galway-fiddle’s seventy-five comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGrovGLpdUU more…

Hey! im studying french in college at the moment and I have to spend a year attending college in Nice starting this september. Maybe we could organize a session or something in nice? more…

The problem is that there are far too many numptys out there who look at this music as nothing but 32bars repeated with the oul upbeat anacrusis thrown in for good measure. more…

I was just watching some of the Kilfenora Documentary that was on RTE there a few days ago and there was a lovely clip of Kitty Linnane playing with a fiddle player and a flautist. more…

wow.. that looks awful angry. Im not angry. just tired.. and when im tired i have the structuring ability of a swarm of bees… im sure somebody else will hit the nail on the hit a lot more succinctly than i have… 🙂 more…

its been said before and ill say it again, the only way to get “the feel” for this music is by listening to it. Go out and buy a cd, any cd, put on a track of jigs and listen. Internalize the rhythm. There are no shortcuts in this music or in any music. more…

Hi guys and gals, more…

Funny, its one of those tunes that i never want to see any type of notation for, i think it would scare me too much, all those flats and naturals… *shivers* better off just going for it blind and using the oul lugs to follow the sounds i think!! more…

I have to agree with Stephen, the sound was atrocious. more…

Ha! ‘boy racer phase’ i must remember that! Anyways, i think they are great great musicians, this clip sounded a bit frantic though which might have something to do with the fleadh and the late nights… 🙂 more…