"Very interesting and refreshing! This kind of reminds me of the Persian Ney - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFdLvzjADZ4&feature=related"
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Practicing and learning tunes as a fresh parent..
Started this discussion. Last reply by Brid Clarke Mar 20, 2012. 1 Reply 0 Likes
I've been playing the box for about a year now and recently became a parent to a beautiful little girl.She's a month and a half old now and so far it's been quite a challenge to creep into the music…Continue
Boy and Girl by Solas
Started Dec 10, 2011 0 Replies 0 Likes
Heya everyone.. I'm currently learning this tune on my B/C accordion and if you put aside the "How the hell do I count this?!!" it's pretty much fun!The only problem is I can't seem to get the chord…Continue
Recommend Quebecois bands
Started this discussion. Last reply by Ben Hall Nov 24, 2011. 5 Replies 0 Likes
I personally love Quebecois music, especially their footwork. It's interesting to listen to bands like "La Bottine Souriante" that incorporate Irish tunes into their sets. I also like "Genticorum" -…Continue
David Munnelly's thumb technique
Started Aug 5, 2011 0 Replies 0 Likes
So.. I still have serious tendon pain in the thumb that prevents me from playing the boxand I've discovered that David Munnelly always plays with his thumb -behind-the buttons and not on the…Continue
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About Me
I fell in love with trad-Irish music when I was 19. It was a time when Irish music was quite popular here.. we had tons of festivals, many bands and artists were performing (Dervish, John McSherry and more).
Back then I got myself a Waltons Bodhran and a Generation crooked whistle. After quickly figuring out "this is the music I want to play for the rest of my life" I started to dig deeper into the genre, discovering Planxty, Lunasa, Bothy Band, Dervish, Danu..
As the years went by I got better Bodhrans (O'kane, White) and better whistles
(Dixon, Sindt, Chieftains..). I also bought myself a second hand set of Uilleann Pipes (Ray Sloan) and after two years of practicing I sold that set and finally got myself
an Andreas Rogge set. About 4 months ago I got my Saltarelle B/C Box
and I believe that is the only instrument I ever want to play on.
Israel only has 1 active session in a little Irish pub in Tel-Aviv. The entire community of Irish players contains about 15-20 active players.. It's an interesting challenge, but you make the best of it and hope to save enough money to get back to Ireland and go straight to Doolin :)
But enough about me! What about you?? :)
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Brid Clarke replied to Ofer Hopstone Groman's discussion Practicing and learning tunes as a fresh parent.."I don't, I hardly ever play anymore, maybe once ever couple of months if I am lucky. Parenthood will do that to you! But you still only have one, get the tunes in before you have more! "
Tom Billy's Jig
"Wonderful playing! It's always fun to see guitar players in the pub get confused on the B part.. :)"
Practicing and learning tunes as a fresh parent..
I've been playing the box for about a year now and recently became a parent to a beautiful little girl.She's a month and a half old now and so far it's been quite a challenge to creep into the music room and belch out a tune or two.How do you guys do it? How do you manage to take care of your child and find time to practice?See More
"I actually had a wonderful black "Reviol", made in New-Zealand.
As far as I can remember, it's not too pricey too."
Boy and Girl by Solas
Heya everyone.. I'm currently learning this tune on my B/C accordion and if you put aside the "How the hell do I count this?!!" it's pretty much fun!The only problem is I can't seem to get the chord sequence for this one..Can anyone help?Thanks! :)See More
Brid Clarke replied to Ofer Hopstone Groman's discussion Recommend Quebecois bands"Wow - brilliant! "
"Sure! My favorite piece from "La Bottine Souriante" is "Reel du Forgeron".I couldn't find any youtube for it, but I found it on Myspace:…"
"I'm learning a lot here tonight Ofer. Can you embed a few videos or put up a few links so I get an idea what you are referring to. Then I can tell you if I like it or not. Cheers"
Brid Clarke replied to Ofer Hopstone Groman's discussion Recommend Quebecois bands"I like Genticorum too - have had tunes with pascal in my kitchen - was great craic! I admit, I don't know much about the genre, but I like it when I hear it! "
"I usually listen to bands like Kila, Flook, Beoga, AfroCelts, Shooglenifty..Also, anything that comes out of Michael Mcgoldrick is gold.I always try to find bands that can take itm and enrich it, without damaging
the tunes or ruining their original…"
Recommend Quebecois bands
I personally love Quebecois music, especially their footwork. It's interesting to listen to bands like "La Bottine Souriante" that incorporate Irish tunes into their sets. I also like "Genticorum" - Their fiddler, pascal, is amazing and inspiring. I admit it's somewhat off-topic, but I believe it doesn't stray away too far from ITM.So, does anyone else here listens to this genre? Any recommendations?See More
"Hi Ofer. Try Tunepal when all else fails
http://www.tunepal.org/tunepal/show_tune.php?tunepalid=470-hnr4.abc-2-New~Mown~Meadow%2C~The"
"The new moan meadow and the yellow tinker sound very well on thee b/c style."
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