Re: "May I join the Irish music session?"
Originally Posted by
michaelpthompson
...Danny Boy is not an Irish song...
Apparently an Irish tune, though, found in tune collections from 1796 and 1855. Lyrics by English songwriter Frederick Weatherly (1910).
As for SincereCorgi's idea of a mandolin "jury," I might be a tad improvisational for the strictest of Irish seisuns, for sure, since I do like to throw in harmonies now and again, but I definitely respect the idea of playing ITM relatively "straight," not trying to "riff over the changes" with improvised melodies. It's hard to legislate taste and talent, and seisuns that adopt a really strict code of rules in an attempt to avoid any unwanted variations, are definitely going to appear a bit unfriendly to newcomers who don't have as much of a background in the genre. Undoubtedly I've committed my share of faux pas in my time. Luckily, most of the local musicians are glad to have people come in and join them, and tolerant of newbie idiosyncrasies. I've never been to a real local seisun, as opposed to one designated as "learners," where musicians were using sheet music, but I doubt anyone would be thrown out if he/she had a "cheat sheet" for a new or unfamiliar tune.
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