teagan’s one hundred and eighty-one comments

Harvest Home was mentioned a couple times above... last year we were playing at for a feis and one of the hornpipe sets we chose included Harvest Home, which we don't play lately at our session, but it seemed like it would be good for the dancers. After ... more…

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We had a good go of it, but sadly, this pub is permanently closed. more…

There is nothing about the Green Groves of Erin which is so difficult that it should necessitate changing the tune to make it playable, or easier. If you are finding it that difficult, the answer is more practice, not changing the tune to suit your abili... more…

IMO, there is really no answer to this question, in the way the OP intended it. If, by "picking up the fiddle," we mean playing the instrument, as opposed to learning tunes. more…

As played by Grainne Hambly here.... I prefer this key, myself. more…

A bow does not need to "mature" to become playable. Give a brand-new bow, in the correct weight range and properly haired, to anyone who knows what they are doing vis-a-vis playing the fiddle, and it is not going to bounce. Think about it... if it were ... more…

Seriously? Um, ok... more…

The notation is ABC notation... http://abcnotation.com/blog/2010/01/31/how-to-understand-abc-the-basics/ more…

"so it wouldn’t be 100!, it’d be closer to reels=40!, jigs=30!, hornpipes=20!" more…