Hi Folks
Here are some new resources I've posted for February. There are various audio files to help you learn the tunes and tablature and notation too. I think the main benefit here is having an opportunity to play along with other instruments. When you've got to grips with the tune play the main mix and turn it up loud, close your eyes and imagine you're there ... er ... oh I know, it's not the same!
You'll see that I'm picking slightly unusual and pretty easy tunes from our traditions so if you're looking to learn jigs and reels then there are loads of resources available that I don't need to duplicate (like Aidan's at www.theirishmandolin.com - he's posting some really good tunes these days and I've been learning quite a few of them too).
16. Cavehill
A sweet wee tune with a bit of a fairground feel to it. I used to see Cavehill every day on my way to school when I lived in Belfast. Great walk these days if you're ever there.
17. The Laird's Guid Brither
An old tune Scottish tune from a recorder book from 1702. I've put all kinds of harmonies and parts in there for you to doodle around with if you are in a bigger group, but it still works with just a few mandolins.
18. The Black Hall Jig
Sometimes the simpler tunes are the best. I love this one. An English tune, maybe from Northumberland. Thanks to herself for the whistle playing. In a session mandolin players can be swamped by fiddles and accordions but whistles and flutes don't seem to do that.
19. Here is my Love Migey Linken comin' o'er the Lee
If you're like me and can remember lots of tunes but not their names this one should be easy to remember. The tune as another old Scottish I think from the same flute collection as The Laird's Guid Brither. There is room for ornamentation, which I usually add when I'm playing it, but the tune stands on its own without that. Quite dramatic - some kind of ... er ... longing in there .. for Migey.
One more tune to come next month to make it up to twenty and then I'll be posting a new selection of tunes from the Aird's collection of 1782.
Hope you enjoy these tunes
John
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