Our tune of the month follows the sequence of tunes found in the Song of the Week Social Group. Since we are starting years after them and move from one tune to the next only once a month, we will never run out of tunes. The threads for individual tunes in the Song of the Week group are indexed Here: SAW Index from which you can read commentary and watch videos from their group. Many of their videos don't work - either the video has been taken down or it is in an obsolete format or it was embedded in a way that no longer works. So it is probably not a problem with your computer. Links to each Tune of the Month Thread in the Newbies group: more recent tunes are on page two of the index January 2019 Wildwood Flower December 2018 The Rakes of Kildare November 2018 Old Joe Clark October 2018 Cattle in the Cane/Corn September 2018 Kitchen Girl August 2018 Temperance Reel July 2018 Paddy on the Turnpike June 2018 Shady Grove May 2018: Midnight On The Water April 2018: The Rights of Man March 2018: Red Wing (Union Maid) February 2018: Flowers of Edinburgh January 2018: Wayfaring Stranger December 2017: E.M.D. November, 2017: Cherokee Shuffle October, 2017: Bluegrass Stomp September, 2017: It's a twofer: Harvest Home and/or Off to California August, 2017: I Am A Pilgrim July, 2017: Southern Flavor June, 2017: Bill Cheatham May, 2017: Kentucky Waltz April, 2017: The Swallowtail Jig March, 2017: Forked Deer February, 2017: Liberty January, 2017: Salt Creek December, 2016: Cold Frosty Morning November, 2016: Big Sciota October, 2016: We took a holiday from TOTM September, 2016: Squirrel Hunters August, 2016: Over the Waterfall July 2016: Soldier's Joy June 2016: Irish Washerwoman May, 2016: Fisher's Hornpipe April, 2016: (two threads on this one) Road to Lisdoonvarna and the thread that started us off on this tune and the whole TOTM thing is here
That's super helpful Hank, thanks for cutting down on the confusion. I can use all the help I can get.
Well, now I know just how long one post in a thread can be before the system chokes. 5000 characters (including BBCodes). Page Two of the Index The threads for individual tunes in the Song of the Week group are indexed Here: SAW Index from which you can read commentary and watch videos from their group. Many of their videos don't work - either the video has been taken down or it is in an obsolete format or it was embedded in a way that no longer works. Links to each Tune of the Month Thread in the Newbies group: February 2019 The Wind That Shakes the Barley March 2019 Roanoke April 2019 Lord Inchiquin May 2019 Niel Gow's Lament For the Death of His Second Wife June 2019 St. Anne's Reel July 2019 Flop-Eared Mule August 2019 Hector the Hero September 2019 Sailor's Hornpipe October 2019 Rocky Road to Dublin November 2019 The Redhaired Boy December 2019 King of the Fairies January 2020 Cluck Old Hen February 2020 Planxty Irwin March 2020 Saint Patrick's Day April 2020 Shove that Pig's Foot A Little Further In The Fire May 2020 Baltimore Johnny June 2020 Brenda Stubbert's (Reel) July 2020 Down In The Willow Garden August 2020 Beaumont Rag September 2020 Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine/Alps/Rockies/Whatever October 2020 Si Bheag Si Mhor (Shebeg Shemoor) November 2020 Chief O'Neill's Favorite December 2020 The Girl I Left Behind Me January 2021 The Ash Grove February 2021 Fisher's Hornpipe March 2021 All of Me April 2021 Staten Island Hornpipe May 2021 Niel Gow's Farewell to Whisky June 2021 Rickett's Hornpipe July 2021 Diving Duck Blues August 2021 Mouth of the Tobique September 2021 Dubuque October 2021 Katy Hill November 2021 Julianne Johnson More recent tunes of the month start on page 3 of the index.
Page 3 of the Index The threads for individual tunes in the Song of the Week group are indexed Here: SAW Index from which you can read commentary and watch videos from their group. December 2021 - Any December-y holiday-ish Tune!
Great idea, I had fun this morning using the index to travel back in time a bit
Very good idea , Hanks. Of course , I had to read the list with a bit of dismay. I can play 3 tunes very well and 2 others sorta kinda. (Note to self. We are not keeping score).
I skipped 2 in there never found a version of Salt Creek or Cold Frosty Morning that moved me to learn them
bump
Good stuff, thanks!
What does "bump" mean - in the context of these posts?
Thread bump. I don't want the index to get lost way down the list of Newbies threads. Editting a post does not bring the thread to the top of the list, but posting a new response does. So I post a dummy response after I edit the index. Every now and then I go back and delete my older "bump" responses.
There is a New Years Resolution in those Tunes of the Months
Henry, I don't think you're a dummy at all! Lol Brian, I look forward to a video post each month next year.
Good one Sherry. Come to think of it, pretty much all my responses are dummy responses.
Even the PM you sent me a few days ago??? The one that made me cry?
Sorry. That wasn't a PM. It was a Forum post.
Seems I upset a lot of people too
I'm sorry, Mark. You were just taking up for me. No one should have beat you up for that.
Don't worry, Sherry, it's all good - and no one has beaten me up! I stabbed myself in the thumb, though Just to set the record straight, in case anyone is confused by this conversation, I did not PM mean things to Sherry and make her cry ... Sherry sent me a PM to tell me that she was crying. Some dummy post I wrote made her cry. Or something like that. Moving on now ...
I've moved on as well, but just for the record, I didn't actually cry. I was just touched by Mark's post and wanted him to know it. OK, Henry. Mark and I have done our part to keep this thread at the forefront.
Thanks Sherryc. I'd hate for somebody not to be able to find the index. Much appreciated.
Bump
found it Henry
Here it is!
so what is the newbie tune this month?
Scroll to the 3rd page of the index which starts on post #4 of this thread. Or look down the recent new threads and find the one that is titled December 2021 Tune of the Month -- which in this special case is any tune you want to submit with a holiday theme.
TOM for December is any tune you pick with a holiday or December celebration theme!