Nice tunes, great sounding instrument, and some lovely playing - thanks, Dagger.
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Thanks for sharing
My mother died recently. Colin and I played this tune at her funeral. It's called Christina's Waltz, which I wrote over twenty years ago.
https://youtu.be/IYFQaKi1XAA
A lovely tribute to your mother and a very fine tune, David. I can imagine the effect the tune would have on those attending the service.
My thoughts to you and your family.
John
Sorry for your loss David. Thanks for sharing that lovely waltz.
Sorry for your loss. A beautiful tune.
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I just had a great weekend teaching at Ullapool for Feis Rois.
For the tutors concert I played a set with my old pal Andy Thorburn on piano. The guy is a genius. I really like the combination of mandolin and piano. Don't think we hear it enough actually.
Here is a link to my Facebook page of me playing a Seagull S8 mandolin which I got a few weeks ago. Ideal for travelling with. Plenty volume and pretty good tone, especially for its size.
https://www.facebook.com/daggergordo...7459270712795/
https://www.facebook.com/lucyconway2...036025059/?t=3
Getting revved up for playing a ceilidh at the 21st Isle of Eigg buyout anniversary.
Heaps of jigs for a Strip The Willow.
Here's a tune I wrote quite recently, played during a break from the lambing.
https://www.facebook.com/daggergordon/videos/221862302252890/?t=0
Great stuff! That brightened my day up! Hope you and yours are staying well!
Dagger, my youngest dog sometimes has the same reaction. The older takes the opportunity to do what I like to call the happy dance.
Great tune!
A couple of pipe marches in the kitchen with my son Colin,with two Stefan Sobell instruments from the 80's.
https://www.facebook.com/daggergordon/videos/232041934736841/?t=9
Great fun was obviously being had there, and a welcome break frrom the lambing!
That's a great video! I hope it was as enjoyable as it sounds.
This is a tune I really like playing on my 10 string mandolin - The Turn Of The Tide by the late Ian Hardie.
https://www.facebook.com/daggergordon/videos/256122412175428/?t=2
A great tune, and fine playing, Dagger. Nice to see the excursions all over the fret board! That 10-string certainly has a big sound.
Lovely stuff David!
I second the comment about the big sound! I was experimenting with drones just yesterday (John knows about this). You show how it's done properly. Great playing!
This is a Bulgarian piece which I learned in Crete last year. I went for a week long seminar at Labyrinth Music Workshop in Houdetsi with a Spanish musician called Efren Lopez, of whom I am a very big fan. I was well out of my comfort zone, playing music from the Middle East and elsewhere, but that was what I wanted. This is a tune called Krivo Horo, and it's in quite a strange time signature if you're used to Scottish music. I love this kind of thing and was really grateful to Feis Rois for helping me go there.
https://www.facebook.com/daggergordon/videos/294991651637713/?t=15
Certainly a big move outside the Scottish comfort zone, David. A bit like some of the material our new young bands are playing on the Scottish scene, I feel.
Nice one!
Just me, my 10 string Sobell mandolin and my firebowl a little after 9.30 tonight. The tune is Mull Of The Mountains.
https://www.facebook.com/daggergordon/videos/612764313009387/
Thanks Dagger, I really enjoyed those!
An early morning version of Ivan Drever's lovely tune Leaving Stoer
https://www.facebook.com/daggergordon/videos/824394884997197/?t=0