bravesentry’s seventy-five comments

"So a tune loses its composed status when it becomes a trad tune?" more…

You can´t compose trad tunes. You can compose tunes that fit the idioms. They may become trad tunes if they get picked up by players and spread to different sessions. more…

I once heard of a session where they play Boys of Blue Hill as a reel, which sounds really disgusting. more…

Is this your first whistle/your first instrument at all? Then go for the dixon, I´d say the two-piece one, the reason is that they are reasonably priced and have a high continuity of quality. With Generation whistles for example you have to be lucky to g... more…

@jeff: I´m a long time bodhrán player and singer who has taken up the whistle a few years ago. As such I may be a special case, but with the majority of tunes I don´t have problems singing them and following them through in my head. The problem comes w... more…

Well, I guess the ideal way of learning anything is a teacher who is competent in both the thing and teaching the thing. Also, the teacher-student-relation should be a harmonious one. more…

One quote I heard regarding speed: "Speed is only a byproduct of exactness." more…

Session moved here: https://thesession.org/sessions/6571 more…

Monthly session, takes place on the 3rd Sunday each month. Starts around 7pm. Mostly a tune session with the occasional song thrown in. Guests with every skill level welcome. The normal core consists of two fiddlers, one banjo/mandolinist, one guitar/mand... more…

Have you tried playing your fiddle like a viola da gamba? That would look something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqxlfbJS8QQ more…