nicholas’s six thousand, six hundred and twenty-six comments

So Stick It To The Cratur more…

I have corrected the abc's. This tune Woodcroft Lane and its sheet music are now properly up and running, not before time 🙂. more…

Still haven't entered it/got it to work properly - back to the drawing board! more…

The first setting of this tune that I submitted hasn't come out well as sheet music, maybe because I was using the longer note lengths - the tune is a moderate-paced air, not a reel. Accordingly I have submitted a second setting of the same tune, with sho... more…

Not a practitioner of either, my own take is - the English concertina, and the Northumbrian pipes. Keeping time, a routine early accomplishment on many instruments, seems on these to be more in the nature of a barely realisable ideal, a bit like forever t... more…

No Irish trad album as such, but a constant succession of tunes played on video by contributors to the current Facebook pages Quarantunes and Viral Tune Swap. Many of the tunes are marvellous and the standard of playing impressive. Most of the offerings s... more…

I've just discovered this on YouTube - lovely stuff. more…

Mightn't it be Paul McCartney? more…

Lochaber No More? more…

That podcast's superb. Thanks for putting it up, ithaca-markb! more…