Flying circus

What are the notes to sharon shannons flying circus that she did with rte concert orchestra

This “Flying Circus”?
https://thesession.org/tunes/2767

But seriously, since you’re learning to play by ear, you could try learning it from a recording or video, or polishing your transcription skills by transcribing it. Fun tune.

Thanks i do try but i find it extremely difficult to learn when theres a band playing behind i cant play along with band along with sings strangely enough ill give that a shot thanks

Have you tried this video, with just a few backup instruments and not a whole orchestra? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bpm7Hv7a2PM

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Thanks ill give it a lash anyway see how we get on ill try playin by ear first then the notes

On Youtube you can run the visuals and sound at half speed. The pitch is increased to compensate so that the tune sounds the same, but slower. This is very useful when trying to learn a tune. Also for a whistler like me it can help in identifying notes by finger positions, if the musicians hands are visible.

Sorry guys as it turns our i couldnt learn tune it has a lower A which im short of i have a lower b but not an A so cant learn this tune until i get a bigger box but might try it on fiddle

What kind of accordion do you have? The tune is in Bb (or A#), so the A major fingerings would come out a semitone higher on a D/D# box. If you have either a B/C or a C#/D (or something else, piano accordion?) you could in fact play it in A or maybe G (a G tune learned on a B/C and then played with same fingerings on a D/D# would sound like A# = Bb, sometimes box players do such things).

What a polite lot you are, responding so kindly to such a gracious OP!

Why D/D# Jeff, is that what Niamh has?
D/D# is not necessarily a transposing box, it makes a load of sense at pitch. Bb on a D/D# is G fingering on a B/C.

I have a piano accordion which has 2 octaves of c major but the lowest note is B

@Tom:
“Why D/D# Jeff, is that what Niamh has?”

Apparently not, but when tunes appear in very flat or sharp keys, it’s likely that the instrument is in another tuning (usually very obvious if one can hear basses or open strings). So, while Niamh doesn’t play a D/D# box, we stilll don’t know the “real” key of the tune Flying Circus.

Just found this older discussion when searching for notation for this lovely Slip Jig in the key of A - Found this great arrangement for fiddle and at a pace that is easy to follow by ear, or perhaps for someone who wants to transcribe it into notes. https://youtu.be/1lKkdgNFcmc

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Weird. This tune was penned by guitarist Jim Murray and he calls it A Slip of a Thing. Nothing about flying circuses, unless Jim changed the name. Or Sharon appended the wrong name. Posted here a year ago: https://thesession.org/tunes/20793

I like this version, with Jim himself backing and Tara Breen (fiddle) and Padraig Rynne (concertina) on melody.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl6XSi0vuk0

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