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Title: Theme of the Month for October 2019: Play an Old Tune of the Month!
Post by: Clive Williams on September 30, 2019, 10:40:39 PM
Believe it or not, and despite what the description on this group says (still not updated it!), Tune of the Month is 10 years old this month! So in celebration, this month pick a tune of the month that you haven't played before, and give it a whirl! They're all listed in Lester's list, here in column B of this spreadsheet.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oAAqmdNlsk1qRfQbf0ldR0m408Npkqa6ra9okoZIUlY/edit#gid=0

That's a lot of tunes. And I'm pretty sure nobody has recorded them all, other than me. So... you all have a great big list of material to choose from, together with threads with several different interpretations of each for inspiration!

Not quite sure what I'll do though; I've already done them all, so I'll redo one with a different interpretation to what I did first time round perhaps.

Cheers,

Clive
Title: Re: Theme of the Month for October 2019: Play an Old Tune of the Month!
Post by: folkbluesnbeyond on October 06, 2019, 05:03:49 PM
 I joined melnet and first posted in November 2010, so missed this TotM from April of that year. I have also posted some of the pre-dating tunes previously  under 'Theme', or just for fun.

Battle of the Somme: straight to tape on a wet afternoon!

https://youtu.be/aXyYKaM5PD8

All the best
Bill
Title: Re: Theme of the Month for October 2019: Play an Old Tune of the Month!
Post by: Tone Dumb Greg on October 08, 2019, 09:20:56 AM
I joined melnet and first posted in November 2010, so missed this TotM from April of that year. I have also posted some of the pre-dating tunes previously  under 'Theme', or just for fun.

Battle of the Somme: straight to tape on a wet afternoon!

https://youtu.be/aXyYKaM5PD8

All the best
Bill

I just got around to listening to this. A unique take on the tune. I can't quite work out what it is, but it sounds great.
Title: Re: Theme of the Month for October 2019: Play an Old Tune of the Month!
Post by: Janneke Slagter on October 08, 2019, 12:16:40 PM

https://youtu.be/ccK6R9TXNdU  :||:

Because of my suggestion " the tune of the month: Leyas Vaggvisa" was chosen I decided to play an old tune of the month: the Cheshire waltz. My only problem is the acceleration :Ph
Janneke
Title: Re: Theme of the Month for October 2019: Play an Old Tune of the Month!
Post by: Eshed on October 10, 2019, 10:24:08 PM
Flowers of Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/2rTDUVsOJ6o

I've been practicing that one for almost the entire time I've been playing, still far from done.
This video was taken in the basement of a friend who knows his recording and mixing. Even though the second time through had some severe fumbles, we thought the overall groove was worth keeping the take.
Lots of thanks go to Pierre-Emmanuel (http://forum.melodeon.net/index.php?action=profile;u=7771) of this parish and the other wonderful versions of this tune.

P.S. the chords in the beginning were just random stuff between takes, but my friend demanded that they remain.
Title: Re: Theme of the Month for October 2019: Play an Old Tune of the Month!
Post by: playandteach on October 10, 2019, 10:29:21 PM
Flowers of Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/2rTDUVsOJ6o
Your best playing yet.
Title: Re: Theme of the Month for October 2019: Play an Old Tune of the Month!
Post by: Tone Dumb Greg on October 11, 2019, 12:30:59 AM
Flowers of Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/2rTDUVsOJ6o

...Even though the second time through had some severe fumbles, we thought the overall groove was worth keeping the take...


Interesting that the things you perceive as stumbles are, in reality,  totally insignificant. I agree with P&T. Masterful.
Title: Re: Theme of the Month for October 2019: Play an Old Tune of the Month!
Post by: Jesse Smith on October 11, 2019, 03:55:30 AM
Big smiles from me listening to that one, Eshed! :|glug

Janneke, I liked the multitracking; I haven't worked up the nerve to try something like that myself!
Title: Re: Theme of the Month for October 2019: Play an Old Tune of the Month!
Post by: Anahata on October 11, 2019, 10:06:18 AM
Flowers of Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/2rTDUVsOJ6o

Magnificent. Robust rhythm, rich harmonies - just glorious!

Great sound too, which had me looking up the price of those Oktava mics and wondering about trying that widely spaced mic arrangement myself.
Title: Re: Theme of the Month for October 2019: Play an Old Tune of the Month!
Post by: Hugh Taylor on October 11, 2019, 12:38:25 PM
Flowers of Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/2rTDUVsOJ6o


Great played as a schottische instead of a reel.
Title: Re: Theme of the Month for October 2019: Play an Old Tune of the Month!
Post by: Eshed on October 11, 2019, 10:48:22 PM
Thank you all! Means quite a lot to me (:)

@anahata My friend had another microphone pointed to a corner of a room which was passed through a very short reverb and only the reverb signal was mixed into the two other mics.
Title: Re: Theme of the Month for October 2019: Play an Old Tune of the Month!
Post by: Janneke Slagter on October 12, 2019, 09:18:14 PM

Janneke, I liked the multitracking; I haven't worked up the nerve to try something like that myself!

Thank you! The most difficult part is the mix of the tracks. Now listening again, I hear 2e and 3e voice too loud and messy. It's not a good balance. In the last parts it went better and then you can recognise the beat. I'm a real amateur :||:
Janneke
Title: Re: Theme of the Month for October 2019: Play an Old Tune of the Month!
Post by: Clive Williams on October 19, 2019, 04:09:45 PM
I've recorded everything already of course :-)

So here's another take at Bonny Kate, which I think makes a lovely jig. My violin playing friend disagrees wildly, but he's not here!

https://youtu.be/gjNzOC7FANg

Played on a venerable Hohner Club I in C/F.

Cheers,

Clive
Title: Re: Theme of the Month for October 2019: Play an Old Tune of the Month!
Post by: Eshed on October 19, 2019, 06:58:08 PM
Fabulous, Clive!
Title: Re: Theme of the Month for October 2019: Play an Old Tune of the Month!
Post by: Ellison on October 19, 2019, 10:33:49 PM
Here's one - La Marianne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtA85XHXEGU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtA85XHXEGU)
Title: Re: Theme of the Month for October 2019: Play an Old Tune of the Month!
Post by: Ellison on October 19, 2019, 10:38:18 PM
Here's another - Planxty Irwin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSQQHM9vw3E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSQQHM9vw3E)
Title: Re: Theme of the Month for October 2019: Play an Old Tune of the Month!
Post by: Jesse Smith on October 30, 2019, 03:13:33 AM
William and Nancy (Tune of the Month from September 2014): https://youtu.be/_dNay15i3g8

I think this is my very favorite Morris tune, or at least it is one of the ones that grabbed me when I first heard it and made me want to learn to play the melodeon. I was doggedly determined to play through the entire music for the dance (which makes it the longest recording I have yet pulled off). It's a bit "warts and all", and there are some panicky, flailing moments in the slows, but I hope I managed to summon enough verve to do it some justice regardless. Mostly I was just chuffed to get through a three minute tune without spontaneously combusting.
Title: Re: Theme of the Month for October 2019: Play an Old Tune of the Month!
Post by: playandteach on October 30, 2019, 09:30:20 AM
Sounds convincing. Well played, Jesse.
Title: Re: Theme of the Month for October 2019: Play an Old Tune of the Month!
Post by: Clive Williams on October 31, 2019, 10:32:48 PM
Thanks all - on to the next theme; as ever please post any late contribs on the end of this thread as ever.
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