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birlibirdie

Hi,
I HATE Hornpipes and if you like them I must hate you too!
Granted, there are some good hornpipes, but these are obvious exceptions and perhaps stand out all the more. Well, if you insist I must share a H'pipe with you, please select from these;
The Humours Of Ballyconnell, Jerry Daly's, The Re-haired boy (most A mixolydian HP will do actually, though they're only 1 in a 100!), Johnny Cope, The Londonderry HP, the Pride of Petravore, The Rights of Man, er... I guess that's all!
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A wee birdie told me...
...Check out the following rubrics, they might interest you too:
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I am interested in 'SONGS TO DANCE TO' (at least nominaly, ie: jigs, reels, etc with lyrics) yes and MOUTH MUSIC (lilting / canterach / portabeul / nonsense rhymes...) as well as mnemotechnic lines or titles to remember the tunes by:
If anyone has any reference, specific or general, about the subject feel free to drop a line!

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I'm also interested in the ORIGIN OF TUNE NAMES (and the stories associated with the tunes themselves)
(if anybody out there has any info about the subject -websites, reading suggestions, etc- don't hesitate to drop a line!)

WORK IN PROGRESS (I'm planning a blog on this so as to have more space):
§TitleCategory1: Onomatopeic (mimics a saliant rhytm);
(NB: the link is to the appropriate tune(s), not to the corresponding name in the database...)
§2: Commemorative (Person, Event, Place...These are legion but work only perphaps for those in hte know, the Title is bound to recall the event more than the tune);
§3: Inspirational I(perhaps the sound of the wind or a bird as a catalyst);
_http://thesession.org/tunes/display/6972 (see comments)
Inspirational II (from the fairies, a mood or stream of consciousness);
§C4: Descriptive I (rather rare and depending on rendition/interpretation/version);
Descriptive II (describes a musicain movement, not a sound);
_http://thesession.org/tunes/display/216 The Monsignor's Blessing (a fiddlers reel)
§C5: Deictic, (refers to a previous tune name, often ironicly)
§C6:
+ General remarks:
*see: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/72
*Mnemotechnic Titles include Song names (see above)
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+Behind the Melody itself (as opp. to its name);
Tunes derived from other melodies:
1)songs:
?_6954 Daisy Bell (reel)
2)dance tunes:
3)
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+Beyond Name and Melody;
Stories about/around the Tunes (eg; composer, location, regional style, incidents and anecdotes);
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Q: -Whatever happened to 'rince' in 'Ceol Rince na hÉireann'? The craic' s not the same without dancers. (Where do Irish-dancers go when they grow up?) Is there a solution to that pb? Should we woo the dancers (that'd make a good tune title!) or start stepping to our own sound? (some Quebec fiddlers have been spotted doing just that!).. It's mending a bit it seems but there are still 2 almost antagonistic worlds out there, almost entirely cut out from each other; On the one hand wee girls in curls who seem to be happy to tap it out to the most awful strains from pianos, piano accordions and ghetto-blasters and, on the other hand, some speed-mad 'purists' who couldn't play slower (ie: at a steppin pace) if they tried.
Doesn't it strike you as odd? Is dance to ITM like fish to the Irish diet, or gaelge to the average conversation?
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New Rubrics:

1)Tunes that are (theoretically) C+Dwhistle compatible:
_http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/28/comments The Dusty Miller (slip jig)

2)Tunes that are C+Dwhistle compatible, with 'up-one-hole handshift':

3)Orange?
_http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2239 Orange (polka)
_and...
_http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/291 Maggie In The Woods (polka)
_and...
The parting glass (song)

4) "Hightune-Lowturn" Tunes:
_http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/78 Eanach Mhic Coilin (reel)
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'de la musique avant toute chose':

'Like all people who try to exhaust a subject, he exhausted his listeners.' (Oscar Wilde). I hope you'll excuse my tendency to often do this + hope you find my contributions (and provocations?) useful all the same.
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Personal reminders: (questions to submit @ this adress):
*no room for songs and airs, right? Fine, but where else are we going to find these session MARCHES?
Here's a wee list:
_http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/980 The Humours of Tullycrine (HP)
_http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/82 The Pride Of Petravore
_http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/83 The Rights Of Man (hornpipe)
*indicate / search-as well- range, pentatonic and hexat modes, number of parts

Tunes in birlibirdie's tunebook: 0

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birlibirdie

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