Welcome back. Hope you all had a good summer. A shame about the later start, but here we are 🙂
24/09/2022
Here’s a couple of nice, easy Quebecois tunes to get us back in the swing :). If there’s time we might re-visit Mouth of the Tobique or Air du Sagenay
MIDI FILE: You Married My Daughter, But You Didn’t
Treble (and Harmony)
Guitar
Banjo
Ukulele
Mandolin
Cello (and bass part)
MIDI FILE: Set de la Baie St Paul
Treble (and Harmony)
Guitar
Banjo
Ukulele
Mandolin
Cello (and bass part)
03/10/2022
This is a great Finnish Polka/ song which was used brilliantly in the continuation war with Russia. If there’s time we’ll re-visit the Ellin Polkka
Lyrics
Treble LG
Guitar
Banjo
Ukulele
Mandolin
Cello
I realise some of the tune is quite difficult on different instruments, so here’s some simplified versions that still play the tune:
Treble
Guitar
Banjo
Ukulele
Mandolin
Cello
UNFORTUNATELY OUR PART IN THE EVENT AT THE “TRIANGLE” WILL NOT BE HAPPENING. There is an open session 3-4pm though.
Robin’s Waltz (160bpm – “123, 223”) (3m30)
Arrangement:
1/ f. Just melody
2/ p. Just melody
3/ p. With harmony
4/ f. With harmony
Mr Lane’s Maggot (150bpm – “1, 2&”) (2m30)
1A/ f. Just melody
1B/ cresc each repeat. Just melody
2A/ mp. with harmony
2B/ cresc each repeat. With harmony
3A/ f. With harmony
3B/ cresc each repeat. With harmony
Rochdale Coconut Dance (125bpm – “123&”) (2m30)
Arrangement:
1A&B/ Just melody
2A&B/ Bring in harmony
3A/ p.
3B/ f.
Westmoreland (aka Westmorland) (110bmp – “123,22_”) (3m15)
Arrangement:
1A/ p. with lower harmony
1B/ mp. with lower harmony
2A/ f. with both harmonies
2B/ ff. with both harmonies
The Lilac Reel (125bpm – “1234,2234”)
Arrangement:
1A/ f. melody only
1B/ f. chords join
2A/ p. melody and harmony (being written now!)
2B/ mf.
3A/ mp.
L’Inconnu (Led by Yannick – strings in beat one (no anacrusis) (3m10)
Arrangement
1/ Voice and strings ono
2/ All in
3/ particularly strong on the harmonies
10/10/22
A group of three well known Auvergne Bourrées
MIDI FILE: La Marianno; La Crousado (Crusader); a more challenging unknown Bourrée
Treble LG
Guitar
Banjo
Ukulele
Mandolin
Cello
MIDI FILE: The Lilac with harmonies
16/10/22
Here’s a great Old-Time “Country rag” – have a listen to the video to get a proper idea of how it should sound 😉
Treble
Guitar
Banjo
Ukulele
Mandolin
Cello
30/10/22
Happy Halloween!
Here are some slip-jigs from Ireland (after I mentioned it would be halloween and the general feedback was “meh”, I thought I’d just go for normal tunes rather than something ghoulish ha ha!
MIDI FILE: The Boys of Ballysodare
Treble
Harmony
Guitar
Banjo
Ukulele
Cello
Treble LG
Guitar
Banjo
Ukulele
Mandolin
Cello
07/11/22
Another Tango to add to our arsenal! Please arrive dressed for strictly. If I remember I’ll bring some extra sequins ;). If we race through it, we’ll have another look at the other “Tango”.
