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    Default Irish Tunes for Fall 2014 Project TWIGATI

    Hello!

    Lately I got this strange idea in my head to learn and record 1 tune a day every day for Autumn, which started yesterday.

    It was inspired because I realized how FEW tunes I actually know, compared to the body available.

    My question is this...

    I'm going to be putting them up on my youtube channel, and I am curious what might be the best way to do it in regards to style etc.

    Should I record these up to speed? Or should I record them slower?

    Here is the first one...

    http://youtu.be/EIkUpKkYhiU

    The speed is about average. I made sure to play with a metronome because I know I learn a lot of tunes from Youtube and like to practice with youtubers who have good timing.

    Or should I go a little slower, like this other video I did way back...

    http://youtu.be/CFhaIXI8Gec

    Also, is it good to have video of me playing? Or is the little landscape things OK? What about the standard "head chopped off" vs. being able to see the whole upper body?

    Here is a head chopped off video...

    http://youtu.be/LgNr0O-wSDY

    Anyway, I'm doing this to inspire me to learn more tunes but also to make some videos for people to play along with and be able to learn the tunes.

    Let me know your thoughts.

    Thanks!

    By the way, TWIGATI means, "Tunes for WHEN I Get Around To It", since there are NTAD, I' thought to try something new.
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    Hi Narayan,

    Nice playing on all the videos! As to the questions you asked, I think recording them to speed is fine, as there is plenty of slow-down software available if people want to download the file and slow it down. But the speed you recorded The Banshee is pretty good. It could be (and probably would be) played faster for dancers, but it's good the way you played it. I like that you recorded with a metronome to give the tune good timing - that is a big help in figuring out a tune. I do like to see video of the player, rather than a travelogue of pictures; helps to see your fingers. I would also like to see your right hand so as to learn from your picking technique. The head chopped off video shows both hands to good advantage. As far as including your head and face, it's nice to see the player - gives it more connection to the person; but I didn't mind the headless video, so you could go either way on that. Thanks for sharing these great tunes.

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    Hi J!

    Thanks for the feedback. I have decided to focus on the right and left hand video more.

    Also, I double posted this. The other version is over at the Celtic Section...

    http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/sh...Tunes-for-Fall

    Maybe a moderator will lock this post, and folks can just reply to that thread?

    Thanks again. That was very good feedback.

    I also want to do some videos focusing on "lilt & bounce". I usually play them pretty straight to make it easier to follow along, and at sessions, there is usually not enough volume for finesse of lilt!
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    Very Clean playing mate. The best thing about music from the British Isles are the Song Titles and the stories that go along with them

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