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Here's another fan, Dagger, though I haven't seen him live. I have his mandolin CD, JP Cormier x 8 (Patio Records 2004) and it's great.

Yes, Niles, I have it in the attic - any particular reason for asking?

Yeah - the tunebook is a joy! I enjoyed the YouTube clips you pointed out, by the way, Jonas, wonderful stuff!

I'm sure there are a number of Swarb fans like me who love his mandolin playing. I was disappointed that there is almost no mandolin on his CD box set.

Not only are the "two" melodies being discussed "related", they are in fact the same tune, and to repeat what I wrote earlier, it's not a Breton tune. The Breton harpist Alan Stivell played "Heman...

Indeed, Patrick, I don't think anything is black-and-white, but this is often the way with such songs. Good to hear from you, by the way. How are thngs in Aberdeen? Was it you who was interested in...

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T:He mandu 's truagh nach digeadh
N:Waulking song
S:LP, 'Music from the Western Isles'
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:2/4
L:1/8
K:G dorian
G2 Ac | (3BAG AF | G2 Ac | (3BAG AF |
G2 Ac | C>D F<G |...

"What does the title of the waulking version translate as?"

According to John MacInnes of the School of Scottish Studies, "He mandu" is a meaningless vocable refrain, after which the actual words...

1) "He Mandu" is a Scots Gaelic "orain-luaidh" or "waulking song" - that is, a choral work song sung in a group of women "waulking" or "fulling" (in other words shrinking) cloth. It is an ancient...

"Coilsfield House" was actually composed by Niel Gow's son Nathaniel (1764-1831) for the home of the Earl of Eglinton. Where did you learn this tune from, Jim?

Hi Dagger. I have played with and taught people from quite a variety of ethnic backgrounds. At the summer school last weekend, in fact, there was a mandolin player originally from India, and an...

Thunder and lightning here too - the power of nature!

Re "Celtic Music" : Fliss quoted one small part of an introduction to the Celtic Mandolin workshop in which I tried to explore the term, the...

It's an open event, so anyone can come in, but for the workshops we'll be restricted to the number of instruments we've got. I'm planning to have seven or eight mandolins, and I'm just trying to...

Well Soupy, if I could bring the whole lot over to Connecticut, I'd love to.

Musical Marketplace, 14 April 2007
St George's West Church, Shandwick Place, Edinburgh
11.00 am-4.00 pm, FREE.

The Musical Marketplace is a come and try day; a chance to try out instruments,...

This is a Donegal variant of the Scottish strathspey "Miss Lyall" (a.k.a. "Miss Grant of Laggan") - also found elsewhere in Ireland as "Paddy Ryan's Dream".

The Northern Fiddler is a great...

No, Chad - the problem of the flat seventh is easily solved by cross-fingering. See this webpage for an explanation. Most people playing Celtic music will use a D whistle, on which you can play a...

I just remembered I once played "The White Peticoat" in a band as a slower jig - it worked very well.

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T:The White Petticoat
S:West Edinburgh Folk Group
M:6/8
K:Em
B | Bed cBA | GFE B,EG...

ABC files are supposed to have a number, so try adding X:1 as the first line and see if that works.

X:1
T:MacArthur Road
M:4/4
L:1/8
C:Dave Richardson
R:Reel
K:E
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Allen said "Our band ... starts out a medley of Off She Goes and Smash the Windows by playing Off She Goes once through A-B in waltz time. "

I had a 78rpm record of Roaring Jelly (a.k.a. Smash the...

An absolute treat for everybody there. This was an important concert for mandolin playjng in Scotland, and everyone came up trumps. Well done Dagger, Kevin, Luke and all. Fantastic also to have Josh...

Just to say, Dagger and Kevin, all the best for the gig tomorrow night. I did my job at the Concert Hall, plugging it on the radio yesterday, plus I managed to play some mandolin on stage - if that...

You'll find the words and music, as well as tablature, here:

Christ Child's Lullaby

Harry's quest for the truth is admirable in some ways, but I'm wondering just what purpose this would serve. Almost all Pegasus customers are extremely happy with their purchases - witness the many...

This is somewhere in the UK, but there's no way of telling where.

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