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Discussions => Tune of the Month => Topic started by: Clive Williams on September 01, 2018, 11:07:32 AM
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A return for this nice open theme; any tune with a name in the name, if you get my drift. Now you've all had your holidays, let's get back to it and see what stuff you can come up with :-)
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Does this include tunes that are described by the person (presumably) collected from or written by, such as Tom Tolley's Hornpipe and William Andrew's Sailor's Hornpipe?
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I think so: if there's anything that looks like a proper name in the title I'd say it's fair game.
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Absolutely and clever stretching of the rules to include the unexpected is encouraged too :-)
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Going for the simple 'proper noun'... whoever this Damon chap was...
Young Damon's Flight:
https://youtu.be/1XD1ceu_4LA
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'The Crags of Stanley Ghyll' by Adam Garland which fortuitously arrived in my inbox last week. A 64 bar tune, I have put the last two parts together so that it is played as a 48 bar jig. An out-take is included at 1:45 at a slightly slower pace which may be more descriptive. Titled for the crags, but I also hear the waterfall.
https://youtu.be/lIXGgXnIzQI
All the best
Bill
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Maybe a bit of a cheat, as this track was recorded some time ago, but I thought I'd chuck it in as Jimmy Allen had fared so badly in the TOTM poll! This recording has mixed memories for me, as the drummer and keyboard player have both passed away (though both younger than me), the fiddle player now lives in New Jersey and I'm settled in Cyprus. Can't get much further separated than that!
I'll try and get a proper contribution recorded by way of atonement......
https://soundcloud.com/mrkoilani/jimmy-allen (https://soundcloud.com/mrkoilani/jimmy-allen)
Graham
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https://soundcloud.com/mrkoilani/jimmy-allen (https://soundcloud.com/mrkoilani/jimmy-allen)
I absolutely love that ;D
For making the most of what I've heard described as "the most boring tune in the world", that was heroic!
I'm glad I listened right to the end, too.
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https://soundcloud.com/mrkoilani/jimmy-allen (https://soundcloud.com/mrkoilani/jimmy-allen)
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Fabulous. Reminds of the only time I was privileged to see Willie Taylor play at a workshop during Cleethorpes Folk Festival (?late 70's early 80's) when he started playing Jimmy Allen. I remember thinking 'oh no how naff' but by the end of countless harmonies I was transfixed.
Great playing.
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Thank you both - your comments mean a lot. The drummer in that band had worked in swing big bands before joining us, and the fiddle player had a pretty solid jazz background, so it seemed a natural way to put a bit of life into what is frankly a very ordinary tune (sorry George!)
Graham
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Just clicked on the link - superb!
Really enjoyed that Graham, thanks for sharing.
Q
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I think Jimmy Allen is a really good tune; am I odd?
Anyway, here's my 'tune with a name'; Valse efter Tor Lohne - https://youtu.be/XJZVwl6Iu4M
I *assume* Tor Lohne is a name; there's no place called that on Google Maps (yes, I looked), and Facebook lists several people with that name, although I can be fairly confident none of them wrote this :-) This is, I *think*, a trad Norwegian tune (Anahata's site has ABC that says trad Danish) and was played by Chris Wood and Andy Cutting in the 90's. Other than a version by Phillip Henry and Lancastrian band from a *long* time ago Chouchenn, it seems oddly unrecorded by anyone else. Perhaps because Chris and Andy's version was so good. Anyway, I've tried before to come up with a melodeon based version of it that sounds convincing, and failed badly - thought I'd try again, and here's the result.
Played on a Van der Aa Compact III in G/C.
If you want to see Chris and Andy's version, played on a C/F I think, here it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SGFXWLQ6Uo - sublime.
