Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on July 13th 2001 by Will CPT.
This tune has been added to 116 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Windmill, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
|: d2 fd ceAc|dBGB AFDE|FB (3BBB Adfd|eAce afge|
|d2 fd ceAc|dBGB AFDF|GFGA Bdfa|1 gece d2 (3ABc:|2 gece defg||
|:eA (3AAA a3 f|gA (3AAA dFAd|(3BBB AB G3 F|EB,EF GABc|
|dA (3AAA eAaA|fddc dfed|cdef gfga|1 gece defg:|2 gece d2 (3ABc||
The Windmill
Ciaran Tourish, of Altan, is one of my all-time favorite fiddlers. He has an amazing knack for finding harmonies and booming drones that punctuate Mairead Mhaonaigh's lead lines, his technique is as crisp and clean as they come, and he's quite capable of making those Donegal tunes as lyrical as the Clare repertoire. Tourish also composes better than most, and The Windmill is a great reel. It comes as the second tune in the set beginning with Tommy Peoples' on Island Angel. For a fiddler, the tune feels challenging at first because of all the rapidfire string crossings. I set my tape recorder to slow it down by 20 percent, and even that was hard to keep up with at first. Work it slow to make sure all those notes are clear and individual before picking up the pace.
# Posted on July 13th 2001 by Will CPT
The Windmill
I cannot thank you enough for subbmitting this tune!!!
I always wanted to play it but wasn't able to figure it out off the CD. Ciaran Tourish is one of my favorite fiddlers as well.
# Posted on April 6th 2005 by red_haired_girl
Will thank you
Hi Will,
Great tune! Thanks for lashing that in here enjoying playing all three of these, slowly but surely, love this stuff!
Regards
Shylock
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by Shylock