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King Of The Fairies, Irish set dance tune
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ratvn
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Hi all,

Here is my attempt at an old Irish set dance tune, King Of The Fairies, still lots of mistakes. Will be improving after some yrs.

Thanks all.

Robert

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....e=youtu.be

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June 20, 2013 - 11:19 pm
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This just really made me feel better.  In so many ways.  GOOD JOB..you are working it like crazy.  clap clap clap...

Love,

Toni

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June 20, 2013 - 11:32 pm

very nice!  thanks for sharing!

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Really nice! Keep up the good work.

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That was nice!!! > I love Irish tunes and you played it well > SWEET!!!!!!!

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Nice combo. Thanks for the post. :-)

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but the one who needs the least."

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One of the loveliest melodies i've heard lately!well done!may i ask if you used sheet music for this that you found somewhere online?

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June 21, 2013 - 7:55 pm
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Very nice, Ratvn! I like this tune. Will have to put it on the "to learn" list. Good job!

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Thank you all for your kind words and encouragement, @coolpinkone, @Ginnysg, @Steve, @StoneDog, @Fiddlerman, @Teapot, @KindaScratchy.

 

Here is the sheet music in pdf that I learned from. A quick note that I gathered. As common to these aural traditional musics, the notation was transcribed from players with influences from styles, regional, etc., and in it is the tune melody along with ornamentation hence variations between versions. Ones can pickup the melody first and then spice it up (with ornamentation such as rolls, triplets, slide, etc..) to their tastes or to fit/sync to others players/backing rhythm.

Thanks again,

Robert

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Sorry Robert that I am late on this post, but I thought I had already commented here, then realized that my comment was direct to you in the chatango box the other night.

Great playing, great tune. Very nice job for such little time spent on it.

 

clap  hats_off

 

Ken.

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Good job, Robert! Beautiful melody amuse !

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Well played Robert.  Sweet melody.  Downloaded the sheet music.  Thanks.cheerleader

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Thank you for your kind words and encouragement.

@Fiddlestix: thanks, Ken. You did comment in the chat box, and gave advice, correction, and suggestion to improve it.

@suresh and @Mad_Wed: thanks for encouragement. Hope you like the tune.

 

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