Cheers,
Clive
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It is somebody's name: my source of the tune told me "Tor" is alternative spelling for "Thor". I don't know where she got it from (though CW & AC's recording would be a good guess)
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The drummer in that band had worked in swing big bands before joining us, and the fiddle player had a pretty solid jazz background
This does does not surprise me much (:)
You picked up some quite jazzy style from them yourself, or maybe you always play like that...
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The drummer in that band had worked in swing big bands before joining us, and the fiddle player had a pretty solid jazz background
This does does not surprise me much (:)
You picked up some quite jazzy style from them yourself, or maybe you always play like that...
Not always, no! But I have been the bass player in a jazz trio......
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Miss Gayton's Hornpipe from the playing of William Irwin, the Lake District fiddler. Played on my L'Elfique with all the RH reeds and thirds in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1wJM1gsA6U
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I've been meaning to learn this for a while, and it's got a name in it...
Hardings Folly's Hornpipe (https://youtu.be/3h9US8349ls) from the William Mittell book.
And inspired by Martin Ellison's terrific version of same elsewhere on YouTube, from which I pinched the idea of the bass runs.
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A bit of O'Carolan on the old black and gold one, plus some mandola stirred in:
Maurice O'Conner (https://youtu.be/d__SG4U6IM4)
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About 5 years ago McGrooger posted a video of "Dick's Maggot" that he pronounced the "trickiest" tune he had learned so far. I was quite taken with both his playing and his pronouncement, and I've been messing with it ever since.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVwameFAHpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVwameFAHpg)
Thanks, Mr. McG. I've really enjoyed it.
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I love it Jeff !!! I bet that isn't easy to master....well played (:)
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"Dick's Maggot": Delightfully jaunty tune and rendering. Yet another one for the 'to-do' ... Thanks.
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I was touched to learn that Pascal Rubens' Gooik 2018 workshop gave my name to her newest mazurka. Pascal often brings a composition and asks the class to name it. I can claim some success in the naming of her other tunes but I had nothing to do with this one. I was enjoying a different session taught by Guus Herremans.
It is presumptious but I simply can't resist posting it for Tunes with a Name: Mazurka for the fantastic mister Doc Jones
https://youtu.be/wsTEDitHbpo (https://youtu.be/wsTEDitHbpo)
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I was touched to learn that Pascal Rubens' Gooik 2018 workshop gave my name to her newest mazurka.
https://youtu.be/wsTEDitHbpo (https://youtu.be/wsTEDitHbpo)
What an honour and a nice piece, very well played as usual, fantastic mister Doc Jones !
I feel a bit of a trend starting, as fantastic mister Roland Carson has had a piece written for him by Alessandro Pepino.
Who will be next? A little jingle for the fantastic mister Winston Tinkerbell Smith perhaps??? ;D
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Now, now, that man!
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Now, now, that man!
Ha ha ha! Sorry, I couldn’t resist >:E
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Thank you for the kind words. Where might I hear the tune by Alessandro Pepino?
I feel a bit of a trend starting, as fantastic mister Roland Carson has had a piece written for him by Alessandro Pepino.
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Thank you for the kind words. Where might I hear the tune by Alessandro Pepino?
I feel a bit of a trend starting, as fantastic mister Roland Carson has had a piece written for him by Alessandro Pepino.
I can’t find it on YouTube, although I am sure I have heard Roland playing it. Maybe it has been deleted. But here is a link to Alessandro’s latest CD, with his band L’Escargot, you can see it is there on the track list. I don’t have the disc, maybe I should get it.
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About 5 years ago McGrooger posted a video of "Dick's Maggot" that he pronounced the "trickiest" tune he had learned so far. I was quite taken with both his playing and his pronouncement, and I've been messing with it ever since.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVwameFAHpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVwameFAHpg)
Thanks, Mr. McG. I've really enjoyed it.
Still one of my favourite 3/2 tunes but I'm beggared if I can tap my foot 3 to the bar in the 'A' part of the music when the first note of the bar is a crotchet and thus less than a full beat. Well played that man!
