David50’s five thousand, three hundred and five comments

Good read. Thanks for that link. more…

Having got to a stage where I can kid myself that Ergo's exercise is useful I find trying out four clicks to a bar for reels can be, shall we say, informative... more…

I wonder if the tendency to sound rigid when playing with a metronome is something that plucked instrument players have more trouble with. more…

That observation about stereotypical patterns helped me see one consequence of something CMO say way up the thread "Hornpipes typically resolve onto their tonic chord at the beginning of the final bar of each part" more…

It's that bane of putting links on the end of sentences followed by full stops. http://www.mcgee-flutes.com/RTTA.htm more…

Yes, I nearly said 'box player'' more…

At a workshop a well known English trad musician, addressing the comment mainly to dot readers, suggested thinking of an English 4/4 hornpipe as being in 12/8. more…

“Do people stop drinking if there is no sound track?” At least one big UK pub chain doesn’t have music (or TV I think) and seems to do OK. I guess it doesn’t have sessions either. more…

"when playing, it is far easier to think of flattening the 7th for Mixolydian" Same here. But being mindful of those who will jump in and ask what is so special about the scale that is having its notes flattened I try to think, for example, of the 7th bei... more…

So don't people ever share tunes at an Irish session? more…