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You're welcome! 

Kinda irksome when they can't bother to list what's played. 

I got lucky... this time. 

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There are so many wonderful traditional fiddle tunes that some get lost by the wayside... until someone places them in the spotlight. 

Thought I'd post a tutorial here, for the "Coleraine Jig" because of the performance stringy shared - hopefully more members will try it! 

 

Yes, I have heard "Bag O Spuds" before, when I was digging through some of Fergal Scahill's "tune a day" videos, maybe a year ago.  The name caught my eye, but felt it was a bit beyond me at that time.  Saw several other versions (some I really didn't care for), then I ran across Duncan Cameron's tutorial for "The Drunken Landlady" and had thought it was the same tune (must be losing my mind)!  I do love a tune that uses all the strings.

@BillyG -Smiley Broke Apart Smiley 

 

I just had to link you here... because the midges got him!   

"Bag O Spuds"

 

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- Emily 

 

@stringy - btw, still having a chuckle - we used Butane lighter fluid to cut laminated glass.  Always got Oooh's and Aaah's, every time (doesn't take much to amuse people)! 

...and I want a 5-string Tenor banjo!!!!

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My tenor is a four string,  I do have a five string bano though which I use for  picking blue grass, havent played that for about a year though, same as my guitar, got discarded because of violin. five string isnt really suited for Irish tunes, unless you play chords that is like luke kelly did. I do sometimes sing along with the five string, all Irish songs which is what my voice is suited for. Have yu heard Gerry o Connor, if not give him a listen, he does an axcellent job of bag o spuds and in my opinion is the best banjo player in the world, he also plays fiddle with the dubliners sometimes now.

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That a great version of the coleraine, I have already started to add  rolls to it,, makes all the difference, thanks

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Time to get this meandering Thread BACK ON TRACK with Video Series of Trad Irish Fiddling! 

There was a series called "Come West Along The Road" - a variety of great Fiddlers from the 60's to 80's, but you'll also find masters of other Irish instruments and singing. (brummydubliner)

 

@ABitRusty -

You'll enjoy this episode (S14E05), with several tunes played by a much younger Martin Hayes - he talks about growing up fiddling. 

00:33 Tom O'Brien - Lad O'Beirne's/Kinvara Reel ... 03:30 Séamus Mac Mathúna with Step Dancer Paddy O'Briain ... 06:10 Sean O'Briain - John Egan's Hornpipe ... 08:50 Peadar O'Ceannabháin ... 11:56 Teampall an Ghleanntáin CCÉ Reels, litling and dancing ... 16:05 Martin Hayes - Reels ... 21:48 Martin Hayes - Jigs 

I was completely blown away by a young Damien Harrigan's fiddling in this episode (S14E03), plus a great reel by Paddy Cronin - and I didn't know that Frankie Gavin also played a mean Flute!  

02:00 Seamus Creagh - Connie in the Pool/The Gortnatubrid ... 04:54 Michaél Ó hAlmhain - Eddie Moloney's No. 1 (The Kinvara Reel)/The Sunny Banks/The Humours of Loughrea ... 07:05 Yvonne Griffin - I Buried My Wife and Danced on Top of Her/Old Tipperary ... 09:41 Paddy Cronin - Hickey's Reel ... 11:45 Johnny Ó Conghaile - The Trip To Durrow/The Wise Maid ... 14:14 Frankie Gavin - The Mystery Reel ... 15:57 Pádraig Tom Pheaits Ó Ceannabháin - Tá Scéalta le nAirthris ... 19:22 Damien Harrigan - A Stór, a Stór, a Ghrá/The Devil's Dream ... 21:57 Néillidh Mulligna - The Drunken Landlady/The Dublin Reel

 

The series consists of 13 half-hour programmes drawn from the early years of RTÉ television (1961-1994), with additional material from other television stations, newsreels, feature films, and private film footage. 

The primary focus of the series is on music, but there is also a fascinating dimension of social history to this early material: townscapes and country-side, dress and hairstyles, houses and furniture, and the development of the medium of television itself.  https://presspack.rte.ie/2012/.....e-road-29/

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There are many more "Come West Along The Road" episodes available on YouTube.

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@ELCBK thank you!   yeah i am gonna watch those today for sure!   Havent seen those yet.  

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@ABitRusty -

There's also another series that looked at music by County, called "Slí na mBeaglaioch"

Here's the Kane Sisters from the County Galway episode, playing "The Welcome Call" (reel), Paddy Fahey's (reel), and "Stars & Stripes" (reel) - more details in video description. 

Here's Jimmy & Peter Campbell from the County Donegal episode, playing "Pat Pheadar Bhig" and "Hughie Eoin's" - both highlands? 

Btw... I have no idea what a "highland" is in music!   

 

Here's more episodes: 

TG4 series "Slí na mBeaglaoich" Playlist

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...I haven't watched them all.

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those are great!

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I have moved the "Highland Sessions" & "The Transatlantic Sessions" Video Series - to the Scottish Sessions Thread.

 

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Thought I'd put a Tommy Potts Playlist here... videos might also be somewhere else, but I can't find them. (lol)  

Tommy Potts amazing fiddler & composer from Dublin! 

Although Potts never received formal training, he was able to read and write music, giving his works structure and purposeful variation, rather than simply inventing them as he went along. One of the most notable aspects of Potts's style is the treatment of traditional Irish music as a creative art form rather than as music for dancing.  ...Despite his controversial approach, Potts is today acknowledged as a figure of vital importance to the evolution of Irish folk music.  (Wikipedia) 

 

Here, Tommy Potts is talking about syncopation in bowing of Rakish Paddy

The Liffey Banks Playlist  Some tunes I haven't heard before in this album!

Garrett Barry's Favourite, The Gander At The Prattie Hole And The Rambling Pitchfork. 

The Gathering Album - Tommy Potts, "Little Jennifer".  Really like this - not sure if this is a set, because it sounds like he goes into another tune, but may be the way he wrote it (?) 

 

Now here's my new Fiddle Hero, Liam O'Connor - if I could only hear myself play with such clean articulation on slurs, I'D REALLY BE IN HEAVEN! 

Tell Us A Bit About Tommy Potts [Featuring Liam O'Connor] - from Myles O'Reilly! 

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Feelin' it!

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great stuff @elcbk !  

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Tommy Peoples

@ABitRusty -

I know we just recently talked about Tommy Peoples, but I can't remember if this 4-part Video series has been posted somewhere (?) 

He played in the Donegal Style of Fiddling, much of which is more closely related to Scottish & Cape Breton music. 

Here's the 1st video in the series.

The other 3 parts can be watched here (Peter Corfield): 

Tommy Peoples 4-Part Documentary

 

Example of the Scottish influence: "The Laird of Drumblair/Little John's Hame" I believe these are 2 versions of the same Strathspey (?)  LOVE THEM!

 

Tommy Peoples not only played well, but also composed some GREAT tunes! 

You can check some of them out - here at thesession.org: 

Tommy Peoples Tunes

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I'm not sure why I never watched the The South Donegal Fiddle Series linked in the OP, but seems awful relevant to me now, though!  They're short videos!

The 1st Part - makes the huge connection to Scotland!  Highlands made from Strathspeys!

The 2nd Part - talks about the fiddles & improvised instruments.  The LILTING in the music & house dances.

The 3rd Part - 'reversing', when one fiddler plays the lower octave while the other plays higher, then switch.  Rich sound! 

The 4th Part - importance of teaching & the benefits of diversity.

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