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Theme of the Month for April 2015: Places
« on: April 01, 2015, 01:44:24 AM »

Hi folks,

A nice simple theme this month - tunes with place names in them, be they real or imaginary. That's quite a lot of tunes by my reckoning, so have fun!

Cheers,

Clive

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Re: Theme of the Month for April 2015: Places
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2015, 07:52:17 AM »

A Left Turn at Albuquerque (Bugs Bunny reference) a tune by Matt Quinn

http://lesters-tune-a-day.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/tune-364-left-turn-at-albuquerque.html

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Re: Theme of the Month for April 2015: Places
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2015, 10:17:55 PM »

Stamford Waltz by Jon Swayne: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SADtCM3jhRA
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Re: Theme of the Month for April 2015: Places
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2015, 10:45:33 PM »

Flowers of Edinburgh

http://youtu.be/_0oC9fAV9As

51st Highlanders Farewell to Sicily

http://youtu.be/XS9zstN3_vM

My grandad was with them in the Royal Armoured Corps.
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Re: Theme of the Month for April 2015: Places
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2015, 10:48:16 PM »

White cliffs of Dover

http://youtu.be/XS9zstN3_vM

The Holmfirth anthem

http://youtu.be/jmOSubQmgNo
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Re: Theme of the Month for April 2015: Places
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2015, 10:50:29 PM »

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Re: Theme of the Month for April 2015: Places
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2015, 10:55:47 PM »

Mull of Kintyre

http://youtu.be/HumWLBbfZvo

Seychelles mazurka ps Sharon Shannon learnt it from me ;-)

http://youtu.be/RViA2tYMx5U

Dingle Regatta
http://youtu.be/z9Um6kzaOFM
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Re: Theme of the Month for April 2015: Places
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2015, 05:23:03 AM »

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Re: Theme of the Month for April 2015: Places
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2015, 05:19:28 PM »

Stamford Waltz by Jon Swayne: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SADtCM3jhRA

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Re: Theme of the Month for April 2015: Places
« Reply #9 on: April 02, 2015, 05:55:02 PM »

There are so many place names in tunes. Here are some I did earlier:
Flaxley Green Dance and Danbury Hill
Orangeville reel
Sussex Mazurka and Essex Bazurka

(I will do a new one...)
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Re: Theme of the Month for April 2015: Places
« Reply #10 on: April 02, 2015, 09:18:06 PM »

https://youtu.be/mHYELq1aXAM

Carnival of Venice, Chelsea Reach, The Dark Island. (Tunes change at 1.42 and 3.00.)

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Re: Theme of the Month for April 2015: Places
« Reply #11 on: April 02, 2015, 09:44:57 PM »

Ill throw in Loch Lomond

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJE8zIrNFiA

...I like that, nice to hear someone singing, what model and key is your box?  Barry.
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Re: Theme of the Month for April 2015: Places
« Reply #12 on: April 03, 2015, 12:38:35 AM »

Well, it didn't do great in the TOTM poll this month (why not, it's fantastic?), so by one of those coincidences that isn't a coincidence, I get to have a go at it anyway in ThOTM as a 'Places' tune.

Here is Thomas Walsh's beautiful air, Inisheer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8CXgyt8FjQ

There's lots of interesting information about the composer here: http://irishtunecomposers.weebly.com/thomas-walsh.html - the tune sounds like it's hundreds of years old, but no, it was written in the 1970's. Great great tune. One of few recently composed tunes that you can put your hand on your heart and say, yes, that's still going to be around in 200 years time (by which time it will be 'trad'!).

Played on a Castagnari Mory in D/G.

Cheers,

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Re: Theme of the Month for April 2015: Places
« Reply #13 on: April 03, 2015, 02:57:39 AM »

Ill throw in Loch Lomond

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJE8zIrNFiA

...I like that, nice to hear someone singing, what model and key is your box?  Barry.

Thank you Barry. Its a older Hohner Corso in C/F.
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Re: Theme of the Month for April 2015: Places
« Reply #14 on: April 03, 2015, 08:11:33 AM »

Well, it didn't do great in the TOTM poll this month (why not, it's fantastic?), so by one of those coincidences that isn't a coincidence, I get to have a go at it anyway in ThOTM as a 'Places' tune.

Here is Thomas Walsh's beautiful air, Inisheer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8CXgyt8FjQ

There's lots of interesting information about the composer here: http://irishtunecomposers.weebly.com/thomas-walsh.html - the tune sounds like it's hundreds of years old, but no, it was written in the 1970's. Great great tune. One of few recently composed tunes that you can put your hand on your heart and say, yes, that's still going to be around in 200 years time (by which time it will be 'trad'!).

Played on a Castagnari Mory in D/G.

Cheers,

Clive






We were very lucky to have Thomas staying in Seoul for a few months at the end of 2014, he's a lovely bloke and was down at the session every Sunday.

Here's an interview the IAK did with him one afternoon - he talks a bit about writing Inisheer at 1.30.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRcEdV9kfZ0
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Re: Theme of the Month for April 2015: Places
« Reply #15 on: April 03, 2015, 02:38:13 PM »

Napoleon crossing the Alps - East Riding of Yorkshire version

http://youtu.be/QcvqJ5aLrLg
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Re: Theme of the Month for April 2015: Places
« Reply #17 on: April 06, 2015, 11:56:33 PM »

Here are two reels composed by Liz Carroll, both named after streets in American cities:

http://youtu.be/Xb8H-ebqFlE

Wissahickon Drive is in northwest Philadelphia--just a few miles from where I'm sitting, actually. Morse Avenue is located in Liz's native Chicago. Both tunes are session standards hereabouts.

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Re: Theme of the Month for April 2015: Places
« Reply #18 on: April 07, 2015, 08:30:04 AM »

White cliffs of Dover

http://youtu.be/XS9zstN3_vM
This is still the 51st Highlanders Farewell, not the white cliffs. :'(
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