teagan’s one hundred and ninety-three comments

"Now, while I certainly enjoy the Wellerman, I’m not convinced it’s a shanty. " more…

For C-nat, I use 4th finger. For C#, I shift... it is just too far of a stretch for my little hands. 🙂 more…

A very strong second for the Pumpherston Hornpipe. Perfect for the Halloween season. more…

It looks like a bug in the converter itself. It isn't displaying escaped quote characters correctly when you transpose. Maybe they have some way to contact the site owners? more…

This is what it says on the you tube page, I clicked on SHOW MORE under the video (on the YouTube page itself) and they listed the tunes... 🙂 more…

As played by James Kelly on "Traditional Music of Ireland." more…

Thanks... that is definitely not the same tune. more…

Hi all, was looking at a James Kelly recording which refers to a tune named "Miss Emily," on track 23 with no link. We play this set at our local session. Or used to, prior to covid-19. 🙂 more…

The kids that we play for at a feis are used to dancing at a very specific tempo. I am not so arrogant that I think I can start at that exact tempo every time. So yes, we use a metronome to get started, as Reverend suggested. When the feis rules say a ... more…

Eh, I don't agree with that. Neither would this guy, I don't think. I will keep using my metronome when playing for a feis, because I am not skilled enough to know if I am playing at 118 bpm or 116 otherwise. more…