MIDI FILE: A la Gran MunecaTreble
Guitar
Banjo
Ukulele
Mandolin
Cello
“The literal translation could be either To the big doll or To the big wrist, since the word muñeca has both meanings, depending on context. The correct meaning in this case is To the big doll because it was written for a musical stage show with that name by Jesús Ventura, with lyrics by Miguel Osés. La Gran Muñeca was the fictional name of a bazaar and toy store where the action of the story supposedly took place. In the show, the actors played dolls who came to life in the bazaar. It was first performed in 1919 at the Teatro Buenos Aires that was located on Cangallo Street; (it was later demolished to build the Avenida 9 de Julio). The show was a great success and the tango became very popular but soon fell into oblivion. It was Carlos Di Sarli who incorporated it into his repertoire in the mid-1940s, recorded it three times, in 1945, 1951 and 1954, and turned it into a classic.” https://www.makelatango.com/blog/2019/10/11/tango-stories-1-a-la-gran-mueca
14/11/22
Here’s a couple of hornpipes from North West England (West Yorkshire and Cumbria) 🙂
MIDI FILE: Marsden HornpipeTreble
Guitar
Banjo
Ukulele
Mandolin
Cello
MIDI FILE: Kendal Hornpipe
Treble
Guitar
Banjo
Ukulele
Mandolin
Cello
NOW UPDATED:
In preparation for the 17th December, here’s the set list.
(Moon and 7 stars 160bpm) (Ceilidh Book Term 7)
4 round 4 (32 bars) – 170bpm Mr Lane’s Maggot x 4 (Ceilidh Book Term 7)
Bottoms Up (48 bars) – 90bpm Old Joe Clark/ Cripple Creek
Heel Toe Polka (32 bars) – 90bpm Kerry Polkas x 3 of each (Ceilidh Book Term 7)
Circle Waltz – 105bpm Midnight on the Water x 4
Spare: Swedish Masquerade x 4 (Ceilidh Book Term 7)
Cumberland Square 8 (64 bars) 100bpm x4 – Jig of Slurs
Ninepins (32-ish bars) – 100pbm+ x lots! Swap tunes after stops: Welsh Tunes: Pant cor yr Wyn/ Ffidl Ffadl
Set 2 – 1hr
(Holly and Ivy)
OXO (32 bars) 150bpm x3 of each Waddington/ Rochdale Coconut
Tarantella (48 Bars) 110bpm x4 Tarantella (Ceilidh Book Term 7)
Spare: Wring out the Dishrag (32 Bars) – 110bpm x3 of each Bourrée du Diable/ Bourrée Oriental
Lucky Seven (32 bars) 130bpm x2 and x2 – Bang Upp/ Mrs Spiers
Bransle de Moutarde (Horses Bransle) – 90bpm x7 or 8 in total! Horse’s Bransle/ Babels – 90bpm
Circassian Circle (32 bars) – 105bpm x5 The Kesh Jig
Possible listening tunes:
The Lilac Treble – Arrangement – only needed for violins and June – all others just play the tune as normal please, or it won’t work 😉
Robin’s Waltz
I may have been somewhat confused by what she’d said on the phone, but these are the folks we’re playing for on the 17th December, and it’s still a great project! Just in the process of getting the times etc from the organisers, but I’ll let folks know when I do 🙂
21/11/22
Here’s a couple of tunes. The bourrée is for the ceilidh and will go along with Bourrée Oriental. Araber Tantz is just a great Klezmer tune 🙂
MIDI FILE: La Bourrée du DiableTreble
Guitar
Banjo
Ukulele
Mandolin
Cello
MIDI FILE: Araber Tantz
Treble
Guitar
Banjo
Ukulele
Mandolin
Cello
28/11/22
This is the last one before the winter break, but I’ll be seeing people on the 17th. Times are still to be set by the organisers!!! Watch this space and/ or the facebook if you’re on it. Here’s a couple of “cute” tarantellas to get us in the swing
MIDI FILE: Tarantella Calbrese (Calabria, Southern Italy)”Treble
Guitar
Banjo
Ukulele
Mandolin
Cello
MIDI FILE: More Tarantella Music
Treble
Guitar
Banjo
Ukulele
Mandolin
Cello
05/12/22
Ceilidh rehearsal for the 17th at More Music 🙂
For a 6:30 doors, we’ll aim to arrive around 6pm to set up and be
ready. I’ll try to get everyone vaguely festive!
The event says dancing from 7, so we will be playing 7 to 8pm then 9 to 10
Set List with address and times
