Conkers to Conquer- a New Collection of Old Chestnuts

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tradfid.zipFebruary 200640.04 kB00:43:28
Members:
  • Amazing Grace00:00:24
  • Angeline the Baker00:00:40
  • Arkansas Traveller00:00:58
  • Barrowburn Reel00:00:39
  • Batchelder's00:01:03
  • Child Grove00:00:36
  • Coleraine00:00:32
  • Cooley's Reel00:00:40
  • De'il Amang the Tailors00:00:40
  • Devil's Dream00:01:00
  • Farewell to Whiskey00:00:46
  • Fisher's Hornpipe00:00:29
  • Flop-Eared Mule00:01:06
  • Flowers of Edinburgh00:00:40
  • Green Mountain Petronella00:00:44
  • Harvest Home00:00:34
  • Haste to the Wedding00:00:44
  • Kesh Jig00:00:29
  • Kitchen Girl00:00:27
  • Le Reel des Jeunes Mariés00:00:46
  • Liberty Two-Step00:00:36
  • Mairi's Wedding00:00:29
  • Mason's Apron00:00:37
  • Miss MacLeod's Reel00:00:40
  • Miss Shepherd's Reel00:00:36
  • Morrison's Jig00:00:33
  • My Love is But a Lassie Yet00:00:39
  • Nancy00:00:40
  • Off She Goes00:00:48
  • Old Aristocracy00:00:36
  • Old Grey Cat00:00:43
  • Old Joe Clark00:00:36
  • Petronella00:00:44
  • Planxty Fanny Powers00:01:09
  • Planxty Irwin00:01:27
  • Pot-House Jig00:00:37
  • Rights of Man00:00:43
  • Ryan's Polka00:00:29
  • Sally Gooden00:00:22
  • Scollay's Reel00:00:40
  • Simple Gifts00:00:32
  • Smash the Windows00:00:29
  • Soldier's Joy00:00:44
  • Ste. Anne's Reel00:00:36
  • Swallowtail Jig00:00:48
  • Swinging on a Gate00:00:58
  • Sí Bheag, Sí Mór00:00:44
  • Tam Lin00:00:26
  • Ten Penny Bit00:00:53
  • The Ash Grove00:00:48
  • The Dark Isle00:01:36
  • The Girl I Left Behind Me00:01:04
  • The High Road to Linton00:00:36
  • The Irish Washerwoman00:00:32
  • The Lea Rig00:01:04
  • The Road to Boston00:00:36
  • The Road to Lisdoonvarna00:00:27
  • The Rose Tree00:01:04
  • The Wind that Shakes the Barley00:00:32
  • Tobin's Jig00:00:27
  • Whiskey Before Breakfast00:00:44
  • Woodchopper's Reel00:00:46
Composer:Traditional Fiddle Tunes
Genre:North American contra dance and other fiddle tunes
Instruments:violin
Submitter:MacLeod, Bill
Email:williebeeswing (e-mail)
Zipfile:Y
These tunes are mostly old chestnuts, tried and true veterans of the fiddling tradition. They will be familiar at most sessions or jams, certainly in the New England area. Old-timey tunes and bluegrass favorites are under-represented here, merely because we don't know that many of them. Just about every tune in the collection is a dance tune. Played at the proper lively tempo, they are meant to give lift to the dancers' feet, and mark the figures of the dance. This is why many of them are 32-bar jigs or reels, when played AABB. A good contra-dance caller knows when the dancers have got the feel of any particular dance, and so when to stop hollering at the dancers, to let the music tell them what is going on. A good dance band will use the phrasing of the tune to help the dancers stay aware of where they are in every flying moment. Good dancers may listen to the melody for cues, but they pay more attention to the pulse that drives that melody, so they can fit into each pattern that comes their way.Please keep in mind that music is pulse and sound, and lines with spots on paper are only inky paper. For now let's call the inky paper "notes," and save the word "music" for what we make with our hands, ears and hearts. The notes are a reminder, a way to remember how a tune goes. Once you can play the tune without looking at the book, and can make it sound interesting, and maybe even notice that other people around you are moving with your sound, then you are making music. Remember that the written notes are only a starting place, a group of ideas for keeping a tune together, and not the only "right way" to play the tune. All the same, if you play a tune exactly as it is written here, very likely someone else will recognize it, maybe even call it a different name, and show you how they play it. Happy listening!(Sorry about the long lines, but I didn't know how to wrap them without possibly breaking something.)
Contents:
Amazing Grace
Angeline the Baker
Arkansas Traveler
The Ash Grove
Barrowburn Reel
Batchelder's
Child Grove
Coleraine
Cooley's Reel
The Dark Isle
De'il Amang the Tailors
Devil's Dream
Farewell to Whiskey
Fisher's Hornpipe
Flop-eared Mule
The Flowers of Edinburgh
The Girl I Left Behind Me
Green Mountain Petronella
Harvest Home
Haste to the Wedding
The High Road to Linton
The Irish Washerwoman
Kesh Jig
Kitchen Girl
The Lea Rig
Liberty
Mairi's Wedding
Mason's Apron
Miss MacLeod's
Miss Shepherd's
Morrison's Jig
My Love is But a Lassie Yet
Nancy
Off She Goes
Old Aristocracy
Old Grey Cat
Old Joe Clark
Petronella
Planxty Fanny Power
Planxty Irwin
Pot-House Jig
Reel des Jeunes Mariés
The Rights of Man
The Road to Boston
The Road to Lisdoonvarna
The Rose Tree
Ryan's Polka
Ste. Anne's Reel
Sally Gooden
Scollay's Reel
Sí Bheag, Sí Mór
Simple Gifts
Smash the Windows
Soldier's Joy
Swallowtail Jig
Swinging on a Gate
Tam Lin
Ten Penny Bit
Tobin's Jig
Whiskey Before Breakfast
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Woodchoppers' Reel
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