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I can’t find it on YouTube, although I am sure I have heard Roland playing it. Maybe it has been deleted. But here is a link to Alessandro’s latest CD, with his band L’Escargot, you can see it is there on the track list. I don’t have the disc, maybe I should get it.
Thanks for posting about this lovely tune.
Mr Roland Carson by YouTube user L'Escargot - Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-WEwEsLR18 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-WEwEsLR18)
I believe your spell check may have modulated last name Pipino to Pepino, thereby awarding Allessandro a PhD in chemistry but severely diminishing his diato skills. ;)
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It's not a song that I've had to learn for this ThotM but it still counts in my book as I've never recorded it before. (:)
It is a song that I've written for our cat named Albina. She had a wild life and, as far as we know, she had more than 6 homes before she arrived at our place. We got her when she was 6 years old and now she's 12. She has a very shy character and basically had to relearn how to be herself, play and "be a cat" again.
As always there are some hickups here and there, but I don't have the patience at the moment to re-record it. Maybe at a later time. Have fun listening to it. :||:
https://soundcloud.com/laubblaeser/albina-take-1
Futhermore, I'm currently learning a completely new song as well, it's called Bruce (Recordings: Live (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOL3jxZZ72Y) and Studio (https://open.spotify.com/track/03dEG6yM84ITNDm1tsU7Wd)). The problem with it is that it is swedish (wild rhythms), that it is normally played by a trio (Nyckelharpa, Cello, and Mandolin), and that there is no sheet music of the song meaning that I have to learn it by ear. Complicated enough, isn't it? Started yesterday evening, got the basics down already. Will try to post in the next few days. Lots of practice needed still...
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"I'm always surprised by the number of people who vote for a tune but don't post anything."
Perhaps the answer to your wonderings is shown in the following youtube?
Here's a "name" tune, which the above quoted posting by McGrooger shamed me into playing and recording. The name of the tune is Gwalchmai, it's a hymn tune, and if you want to sing along it's number 23 in the M.H.B. Don't worry about the mis-timing of notes or the other glitches; they're all part of my current playing style!
(Gwalchmai ap Gwyar becomes in the French Romances Gawain, having first been Latinized into Walwanus and Walweyn.)
Enough! "A Tune from the Terrace", here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuiB3LzpUnM
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"I'm always surprised by the number of people who vote for a tune but don't post anything."
Perhaps the answer to your wonderings is shown in the following youtube?
Here's a "name" tune, which the above quoted posting by McGrooger shamed me into playing and recording. The name of the tune is Gwalchmai, it's a hymn tune, and if you want to sing along it's number 23 in the M.H.B. Don't worry about the mis-timing of notes or the other glitches; they're all part of my current playing style!
(Gwalchmai ap Gwyar becomes in the French Romances Gawain, having first been Latinized into Walwanus and Walweyn.)
Enough! "A Tune from the Terrace", here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuiB3LzpUnM
Good lad! And interesting stuff about Gawain too - I used to spend too much time reading and thinking about the Arthurian legends! (:)
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Here's a "name" tune, which the above quoted posting by McGrooger shamed me into playing and recording. The name of the tune is Gwalchmai, it's a hymn tune, and if you want to sing along it's number 23 in the M.H.B. Don't worry about the mis-timing of notes or the other glitches; they're all part of my current playing style!
(Gwalchmai ap Gwyar becomes in the French Romances Gawain, having first been Latinized into Walwanus and Walweyn.)
Enough! "A Tune from the Terrace", here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuiB3LzpUnM
Wow. Nice one, Mr Jennings. Instant earworm.
If you don't want the 114, sometime, I'll have it. Lovely sound.
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"Lovely sound"?
It badly needs tuning!
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I have been somewhat inactive lately - partially due to the fact that a corroded joint on my hot water cylinder caused it to empty through my ceiling.After much negotiation with insurance company, builders, plumbers and painters at last things are getting repaired. Recorded these whilst waiting for the plaster to dry. Hope you like the echo effect!
