nicholas’s six thousand, six hundred and twenty-six comments
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Re: Anyone in the mood for writing a jig?
So Stick It To The Cratur more…
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Re: Woodcroft Lane
I have corrected the abc's. This tune Woodcroft Lane and its sheet music are now properly up and running, not before time 🙂. more…
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Re: Woodcroft Lane
Still haven't entered it/got it to work properly - back to the drawing board! more…
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Woodcroft Lane, X:2
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…
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Re: Now what is the hardest trad instrument to play
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…
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Re: The best album I’ve listened to during the current stay at home phase of existence.
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…
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Re: Ancient Music For The Irish Harp
I've just discovered this on YouTube - lovely stuff. more…
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Re: Who is Irish Traditional Music?
Mightn't it be Paul McCartney? more…
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Re: Quarantune names
Lochaber No More? more…
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Re: Music of the Lennon Family
That podcast's superb. Thanks for putting it up, ithaca-markb! more…