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Last saved: 05/06/2010
(from: http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/206/comments)
As a dancer and musician I hope I can help out here. It seems to me that this is the complete list of traditional sets danced throughout the world: A list of the remaining 'standard' set dances can be found on http://www.irishsetdances.net/tunes/ with the minimum speeds set down by An Coimisiun. (The minimum speed for Is The Big Man Within is 114 for 9/8 step, and 69 for 6/8 set). But these 30 are only a small subset of the some 80 set dances I know, some beautiful tunes have been left out that are thankfully still danced by the other organisations apart from An Coimisiun. Including The Four Masters, The Storyteller, The Wandering Musician, The Galtee Hunt (posted recently), The Fiddler Round The Fairy Tree, The Roving Pedlar, The Blue Eyed Rascal, The Piper's Dream, Planxty Hugh O'Donnell, ... need I go on? Hope this helps, GK
Last saved: 02/15/2010
(from http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/7222)
If you are playing for yourself then please yourself. If you are playing for an audience (performance/concert/gig) then play whatever you think the punters will enjoy without compromising yourself or the music too much. If it is a session it will depend on the mix and mood of other musicians.
Cheers
Last saved: 02/15/2010
Bob on transposing instruments
ok got it. thought that sounded right. However, most band instruments are transposing instruments that music is transposed from concert pitch to the pitch of the instrument. For instance (by the way) when you are learning the fingerings for this tin whistle (which is really a "C-instrument"), you are really learning the 'standard' instrument fingering - that is to say, that for a standard 'wind' instrument, left hand 3-closed pads/holes is a 'G' fingering and both hands 6-closed pads/holes is a 'D'. These fingerings are basically the same for a flute, clarinet, sax, oboe, etc. But the actual frequency of a given fingered note varies with each of these instruments and that is according to what is called the "key of the instrument". For example, the tin whistle is really a C-instrument which means that fingering a C will result in a note of the same frequency as concert-C, which is the same as a C on a standard guitar, cello, or any other C instrument, and matches the C-note on a piano. An "A" on that instrument will be 440 Hz. Since you are learning the standard fingerings, you can play a C-flute with these same fingerings, no problem. I used to have a C-melody sax which I just threw away. These used to be very popular because they used standard fingerings and give concert-C pitches. No transpositions necessary. Play guitar or piano music directly. Trouble is, they were cheap and sound like crap and fall apart. Instead, a natural key for the tenor-sax is Bb. That means that since the horn itself is two half steps lower than concert pitch (or 10 half steps higher), you have to finger 2 half steps higher to get the same pitch as a concert instrument. That means that to play what sounds like a C on a piano, you have to finger a D on the tenor.... It is a bit tricky to explain quickly, but because tenor is flatted two times (2 half steps lower) the song would be transposed down 2 half steps to Bb (on the cycle of fifths) (two flats, Eb and Bb) to get the correct fingerings to match the key of the song. So if you call blues in "G" with one sharp then I know that I will play (finger) in "F" with only one flat (Bb). The other sax I play is alto which is in Eb which means I always think of as either 3 half steps lower or more frequently as 10 half-steps higher than concert-C.
Last saved: 01/05/2010
@Alex: by the way, when you say "Charlie Brown music" you mean Vince Guaraldi's jazz compositions. One of my all time favorite Christmas shows is A Charlie Brown Christmas. There are a couple subtle things that made that Charlie Brown movie great - not least the lack of a laugh track. It's hard to find many kids shows without one, and personally I think they insult your intelligence. For another, they used real kids voices which was awesome (although I can't imagine how much work that must have been!) and to include a jazz sound track is sheer genius, not to mention that Guaraldi's music is phenomenal.
Last saved: 10/29/2009
I own only two guitars, an acoustic-electric Ovation and a Gibson SG electic. Here's the specs on the Ovation, for reference:
SN 314779
DISCONTINUED ITEMS Custom Balladeer
Body Type: Deep Bowl
This may be wrong! I can't find this exact serial number in this list
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Last saved: 11/03/2008
also see - http://www.concertina.com/merris/bibliography/english-tutors.htm
from http://www.wikihow.com/Play-the-Concertina # An Anglo is good for Irish music or folk music, with push/pull on the bellows quickly changing the notes. An English is more versatile having additional buttons for the accidentals (sharps and flats). If you are used to playing accordion or want more choices in the music you play choose an English. An Anglo will typically have a particular chord associated with it "C/G" or "G/D" for example, and have rows of chords. An English will have columns of buttons, the middle 2 columns are the natural or "white notes", and the outer two columns of buttons are the accidentals. A 30 button English will have some missing places for sharps/flats, whereas a 48 button English should have all 4 columns filled with buttons. A concertina has about the same range as a violin. Sheet music for the violin is playable on the concertina.
# Chords are playable on concertinas, but start with simple melodies first. On an English or Duet concertina just about any major or minor chord can be made, if you are dexterous enough. An Anglo is more limited in that regard.
Last saved: 02/24/2008
How to compress speech in lame
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007from http://howto.dubbo.org/category/audio/
I’ve been playing round with getting good quality compressed speech.
1. SMALLEST FILE SIZE ACCEPTABLE QUALITY. -V 9 –vbr-new -mm -h -q 0
2. An even better option than above but slightly more complicated is: -V 8 –vbr-new -h -q 0
3. BEST QUALITY AND ACCEPTABLE FILE SIZE. –preset voice OR -V 8 –vbr-new -h -q 0
Last saved: 08/14/2007
I played 'cello for many years and then traditional Irish music on guitar as my brother played fiddle. I played in the Dowling Orchestra for awhile when a friend had told me they needed Cellists, but it had been so long and I wasn't very good. After lots of practice, I was getting a bit better, but that was many years ago now. I wanted to get back into the 'cello, and remembered the ABC notation system I had run across awhile ago. I thought it would be easy to find some kind of editor that could transpose the (mainly) treble clef stuff I found online into bass clef (since I would prefer to read bass clef than struggle with the treble). It seems like I can almost do this in BarFly. I ran across a wonderful site by Laura Conrad, http://www.laymusic.org/ which, incidentally is run by bloxsom! Laura sings medieval music and has transcribed a multitude of songs into ABC notation, and provides them on her site. http://www.laymusic.org/music-publish.html However, BarFly has trouble with her stuff (although it can read other ABC notations fine), in fact the lillypond software has troubles with her files too - I've given up on reading them for now.
Lillypond Open source music engraver program
Mutopia All music in the Mutopia Project is free to download, print out, perform and distribute. There are now 592 pieces of music available!
Last saved: 12/04/2005
1. Drive My Car
Last saved: 09/03/2005
In response to John's post about CBGBs, NYC
I was only there once - with you I think, amidst a sea of blue and
Last saved: 03/13/2005
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnish`d rows of steel,
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Last saved: 06/09/2004
I just have the lyrics to "Bryd one Brere", they are:
MEDIEVAL ENGLISH:
1. Bryd one breere, briht brid one brere,
2. Ich am so blith, so briht, brid one brere,
3. Mihte ich hir at wille haven, TRANSLATION:
1. Bird on a briar, bright bird on a briar,
2. I am so happy, so bright, bird on a briar,
3. If I could have her at will,
This is taken from Jeremy Yudkin's "Music in Medieval Europe", Prentice Hall
Last saved: 06/15/2003
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Park and Main
On Main St IMAC (Huntington) call (516) 549-ARTS....
Last saved: 10/11/2002
This is a playlist of tunes that Ned and I worked on for a long time
All for me Grog
Last saved: 10/11/2002
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