Jigs with Hanneke
Here is a recording of yours truly playing a set of jigs with the backing of the world-famous, ever-awesome Scottish Uber-Fiddler, Hanneke Cassel. The other credits go to Chris Lewis (guit) and Trevor Lord (perc). This happened more or less ad-hoc and was my first (and so far only) public performance. The tunes are The Mug of Brown Ale / The Kesh / Jimmy Ward’s / Out on the Ocean.
Tags: fiddle, guitar, jig, mp3, percussion, tune, whistle
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January 19, 2008 at 8:15 pm
I have some remarks on your blog!
Whatever kind of music you do, play, or listen to, using Emule or other similar programs, I can download it for free.
I decided to make an active protest against this. I am dropping the H-BOMB. Find out how I am doing that at my blog.
January 19, 2008 at 9:37 pm
Thanks for stopping by, Oliver. I feel your pain, and I don’t condone illegal downloading in any way. I don’t know if you realize that this blog is about the art and craft of traditional music, ie. music that is not played by professionals for big audiences, but by amateurs. It is shared relatively free of commercial pressures, and best enjoyed by playing it yourself. That’s what makes it relevant to me.
January 20, 2008 at 9:57 pm
These are awesome! When did you do this?
January 21, 2008 at 4:00 pm
We did the offertory at church at the 3/25/07 PM services. A pretty cool church that tolerates trad tunes in worship, if you ask me!
February 4, 2008 at 1:31 pm
That’s a nice set of jigs, and nice understated percussion on the bongos(?). Nice rolls on the A part of the Kesh Jig, and you play a nice variation in the A part the second and third times through. (Although you play a variant in the B part the third time that clashes with the fiddle to my ear.) Nice to hear that you play Out on the Ocean with the two different halves to the B part — most people I hear in session just play the second half twice, which I think loses something. The fiddle does some nice things in Out on the Ocean too, although I think real Irish music purists might not like it :-).
February 4, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Gee, thanks, Doc! The percussion is on two congas, and the guy had never played ITM before (though he is pretty good). You’re right on the B part of Out on the Ocean - my teacher had to beat that habit out of me, so that’s what I do now. But the fiddler missed it every single time. And while she’s pretty durn good, her style is not “traditional Irish”, but “contemporary Scottish”. Hey, we rehearsed the whole thing once before going on stage. What it made me realize is how “easy” it is to play lead with a bunch of good accompanists.