cab’s eighty-eight comments
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Re: McGoldrick Low Bb Flute.
The CD notes refer to Lehart flutes, which Michael certainly used to play - don't know about now. And yer man makes a fearsome Bb flute. more…
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Re: Wanted: Susato Low F
I have one to go if you're interested. Where are you? more…
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Re: The Aughacashel
Played here by Four Men and a Dog but mislabelled as Mick O'Connor's. There is some similarity between the two tunes, I suppose. more…
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Re: Trad?
Reverend, I accept your wider definition of the tradition but doesn't it then follow that, if a much wider community now plays the music, there has to be a much wider definition of what constitutes a traditional tune? more…
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Re: Trad?
<<Strangely enough, when I play English music, people join in, but not when I play Irish, because I prefer Irish waltzes. polkas and marches. And they feel like a fish out of water if it’s not a jig or a reel!>> more…
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Re: why does the note A stands fpr LA and not DO, or why Do is the note C and nor A?
Aaargh!!! more…
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Re: Theory in Irish Music
Steve T, I wasn't suggesting the slip jig *started* with Cathal McConnell. It's just usually called by that name in my experience. In fact, it wasn't until I searched for it when joining this thread that I discovered it's presumably older name: https:... more…
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Re: Theory in Irish Music
Oops sorry Steve - I meant Sunset not Rainbow. I knew it was something colourful in the sky! more…
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Re: Rules for set
<<What do you think about playing a slip jig or hop jig after a jig?>> more…
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Re: Theory in Irish Music
Reading through this thread, I can't find any mention of Cathal McConnell's Slip Jig, aka the Cock and the Hen. Is that Phrygian? Assuming you start on F#, there are no Gs except perhaps as passing notes, but I'd say they were natural. more…