Dave O'Neill’s two hundred and forty-two comments

For your delight this year we have the amazing Paddy Keenan, Trouble in the Kitchen, Ruairi McGorman plus more sessions than you can poke a stick at. Check the website for full program details. www.folkfestival.asn.au more…

I play triplets in jigs dudU DUD. the only reason to play Jigs DUD DUD is so the downstroke is on the beat. By doing triplets like this then the downstroke naturally falls on the beat. more…

The Siege of Ennis would be a good starting place. more…

Random_Notes. I think you’ve missed the point of what I was trying to say. I’ve obviously expressed myself badly. My point was that Irish music can be ambiguous in it’s modes. more…

No. If you use scale tone thirds from the C#, you get C#-E- G, which is a C# diminished triad. If you add another scale tone third (B) it becomes a C#m7b5. more…

I’m not convinced that cramming things into modes works particularly well with Trad music, especially the Dorian mode. more…

The Dorian scale is a type of minor scale, as is the Aeolian and the phrygian scales. They all have a minor third and a perfect fifth. To say something is not minor because it is dorian is wrong. more…

I spent a year playing in sessions with Tom. He mainly played box, and is one of the tastiest, and humble, musicians I’ve ever had the joy to play with. more…

Hey hup more…

hi Donough more…