Good morning all, any advice on playing Irish folk on mini guitars?

Like Taylor mini GS, ibanez v44mini or Maton Mini EMD/6?

We push our band instrument through a soundcraft ui24r with 2x 12" HK full range speakers. Plenty possibilities to adjust sound and volume.

Main guitars are Takamine and Tanglewood (back-up) dreadnought at the moment, with a Boss OC-5 octaver for bass parts.

Looking forward to your comments.

I'm turning once again to the trad music experts on r/Irishmusic . I am in love with Capercaillie's recording of 'The Jura Wedding Reels.' It's a 3 part medley, and the second tune is the actual 'Jura Wedding Reel' I don't know the names of the first or third, however. The first one sounds fine, but the last one is incredible and I'd really appreciate any help figuring out what it is.

The second reel, the actual Jura Wedding Reel, starts at 1:15 in the recording. The 3rd reel, the one I want to know the most, starts at 2:25. Thank you in advance!!

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https://youtu.be/qQtgSmasC28?feature=shared

I’ve been writing some down by ear but can’t find it documented anywhere. Possibly in his documentary? can’t find that either though. Any help would be lovely!

Years ago, my dad would constantly play Irish Fiddle Music CDS.

I remember hearing this one song that was sort of traditional, but it started out with a 80s/early 90s sounding

keyboard. The fiddle had a lot of reverb too. I believe it may have been on an Irish/Celtic compilation cd

because I swear I heard Fair Warning by John Cunningham on it too.

Hello! I’ve been an Irish Dancer for most of my life and decided to write and create a film involving it. My issue is most of the jigs and music I know is upbeat and peppy, where the film requires a reel or jig on the more gloomy/sad side?

Wondering if any of you have any recommendations of songs or musicians to look into?

Thank you all :)

Is there a name for a brief section in a tune that goes something like DADBDAD, hopping up and down from a base note it a way that makes both the hops and the variation in the high notes stand out? I first heard it in the second half of Hardiman's "Cry of the Celts" but I was glad to come across it in other pieces not tied to such flamboyance. In CotC it's quarter notes in 4/4 time, if that helps.

Hi, I think the ballade was Irish. It's about a man riding through the land escaping from soldiers I think. He's meeting a barman's (?) daughter, falling in love with her. And then he has to continue his quest, he's riding away. But the soldiers (?) learn about their love, taking her captive. He learns about it, and tries to save her but they both die in the end. And in the end there was something about them living in the moon (?) or afterlife??? Damn, I can't remember. 🙈

what are some good irish pub songs that’s are like stomp your foot to

I am a big fan of Trá Pháidín. Can you guys recommend similar bands? Thanks!

My grandpa who played the accordion in his own band and his own radio show (if you wanna know more details pm me) And since his passing I have been listening to some Irish music And i would Like some recommendations some songs I like to give examples are go on home british soilders,Come Out Ye black and tan’s and botany bay but I also like some other traditional story telling irish music any reccmomdations would be appreciated thanks(I like traditonal rebel irish music)

I know they are easy to play on a standard D whistle, as Bm is the relative minor of D, but they just don't sound good to me, too many high notes and you usually have to use the third octave D too much. A lot of them have really beautiful melodies, but I just hate the way the sound of my whistle pierces through the session as we play them. When that happens I usually end up using my low D, but I am much more comfortable playing high whistles, especially for fast reels.

I recently re-learned two of my favourite Bm reels, Musical Priest/Jimmy's Return on an A whistle and it sounds so much better, but I have the opposite problem, most of the notes are on the lower octave and my A whistle (a Lir) isn't really that loud, so people can't hear me when I try to throw this set during sessions.

What do you think about Bb tunes in tin whistle, what is the best whistle key to play these tunes?

Hi I play saxophone at the grade 4-5 level. Ive been enjoying listening to folk music and would love to learn a piece of music at this level if anyone has any recommendations. The only description i can think beyond this for what im looking for is 'soaring' it doesn't need to be saxophone specific! in fact id prefer it wasnt.

Specifically I'm referring to a pattern of notes commonly heard in many Irish jigs and reels, where there is typically a "root" note, and the tune alternates between that note and other notes, typically higher, that form a melody over the root note. It gives the illusion of playing a melody over a drone, but only one note is being played at a time. Recording of some examples below
https://vocaroo.com/14VFhlKS53JX

Is there a name for this in music theory or ITM?

Hello!

I listened a bunch of years ago to a song. I think it was with Mary Black, but I may be mistaken. I think it was something about her (well the person in the song) being in Nova Scotia, missing Ireland.

The lyrics did mention Nova Scotia (at the end of a verse I think). I believe (if I don't confuse it with another song) that one verse mentioned "Willy Clancy piping".

Does anyone have an idea what song it might have been? I've tried googling, asking AI and going through all or Mary Black's songs on Spotify and I'm going a bit crazy.

Edit: I found it!! It wasn't Mary Black, it was Aoife Scott with the song All along the wild Atlantic way!

So, there was this mixtape our family played for St. Patrick's Day. We played it in the 90's and the early 2000s. It featured The Wolfe Tones and The Dubliners. I think we may have lost the tape / CD somewhere. It also featured a female singer that I can't remember the name of. She sang more traditional upbeat songs, and she had a full voice. I know it's vague, but would someone have a guess who it may be? Thanks!