008 Author Share Posted January 11, 2008 Yes Mark it's like "Oh no it's that bloke with the soup spoons again, ignore him and he might go away". But that "Reconciliation” reel is one to learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterT Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltas...la_rooney_harp/ I particularly like the "attack" which Ernestine has on the keys, which enables her to get the most subtle of grace notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Stephenson Posted January 31, 2008 Author Share Posted January 31, 2008 Peter A long and detailed thread here...http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/14711 about how she plays those cuts/rolls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterT Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 A long and detailed thread here...http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/14711about how she plays those cuts/rolls. Hi Peter, Thanks for this link; certainly a long thread! I've never understood all the "technical" terms used to describe the ornaments in Irish music (or other musics for that matter), but I certainly like to hear the end results when done well (like here!). Also nice to see some names familiar to this Forum. I tend to visit the www.thesession.org site only when looking for specific tunes. Regards, Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceemonster Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 i had seen the ernestine healy videos several times, but not the other one, really nifty.... yes, when i started on concertina it actually took me a while to be able to grasp what the style was that i found totally electrifying and wanted to learn, and it is like these players---great cross-row virtuosity for playing the melody, so you get that flowing, fluid, fiddle or flute-like line, but keeping the melody line clean otherwise for a classic ITM melody-instrument sound, unbroken by loud, percussive cuts in the melody, and unobscured on bass side by the accordion or ceili-piano-like loud bass chords which are very fashionable right now with many irish concertina virtuosos......the new cd, "bean chairdin," by dympna o'sullivan of county clare, is playing very much in the vein of the playing in these videos, with a dazzling level of virtuosity as well as expressiveness.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Hersh Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 The full set of Comhaltas concertina videos is here. In addition to the two mentioned below, here is another one that I particularly like, featuring Mairead Corridan. http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltas...la_rooney_harp/ http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltas..._at_the_fleadh/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceemonster Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 i am also a repeat visitor to the edel fox concertina video, as well as the one featuring jack talty of lissycasey, clare.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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