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August 17, 2011 - 1:23 pm

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I think it would be nice to see some YouTube links as well to those favorite Irish fiddlers and performances. I've always loved Irish music and fiddling.

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August 21, 2011 - 12:53 am

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OK, you have to include Mairead Nesbitt from Celtic Woman and Cora Scott from Riverdance. Look up the You Tube video Dueling Violins, this features both of them and it is great.

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October 5, 2011 - 4:13 pm

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some great fiddlin'!

here's some awesome fiddlin' from liz carroll,eileen ivers and althena tergis.

hope you enjoy it smile

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October 23, 2011 - 8:23 pm

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Man, thumbs-up you cant help but smile listining to those girls. Thanks for the link.

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October 23, 2011 - 8:49 pm

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This is the song I'm currently trying to play. Its one of my favorite songs and one of the reasons I wanted to start playing violin. Jed Mugsford from the Oxford Fiddle Group is one of my favorite fiddlers.

Here is a link to the sheet music for the song,(and ABC) if anyone wants to try it. I would probably classify it as a beginner level song. It uses the first position on all 4 strings and is slow.

http://abcnotation.com/tunePag.....date3/0015

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October 23, 2011 - 8:51 pm

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ok since I can't seem to link a youtube video successfully:

That should take you there, with a quick copy/paste. :/ *edited again because I found out just slapping the link in here worked. LOL*

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October 23, 2011 - 9:04 pm

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Here is another tune called Boo Baby Lullaby by Jerry Holland. The recording of this particular video is kind of bad but its nice video of Jerry Holland. RIP and a link to the sheet music :

http://www.cranfordpub.com/tun.....ooBaby.htm

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