Re: picking a jig- dud-udu, or dud-dud ?
Originally Posted by
Loretta Callahan
I, too, enjoy how these Irish Trad/Celtic/whatever tunes can be played at different tempos as well. I'm learning to "love slowing down".
Many of these tunes should be played in a recognisable dance rhythm i.e. so as people can dance along with them. A lot of players, even on ‘professional’ recordings, just thrash away and it sounds terrible. Slow it down, get a nice rhythm and get people’s feet tapping. This is one I wrote a few years back for a recording and it’s played with a nice steady tempo on a Williams Gazuki:
https://soundcloud.com/corncrake/the...ig-the-road-to
Actually it’s a pair called 'The Shelter Jig' plus 'The Road to Astros', which is the Greek town where I wrote the second one to follow the first for a performance… the coast road goes up and down and in and out, a bit like the tune… or a bit like the whistle-player who wasn’t au fait with it and played his own version..
"Danger! Do Not Touch!" must be one of the scariest things to read in Braille....
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