Tawny’s one thousand, two hundred and seventy-nine comments

  • Poem of the Week

    W. B. Yeats more…

  • Re: Bodhran.

    Weejie did more. more…

  • Re: Bodhran.

    If you go by the numbers this is the site for bodhran players. It certainly seems to have the longest discussion on the subject, & there’s no end in sight. more…

  • Well they’d certainly be flexible for making double skins. more…

  • Re: Bodhran.

    Re: The yoke we love to hate: more…

  • Techniques for learning spontaneity?

    Have you ever been in a session & you’ve played the first tune & you’re about to start off the second tune in a set; & you’re not quite sure what to choose but you do, just in time? It’s called spontaneity. more…

  • 🙂

    “Um die gelegentlich unerwünschten Obertöne der „Arbeitswerkzeuge” zu bändigen, more…

  • Re: techniques for tune-learning?

    Jim, thanks for the tone & fiddle lesson. I don’t think Will posted the Vincent Campbell clip to demonstrate what he considers good tone. I believe his intention was quite different. more…

  • Re: techniques for tune-learning?

    I was going to say that if most trad players say they are going to teach a tune by stripping out the ornaments & variations he or she will most likely leave some in, even if they are trying not to. more…

  • Re: techniques for tune-learning?

    Humility isn’t so much who is better than who. It’s more a matter of respect. The better yet humble player is always someone who is willing to listen. more…