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A brace of Irish reels: The Humours of Ballyconnell and The Drunken Tinker
We finished off the term for the FluteFling Improvers group with two strong Irish reels that are great for building up technique and lifting a session. They both make use of arpeggios to create a riff that drives the music … Continue reading
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Tagged classes, edinburgh, flute, improver, Irish, reel, tin whistle, traditional music
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Summer flutes and whistles at Hailes Castle
Last Sunday saw the summer excursion of the Edinburgh-based FluteFling and Scots Music Group traditional flutes and whistles. We boldly returned to Hailes Castle in East Lothian, having endured a very wet trip last year and couldn’t have had better … Continue reading
Posted in classes, Community, Events, FluteFling, Scots Music Group
Tagged beginner, East Lothian, edinburgh, flute, improver, tin whistle, traditional music
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SMG term ends with a bendy polka for whistles
The SMG summer term ended this week and we finished with the second of two polkas I learned from Conal Ó Gráda some years ago. A distinctive feature of this tune is the opening of the B part, which is … Continue reading
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Tagged classes, edinburgh, Irish, polka, Scots, Scots Music Group, tin whistle
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New term, new tunes: The Iona Boat Song and The New Claret
The summer term began this week with a look at some Scottish tunes with a little bit of history behind them. The SMG whistlers looked at Caol Muile (The Straits of Mull) or The Iona Boat Song. Another Scottish Boat … Continue reading
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Tagged advanced, beginner, classes, community, edinburgh, flute, Gaelic, improver, MP3, portobello, Scots, Scots Music Group, slip jig
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FluteFling Improvers: The Sailor on the Rock
The Sailor on the Rock is a solid single reel from Ireland. Punchy and in D major, it fits a number of different instruments well enough to have been recorded many times and have some variations in setting. The Fiddler’s … Continue reading
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Tagged edinburgh, improver, Irish, portobello, reel
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Story and Music-making from Nature and Place
Story and Music-making from Nature and Place is a skills workshop run jointly by storyteller Malcolm Green and musician Gordon Turnbull, taking place at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh. The workshop will be a creative collaboration between the workshop leaders … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Schools, Workshops
Tagged collaboration, community, creative music workshops, edinburgh, nature, Surround Sound, workshops
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Another Scots march for the whistle: Greenwoodside
This weeks tune for the Scots Music Group is the Highland pipes march Greenwoodside. Like many, the melody is closely derived from a song, in this case Bonny Greenwoodside, also known as The Cruel Mother. There are various lyrics, but … Continue reading
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Tagged beginner, classes, edinburgh, highland pipes, march, Scots, Scots Music Group, tin whistle, traditional music
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SMG Whistle and FluteFling: The Chanter’s Song
This week’s tune is The Chanter’s Song, an Irish march to compare with the Scottish marches we learned last term and also Egan’s Polka, another Irish tune in 2/4 time. This is an interesting tune for a number of reasons. … Continue reading
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Tagged beginner, edinburgh, Irish, Scots, tin whistle, traditional music, uilleann pipes
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FluteFling and SMG whistle January classes
This week saw the new term commence with some lively new tunes and challenges. The whistlers began with another 2/4 tune to add to the Scottish marches of the Autumn. This time we tackled a version of Egan’s Polka, also … Continue reading
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Tagged beginner, classes, edinburgh, flute, improver, Irish, portobello, Scots, Scots Music Group, tin whistle
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FluteFling and SMG roundup, Midwinter excursion and next term
We are almost at the end of the Winter term and for the Scots Music Group whistlers we are focusing on the end of term Stramash on Wednesday 5th December, for which we will be playing Tha Mi Sgith and … Continue reading
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Tagged bagpipes, classes, community, edinburgh, flute, portobello, Scots, Scots Music Group, tin whistle, traditional music
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