Will Evans’s six thousand, eight hundred and sixty-six comments

Of course ! Give me your hand ! good call belayatron more…

March of the king of laois is a wonderful tune. more…

King of the fairies. And it has its own dance. more…

A few variation more…

Ah yes I found myself playing this the other day in a session, picked it up by ear and only when we finished did i find Out its provenance . I was playing with a few folk from the Burren environs so i guess it must be a local thing . If i recall it was... more…

A slow march composed by my self for GHB more…

If your playing with someone else you need the ability as a good musician to follow and track 2 things at once, what you are playing and what the other person is playing, not so easy i dare say. ( and i wont go into bands and groups) This will be easier ... more…

The idea is to be able to receive the music through your ears and reproduce it through your fingers. So its easier to start with simple stuff . For trad tunes i find a basic structure, bare bones setting of the most common settings is a usefull framework ... more…

As a piper a term " rhythmic fingerwork" from jim macgillivrays book was a revelation.so ive applied it to my whistling , tapping in time.....Plenty practice still to do of course , as always, but i keep at it. more…

I have to agree that apart from string choice , technique is the key, there are serious levels of subtlty and finess requiring great sensitivity and constant feedback loops which become instinctive eventually . more…