Two tunes, two names Mopsi Don (or the Welsh jig, Mopsy's tune) and Tom Jones. Learnt after Dave Ball played them at our local session in Nantwich.
https://youtu.be/-9lDmLe5vcA
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Two great tunes, excellent playing and a nice natural reverb. (:)
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Two great tunes, excellent playing and a nice natural reverb. (:)
Thanks for your kind comments. They are good tunes & deserve to be played more widely; maybe a few more musicians will give them a go if they happen to see this.
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They are good tunes & deserve to be played more widely
They're growing on me, I must admit. I think these are two fine ABC renditions of them?
Mopsy Don; (Approximately) https://www.folktunefinder.com/tunes/109458
Tom Jones; https://www.folktunefinder.com/tunes/197202
Not sure how I'd handle not having the high G# for Tom Jones though. The tune's namesake is radically more popular online! Anyway, I can say that I'm into these tunes and will give them a shot, so, you (hopefully) have at least turned one person onto them!
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They are good tunes & deserve to be played more widely
They're growing on me, I must admit. I think these are two fine ABC renditions of them?
Mopsy Don; (Approximately) https://www.folktunefinder.com/tunes/109458
Tom Jones; https://www.folktunefinder.com/tunes/197202
Not sure how I'd handle not having the high G# for Tom Jones though. The tune's namesake is radically more popular online! Anyway, I can say that I'm into these tunes and will give them a shot, so, you (hopefully) have at least turned one person onto them!
Here's Mopsi Dôn (see attached) transcribed from the original source in 'Blodau'r Grug - 100 Welsh Dance Tunes' published by the Welsh Folk Dance Society. It's a great tune and you can really get stuck in to the A-music returning from the B-music each time! Original key is in C, but works well for D/G melodeon in the key of G. I made this transcription for a workshop at Melodeons at Witney in 2016. Feel free to use it.
Edit:
Here's a link to one of my teaching recordings (i.e. basic, no clever stuff).
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yh1fqxc2o0b2rir/Mopsi_D%C3%B4n_demo.mp3?dl=0
If you want an ABC version, I've only got the original version in the key of C and I'm not sitting at my usual computer so can't transpose it for you just now. However, I'm sure you will be able to do the necessary to get it into G.
ABC in C:
X:1
T:Mopsi Dôn (yr hen ffordd)
T:Mopsi's Tune (the old way)
C:Trad. (Blodau'r Grug)
S:Blodau'r Grug
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=120
K:C
P:A
Bcd d2e | d2c dBG | cdc efe | cdc efe |
Bcd d2e | d2c B2B | cde f2e | dcB c3 :|
P:B
geg fdf | ece dBG | c2c edc | B2c d3 |
geg fdf | ece dBG | edc agf | efd c3 :|
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Your soundclip sounds great Steve. I hope you continue to teach this tune tune in your deservedly well respected workshops; also lots of useful background information - thanks. I have a copy of Blodau'r Grug - I really must discipline myself to learn some more tunes from it. I only used Richard Robinson's transcription after being directed there by Dave Ball. Would be delighted to hear other players interpretations whatever the source.
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Your soundclip sounds great Steve. I hope you continue to teach this tune tune in your deservedly well respected workshops; also lots of useful background information - thanks. I have a copy of Blodau'r Grug - I really must discipline myself to learn some more tunes from it. I only used Richard Robinson's transcription after being directed there by Dave Ball. Would be delighted to hear other players interpretations whatever the source.
Thanks!
I've taught several Welsh tunes workshops at Witney and Mendlesham, and also worked Welsh tunes into other non-specific workshops. The next one will be at the Witney Supersqueeze (https://www.davetownsendmusic.com/music-workshops-classes/witney-supersqueeze-workshops/course-fees-booking/), 16th - 18th November 2018.
