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Brian Finnegan is a prolific composer from Northern Ireland, playing Irish Flute and Tin Whistle.
I find his music very beautiful and definitely ripe for playing on the Violin, Viola or Cello.
First found Brian through a discussion at thesession.org - about a tune called "The Blue Keys". Turns out the name is actually "Blue Gaze" - composed by Brian.
Here, he plays "Blue Gaze" as the 3rd tune of the medley (starts at 4:20). Sheet music at thesession.org. All the tunes in this set are beautiful!
Here, "Blue Gaze" played as the 1st tune of an amazing whistle & Highland pipe performance by Alexander Levack, Glasgow 2018.
Brian's music would sound fabulous played on the fiddle!
All 9 of the tracks on his "The Ravishing Genius of Bones" album are definitely worth listening to.
The Ravishing Genius of Bones - Playlist
...think I might have already mentioned Brian elsewhere on the forum - good stuff!
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@Gordon Shumway -
Have you ever played any of Brian Finnegan's music on the flute?
Do you ever play flute music on the violin?
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Never heard of Finnegan.
I don't do a lot on the flute, just doodle in the upper register at the moment: oboes don't overblow - they have an octave key, so the flute needs overblow practice. It's purely for pleasure and something I've been wanting for 35 years. But there is in fact a flute orchestra in London that I'll keep my eye on.
If it's generic folk music, I have a go on both instruments, assuming it doesn't go too low for the flute. However, a lot of stuff is online (I don't play much by ear), and there are often multiple versions transposed for different instruments.
The flute is very good for pentatonic stuff - I'd like a Japanese flute (a 2.4' Shakuhachi), but the price is silly and they are made in China anyway, so I'll probably just stick to flute and maybe also alto flute.
Andrew
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"Blue Gaze" has a wonderful swing to it! 🤗
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Was just reminded of this great tune - here's sheet music for "The Blue Keys" (aka. "Blue Gaze").
Will sound fabulous transcribed lower on Viola! ...guess what I'll be doing?
More keys with audio available here: The Blue Keys Reel (Blue Gaze) - thesession.org
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...a little late - just now getting around to this great 'feel good' tune (picked Em to start with).
Is there an easy way to slow down audio for the scores at thesession.org?
I ended up taking a screen shot video of the score with audio playing & uploaded to YouTube. So, now I can adjust the speed while I learn it.
Anyone else try this tune, yet?
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ELCBK said
...a little late - just now getting around to this great 'feel good' tune (picked Em to start with).Is there an easy way to slow down audio for the scores at thesession.org?
I ended up taking a screen shot video of the score with audio playing & uploaded to YouTube. So, now I can adjust the speed while I learn it.
Anyone else try this tune, yet?
ELCBK said
...a little late - just now getting around to this great 'feel good' tune (picked Em to start with).Is there an easy way to slow down audio for the scores at thesession.org?
I ended up taking a screen shot video of the score with audio playing & uploaded to YouTube. So, now I can adjust the speed while I learn it.
Anyone else try this tune, yet?
well.. you could use the download midi option and import that into presonus.. musescore would work too. actually you can download the midi and play it in a muaic player and there slow it down.
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THANK YOU!
Hadn't thought of that - after all this time, never downloaded any tunes from there... duh!
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I was just reading previous posts... guess that was right before The Session started offering a variable tempo feature & looping (?)
Anyway... recently saw on The Session, Brian's at it again - Flook came out with a new album!
More really hauntingly beautiful tunes composed by Brian & arranged with the other members of Flook - that would (of course) sound GREAT on the fiddle!
The way Brian places accents - wonderful syncopation! AND, you can tell his tunes are great, because they sound wonderful at ANY tempo!
Hard for me to chose favorites on the album - love them ALL!
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