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Theme of the Month for February 2018: Traditional, Arranged...
Clive Williams:
Hi all ; this month's theme is the followup from last month's - any tune whose composer is not known, lost deep in the mists of time, and which is labelled as being composed by Mr Traditional. Which is a very, very, big set of tunes!
Have fun!
Clive
folkbluesnbeyond:
https://youtu.be/SSVA3qudfr4
Bonnie Kellswater: Transposed from Sam Henry's songs of the People where the song and tune are described as 'collected from J Carmichael of Waring St, Ballymena. Restructured/arranged by Bill, (whose middle names are John Carmichael which is nominally synchronous).
Thank you to Jo Arcand-Goodluck for sending me in search of a 'Kellswater' tune earlier in the week. I have no idea if this is the one she meant, but the find arose from that activity!
Tranposed from Eb to G and played AABB, so not as the song tune, and slightly faster than might be sung.
Apologies for the essay. Melody PDFs attached, lots of options on harmony, (works well in D also if you have the low b).
All the best
Bill
Clive Williams:
Quiet here innit....
Here's the Radstock Jig, played on the Preciosa in Bb/Eb (so we're in F minor here I think!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wJAukviUw4
Experimenting with new microphone (Zoom H2n), new mixing software (updated to Mixcraft 8 ) and thanks to the latest Windows 10 update which scuppered my old webcam, a new webcam. Didn't quite figure out aspect ratios in time for this recording; next time, eh?
Cheers,
Clive
Saul Bailey:
First ever post (woohoo!) Thought I'd contribute with Tom Mellin's Hornpipe from John of the Green (perhaps not exactly lost to time but oh well...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9MSbA25C-0
Cheers,
Saul
Steve_freereeder:
--- Quote from: Saul Bailey on February 13, 2018, 01:08:48 PM ---First ever post (woohoo!) Thought I'd contribute with Tom Mellin's Hornpipe from John of the Green (perhaps not exactly lost to time but oh well...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9MSbA25C-0
Cheers,
Saul
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That was superb! Very nicely played with a lovely steady rhythm and most imaginative basses and chords. Trying to fit melodeon left hand accompaniments to these triple-time hornpipes is not always straight forward, but you have got it just right in my opinion.
:|glug
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