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Here's my last minute contribution ... a bit rushed, so only one take, flubs and all. And I think I need to slow down - seems rushed. Gaah! I still hate to hear recordings of myself. But so many of you say this is a path to improvement, so ...
Frederique Paris: Maria (with Rue de l'Oiseau tacked on).
https://soundcloud.com/fcdiato/frederique-paris-maria-rue-de-loiseau (https://soundcloud.com/fcdiato/frederique-paris-maria-rue-de-loiseau)
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Thanks all - onto the next theme! Late contribs are welcome on the end of this thread as ever!
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I'm currently travelling and don't have any other options to record anything. So here goes nothing as I'm trying to play the promised song Bruce by the Swedish trio Nordic.
https://vimeo.com/294875502
Have fun watching me play for once instead of just listening. ;)
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I'm currently travelling and don't have any other options to record anything. So here goes nothing as I'm trying to play the promised song Bruce by the Swedish trio Nordic.
https://vimeo.com/294875502
Have fun watching me play for once instead of just listening. ;)
I think the title is probably "Brus" in Norwegian and refers either to a kind of drink, usually something sparkling or carbonated. There are also many "gammeldans" (old-time dance tunes) melodies with titles like "Hammarforsens Brus" where it's referring to the "brus" or sparkling spray from a waterfall (fors) at a place...in this case Hammarforsen, Ragunda in the Swedish county/province of Jämtland. Tune link:
https://youtu.be/xrx-u5XqR1Q
OK, you may now return to the regularly scheduled program...
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Fred, that was a lovely "light" tune, and very nicely played, too. Top man!
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Ah, thank you for that link Dick. It's always interesting to see what two 5-row players can achieve, especially when it comes to richness in sound.
However, I'm fairly certain that this song is indeed called Bruce and not Brus. For reference, see my earlier post with links to the original song in a studio and a live version. The band itself is very well worth a listen if you enjoy modern scandinavian music.
Futhermore, I'm currently learning a completely new song as well, it's called Bruce (Recordings: Live (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOL3jxZZ72Y) and Studio (https://open.spotify.com/track/03dEG6yM84ITNDm1tsU7Wd)). The problem with it is that it is swedish (wild rhythms), that it is normally played by a trio (Nyckelharpa, Cello, and Mandolin), and that there is no sheet music of the song meaning that I have to learn it by ear. Complicated enough, isn't it? Started yesterday evening, got the basics down already. Will try to post in the next few days. Lots of practice needed still...
Edit: And thank you Winston for your nice comment. (:)
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Ah, thank you for that link Dick. It's always interesting to see what two 5-row players can achieve, especially when it comes to richness in sound.
However, I'm fairly certain that this song is indeed called Bruce and not Brus. For reference, see my earlier post with links to the original song in a studio and a live version. The band itself is very well worth a listen if you enjoy modern scandinavian music.
Futhermore, I'm currently learning a completely new song as well, it's called Bruce (Recordings: Live (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOL3jxZZ72Y) and Studio (https://open.spotify.com/track/03dEG6yM84ITNDm1tsU7Wd)). The problem with it is that it is swedish (wild rhythms), that it is normally played by a trio (Nyckelharpa, Cello, and Mandolin), and that there is no sheet music of the song meaning that I have to learn it by ear. Complicated enough, isn't it? Started yesterday evening, got the basics down already. Will try to post in the next few days. Lots of practice needed still...
Edit: And thank you Winston for your nice comment. (:)
OK!!!
There are several groups called Nordic it seems. From the structure, rhythmic swing and title, another distinct possibility is that the title refers to American old- time fiddler extrodinaire Bruce Molsky who has spent a lot of time jamming, performing and recording with Scandinavian folk musicians.
Here's a clip of Bruce and Swedish musician Ale Möller together: https://youtu.be/ufYuLVPgAu0
I think we're onto something here...
DR