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ahhh ok @stringy.. i wouldnt have known how political it was till you brought up. good to know.
what little exposure i have to irish music id lump into 2 categories...pub songs and session tunes. MY categories not how everyone else does it but pretty sure there are differences. Danny Boy never has come up at a session. it seems to be a performance thing for the most part here. same kinda thing goes in an old time jam..youd probably never hear orange blossom special called at an old time jam. whivh seems to be THE southern fiddle tune if outside the style looking in.
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Greg, you usually get danny boy/Londonderry air, lol, at the end of the evening, and its usually one of those where everyone is drunk and start crying and hugging each other and thinking of friends who have gone.
People over here like nothing more than being miserable, 
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I can see it being and end of night song @stringy...for sure not how to start an evening!
@SharonC discovered a blurb somewhere oh shenandoah was originally a sea shanty. Been messing with that one not in sea shanty style. Hoping to post something with it.
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Hope y'all don't mind, I've done another quick print, practice, record session, though this one took 40 minutes. I'll probably go back to my regular practice sessions in a day or two, but I find this a bit liberating.
@ABitRusty - I hope you will share your version, I wasn't trying to steal your tune, but I've been attempting to play this by ear for a while, but finally decided it wasn't working and printed it out today.
Oh Shenandoah!
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not at all @JohnG ! glad you shared this. wonderful playing there! i like how you tagged the ending and faded out..and used all the bow.
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@stringy - Meant to tell you earlier how much I enjoyed your "Danny Boy", but plum forgot! One of the hazards of getting old, I guess, but still better than not getting old.
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No prob John, I go in the kitchen and when I get there forget what I have gone for.
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@JohnG -
GREAT "Oh, Shenandoah"!
Sounded really good!
Even if you don't think it helped, you actually did a lot of beneficial prep work by trying to play this by ear prior to today - congratulations!
You're kickin' this Party up a notch!
This Party has done something to me!
...starting to view most of the music I play (that I haven't shared here) as
"Parlor Music" of the COVID ERA! 😳
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I commented on your daisy bell john, dont know if you saw it? but I will be brutally frank I thought your shenandoah was better, a lot better, I thought your intonation was really good and also your timing, it reaļy was nice to listen to, exactly the correct speed. I have always liked that tune.
I think you did that one to show what you can really do because you were not happy with your first post, which incidentally I also thought was good. In any case, you did show what you càn do with your shenandoah. Amazing for a year, you really should be proud of yourself, I am pleased for you, you may not believe that but I really am, its hard work.
I think you would have been suited to violin, but, then again, Mozart himself preferred viola, no accounting for taste eh..??
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@stringy - Wow, what great accolades from an accomplished player. Thank you. And just to clear on dates, I got my viola on April 21, 2021, thus in two days it will be exactly 10 months since receiving it and starting this journey. And if Mozart preferred the viola, who am I to argue with that? The full, rich tone and a larger instrument that fits me and my hands better, is what I love.
@ELCBK - Thanks, you're probably right that attempting to remember the tune helped when I actually printed out the music to learn this.
@ABitRusty - Thank you, I appreciate the compliment. I didn't like the blah ending of ending with a single whole note, thus the improvised ending.
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For a print, quick practice that was very good.
I have that tune printed out some months ago just haven't had the time to work on it.
Great job, thanks for posting this
Mark
Master the Frog and you have mastered the bow.
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@Mark - Thanks, as an experiment, I feel it turned out well and it helps me stay interested.
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This is my Danny Boy! I’m hoping it will work ok as I’ve I’ve had a few technical problems!
If you make to to the end thank you for watching ! It’s obviously really early vibrato stages but I just thought I’d go for it as I really wanted to join in. I’ve only just come down to first position and I haven’t had the guts to put in my pieces yet ! Also I couldn’t find my glasses but that’s a lame excuse as the music is really big!
Also it’s obviously out of tune in places but adding vibrato has made everything else go out the window. I think I’ll keep practing and then eventually re do and post in critique corner !
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Lovely playing JohnG really liking your videos 😀 you must be so happy with your progress! Still can’t believe it’s only been a year!
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That was really good Katie, love the shawl is that the Scottish look;).
I made it to the end, amd enjoyed it all, we all know how difficult it is.
I know how hard vibrato is, its an advanced techniquie, some people never master it, ever, You definately are getting it, You are doing wrist correctly there is only hand movement which there should be, I found that very difficult so changed to arm, but its personal preference a lot use arm in first position and hand higher up the neck, whatever you are getting it right and its coming on a lot welĺ done.
Just think, not long ago you had tapes all over it.;)
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That’s amazing thank you stringy I prob should have put this in critique corner oh well! I really appreciate what you said it’s a huge struggle but when you say that it keeps me trying 😀
That scarf Is a prinark special our house is old and cold better since having new windows ! Thanks a lot
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Katie M said
This is my Danny Boy! I’m hoping it will work ok as I’ve I’ve had a few technical problems!If you make to to the end thank you for watching ! It’s obviously really early vibrato stages but I just thought I’d go for it as I really wanted to join in. I’ve only just come down to first position and I haven’t had the guts to put in my pieces yet ! Also I couldn’t find my glasses but that’s a lame excuse as the music
enjoyed that Katie! i know the feeling there at the end btw.. 
good job playing and vibrato!
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@JohnG Great Shenandoah! Nice job on the fade out-- 
Characterize people by their actions and you will never be fooled by their words.
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No prob John, I go in the kitchen and when I get there forget what I have gone for.
LoL yes, I do the "walk into a room . . .wait, what was I going to do?" thing far too often. 
Characterize people by their actions and you will never be fooled by their words.
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@Katie L Great job, Katie! Looking good!
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Also it’s obviously out of tune in places but adding vibrato has made everything else go out the window. I think I’ll keep practing and then eventually re do and post in critique corner !
My teacher calls that "kerflooey" (i.e., concentration on one hand & messing up with the other). Normal part of the learning process. Thanks for joining in!
Characterize people by their actions and you will never be fooled by their words.
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