... with guitar (Taylor 414) and mandolin (Flatiron A5 Jr). A bit on the slow side, but it's a long way from here to California no matter how you go.
D.H.
... with guitar (Taylor 414) and mandolin (Flatiron A5 Jr). A bit on the slow side, but it's a long way from here to California no matter how you go.
D.H.
Nice job Dave. I like those two in a set.
New to mando? Click this link -->Newbies to join us at the Newbies Social Group.
Just send an email to rob.meldrum@gmail.com with "mandolin setup" in the subject line and he will email you a copy of his ebook for free (free to all mandolincafe members).
My website and blog: honketyhank.com
Great job ! Love the tune Off to California ! Working on it now !
Lovely set and playing, Dave. Off to California is one of my favourites and a tune we played a lot in our ceilidh band here in Scotland.
I'm playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order. - Eric Morecambe
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheOldBores
What makes a tune a hornpipe?
Hornpipes are instrumental tunes in 4:4. To me (and there are certainly other points of view) hornpipes often have a swing rhythm, while reels are played with even 8th (etc.) notes. Hornpipes tend to lope, reels run (again, my opinion). Having said that, parts of what I played were swung, others were straight 8ths.
Since I'm probably more of a blues player, I may not have this right according to traditional players of British Isles styles, so I hope someone who is an expert will add to this.
D.H.
Really nice pickin' there!
Stormy Morning Orchestra
My YouTube Channel
"Mean Old Timer, He's got grey hair, Mean Old Timer he just don't care
Got no compassion, thinks its a sin
All he does is sit around an play the Mandolin"
A hornpipe was originally an instrument, then became a dance, first done to a hornpipe. This Wikipedia article explains fairly well what a hornpipe is, or rather what hornpipes are. As Dave says, in our time, they're mostly in 4/4 time. I'd say listen to a bunch and you'll get a feeling of what separates the tunes from reels, though many players won't make notable differences.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornpipe
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
I always thought of a hornpipe as having a rhythmic hesitation in each measure as opposed to a reel which is 4 beats straight on.
I suppose the particular dance would drive the tune back in the day.
Stormy Morning Orchestra
My YouTube Channel
"Mean Old Timer, He's got grey hair, Mean Old Timer he just don't care
Got no compassion, thinks its a sin
All he does is sit around an play the Mandolin"
Bookmarks