2019 Tune-A-Week Project

[Jill McAuley]

I've decided to do a Tune-A-Week project for 2019! Here is the tune for Week 1, a great wee jig called "Peter Byrne's Fancy":

[Dave Hanson]

Nice.

Dave H

[Frithjof]

Great New Year's resolution. I'm happy to watch every week a new video from you playing your new mandolin.

[Jesse Kinman]

Great picking! I love the sound of that mandolin! I haven’t played an oval hole that I actually liked the sound of, but that sounds like it has a nice balanced sound. If I was to ever get an oval hole I would definitely look into one like yours!

[Bob Buckingham]

Very nice playing and a sweet sounding mandolin too. Good luck, that's a lot of tunes in one year.

[Don Grieser]

Looking forward to a tune from you every week!

[Mark Gunter]

Wow, impressive undertaking, Jill! Looking forward to watching for this. Great job on that one, your triplets always amaze me. And the Girouard is sounding fabulous!

[Jill McAuley]

Thanks for the kind words folks - I had actually contemplated doing a Tune-A- DAY project and would have done so if I had a way to leave my recording gear set up permanently but tiny apartment living with 3 dogs does not allow for that kind of luxury!

[Jill McAuley]

Week 2: A reel called "The Duke of Leinster":

[BJ O'Day]

Nice playing, thanks for sharing. I'll be looking for your posts each week.
BJ

[Gary Leonard]

Thanks Jill, nice playing, and great sound on that oval. Now you have me looking into a Girouard oval hole!

What strings do you have on it?

[Mark Gunter]

Good stuff, Jill!

[crisscross]

Fine sounding mandolin and great playing!
You really nail those picked triplets!

[Jill McAuley]

Thanks everyone!

Gary: It's strung up with Curt Mangan Bluegrass mediums.

[pops1]

Nice sounding mandolin Jill, great playing also.

[Jill McAuley]

Week 3 - a reel called "Coleman's Cross", short and sweet!

[yankees1]

You're my new favorite player !! Still using that BC TPR35 pick ? How about Woodchoppers Breakdown ?

[Jill McAuley]

You're my new favorite player !! Still using that BC TPR35 pick ? How about Woodchoppers Breakdown ?

Thanks for the kind words! Yes, I'm still using the TPR35. I sometimes switch between it and a Kenny Smith 35 - the KS35 is tiny but gets great tone, some days my preference is for the feel of holding a bigger pick and some days I like how with the Kenny Smith 35 it almost feels like you're not holding anything!

[yankees1]

Woodchoppers breakdown ? ����

[Jill McAuley]

Woodchoppers breakdown ? ����

Ah, I'm kind of using this project to add to my irish trad repertoire as I didn't learn as many tunes last year as I had originally intended to, so this will be an all ITM project - sorry!

[Charles E.]

Whatever you decide to throw at us is fine by me Jill! Love your playing, love that Girouard.

[yankees1]

[QUOTE=Jill McAuley;1697621]Ah, I'm kind of using this project to add to my irish trad repertoire as I didn't learn as many tunes last year as I had originally intended to, so this will be an all ITM project - Sorry---I thought this song was an Irish traditional song or had Irish roots so I was wrong !

[CES]

Awesome, Jill, thank you!

[Jill McAuley]

Bah - late with Week 4's tune because last week was crazy, but here 'tis! Week 5 tune coming up on Thursday or Friday! This is a jig called "Creeping Docken", that goes well played after "Peter Byrne's Fancy", which was my Week 1 tune!

[Jill McAuley]

Week 5 - a great reel called "The Maple Leaf", composed by the late Darach de Brún: