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Discussions => Tune of the Month => Topic started by: Clive Williams on September 25, 2018, 07:02:48 PM
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Hi all: this month's suggestions:
Jiggery Pokerwork - last month's close runners up is this famous tune from John Spiers - https://lesters-tune-a-day.blogspot.com/2013/02/tune-182-jiggery-pokerwork.html . Written around the accidentals on a pokerwork, and quite a workout. To play it on a one row or non-accidental box will take a bit of fudging which could be quite an interesting exercise in itself.
Kilavil Jig - trad Irish jig, here demonstrated wonderfully by Serge Carrier. Great one row tune, and it happens to be first up if you type 'melodeon jig' into youtube... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seAdetCpgZQ
Hesleyside Reel - trad from Northumbria; here's a great version to learn it from by Gavin Atkin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8TStsxe3ws although I confess to also liking this slow version too... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELtqzqlbRJo
Bouffard's Waltz / Valse a Bouffard - no prizes who wrote this! Ace gurdy player Patrick Bouffard, and quite a favourite on the french music scene. Oddly I can't find any normal speed versions of this on the melodeon on youtube, but there's this slow tutorial from Daddy Long Les perfect for learning off. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SyFUn693j0 . I can only assume it has a full name. Here's a nice version on gurdy/guitar that should help make sense of how it sounds at dance speed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8lML2cpEgU
There you go; happy voting folks!
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Apologies all; have recovered the poll data following a database glitch. Hopefully it should work again now :-)
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Thanks Clive, working for me now.
cheers
Q
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Hi all: this month's suggestions:
Jiggery Pokerwork - last month's close runners up is this famous tune from John Spiers - https://lesters-tune-a-day.blogspot.com/2013/02/tune-182-jiggery-pokerwork.html . Written around the accidentals on a pokerwork, and quite a workout. To play it on a one row or non-accidental box will take a bit of fudging which could be quite an interesting exercise in itself.
Kilavil Jig - trad Irish jig, here demonstrated wonderfully by Serge Carrier. Great one row tune, and it happens to be first up if you type 'melodeon jig' into youtube... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seAdetCpgZQ
Hesleyside Reel - trad from Northumbria; here's a great version to learn it from by Gavin Atkin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8TStsxe3ws although I confess to also liking this slow version too... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELtqzqlbRJo
Bouffard's Waltz / Valse a Bouffard - no prizes who wrote this! Ace gurdy player Patrick Bouffard, and quite a favourite on the french music scene. Oddly I can't find any normal speed versions of this on the melodeon on youtube, but there's this slow tutorial from Daddy Long Les perfect for learning off. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SyFUn693j0 . I can only assume it has a full name. Here's a nice version on gurdy/guitar that should help make sense of how it sounds at dance speed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8lML2cpEgU
There you go; happy voting folks!
Another nice & very fluent version Hesleyside Reel played by Owen Woods 1st tune up here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nYYDt1ZMUU
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Lester plays a nice version of hesleyside reel on his tune a day listing .
george
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I'm impressed that someone has posted their contribution before it has actually become a "thing". Very nice too Folk Blues and Beyond...