My favourite jig started as a rather moderate tempo song about spilled milk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jqnWTQFVyU But in the book A Mandolin Player's Pastime it is listed and notated as a jig. I had tried to play it this way. When I recorded it, I still had my Deering Good Time Banjo tuned G-D-A-E with nylon strings. Doesn't sound too bad, so I think, I'lll try this again.
OH CC - another one to add to my favourites. Not being a banjo person, which instruments are playing in the first half and then the second half ? I'm guessing banjo then mando ?? I like the jaunty rhythm and this would be a good song for my newly purchased handcrafted wooden spoons.
Interesting version, Christian, and not one I was familiar with. I remember learning the song version away back in my pre-teens years in school, from a BBC radio programme called Singing Together, if I remember! The banjo with nylon strings has an interesting tone. Ginny, let's hear those spoons soon!
Fantastic interpretation, CC! Really like the instrumentation and bounciness.
A very pleasant recording of this tune.. you sound really good on that banjo Too Christian!
Sounds nice and jaunty Christian. Nylons on a banjo appear somewhat unusual, but sound good (these are Kitty's nylons, right? ) I am having difficulties in recognizing it in the notation shown in the video, though. Are you sure that is the same one?
CC - I don't see this one up on YouTube yet. Oh...found it. Ok. And welcome back Hendrik. Bertram, you make me laugh all the time with your posts.
Another fine tune from crisscross. I like this one but couldn't find notation similar to what you are playing. I might have to learn it by ear.
WOW! Thanks for the many replies. As I said, I played this tune from the book A Mandolin Player's Pastime. https://www.elderly.com/products/the...s-for-mandolin It's my favorite ressource for jigs, reels and hornpipes. If you search online, you probably do not find this song arranged as a jig. The notation I used for the video seemed to be the closest, though it's quite different. As for the banjo: I once tried to learn Irish tenor banjo. But I couldn't handle those fast picked triplets. So I strung it with nylgut strings and play the melody without any ornaments. I even proposed to Aquila to produce a set for Irish Tenor Banjo. But they seemed to have no interest.
The nylon strung banjo sounds good. Of course Aquila strings are superb – but with only one costumer a set for Irish Tenor Banjo would be very expensive. We find this song arranged as a jig ore air in 6/8 at The Traditional Tune Archive with four settings. I also find it very different there.
Robert - apparently this song has many titles. On The Session I got Paddy's Resource and The Road to Skye. Some are in G and some in A. There are also some other names, but I can't remember them right now - I just picked two and will see which one I like better. (I think the picture in the video is from google images, 'cuz I looked there too for the music) , it doesn't sound like what CC is playing. (which I quite like)
I made a new video without the wrong sheet music:
This is lovely.
Nice recording cc, similar tune listed as Paddy's Resource in O'Neill's.
Christian - I was looking at your page and I thought it would be beneficial - bot to you and to your viewers to put up different categories. I don't know how you do it but if you look at say David Hansen or John Kelly's pages, they have divisions..or categories - I don't know quite how to explain it - but you could have a line for mandolin/guitar songs, one for uke songs, one for guitar songs, classical songs etc. ...Like all in one place. Just a thought, makes it easier to find your music all in one spot.
