JigsawGreg’s sixty-two comments

Boys of Malin always seemed to me as a scale practice... Really useful for that. more…

Simply wonderful. Thank you for sharing, shaketree. more…

The great Lucy Farr comes to my mind. Modern female composers include Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Joannie Madden, Josephine Marsh, Siobhan Peoples and Sandie Purcell. more…

Maybe a bit off topic... But I was recently wondering if Tara, Sharon and Emer Howley are in any way related to David and Martin Howley (We Banjo 3). Does anybody know it by chance? more…

One for the road? more…

You're welcome. more…

For anyone interested in the huge “Dahlhoff“-Collection: https://www.folkfreun.de/dahlhoff.html more…

And you shouldn't mix up Oktoberfest with Bavarian folk music. Although I'm not a lover of Bavaria traditions, I can say they DO have nice folk music apart from this oompa oompa which is often shown on TV... more…

@creadurMawnOrganic: Yes, those are Zwiefache and quite common in the Southern parts like Bavaria. It's just a matter of notation. It's a mixture of 2/4 and 3/4 interchanging. So some of them might be regarded as 5/4 then... 😉 more…

Hello from Germany. 🙂 more…