To reflect the changes which have happened over the last year we now have a new blog site - Maleny Tunes Class and Ceili Band. We would love to have you follow us there.
http://malenyceilitunes.blogspot.com.au/
Thank you so much to Nicole Murray for having the inspiration and enthusiasm for starting the tunes class. It has launched so many of us on to exciting new musical paths. Your new Brisbane Tunes Class is sure to be just as valuable to your new students. We look forward to playing together at sessions or festivals in the future.
Mal
Monday, May 26, 2014
Monday, March 3, 2014
Wow, it's a long time since we updated this blog but that doesn't mean we've been idle .With most of the tunes class up to speed for playing at dances the Maleny Tunes Class and the Maleny Ceili Band are now a single entity. Dozens of new tunes were learned during the second half of 2013 and several of those, and some older tunes, were combined to create new dance sets. These were put to good use at several events - Maleny Celtic Winter School, Maleny Wood Expo, the reopening of Maleny Community Centre, Mooloola 150th Anniversary, Maleny Music Weekend, a street performance for Maleny Christmas street party, and culminating in playing for the Irish ceili at Woodford Folk Festival.
This year is off to a fine start with a similar format to last year - Steve Cook conducting most classes with Jem Dunlop joining us from time to time sharing some of his great tune collection. We are excited to be trying something new - Maleny legend Cath Ovenden, winner of a 2014 Golden Guitar award for her Tunes of Joe Yates album, is teaching us a swag of traditional Australian tunes which she has collected from isolated communities for over thirty years. Cath will be presenting some of them in concert in May with our ceili band backing her.
No player of Irish tunes would miss St Patrick's Day so we will be fully immersed in the music at Finbar's 15th to 17th March. From 2pm to 7pm on Saturday and Sunday the session players will be exploring every tune they can think of, then sitting back for the evenings to enjoy the bands Buckley's Chance and Barleyshakes. There may even be another session on Monday evening. It's always good craic at Finbar's so come along.
Our Wednesday classes continue, occasionally adding additional workshops such as guitar accompaniment. Each Sunday from about 5pm you'll find many of us playing at Finbar's and on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month there is a session at Maleny Hotel from 1pm until about 4pm. New members are always welcome at the classes and sessions. The Maleny Celtic Winter School will be held on 11th to 13th of July this year providing a weekend of solid tuition. Why not start now and reap the full benefit at the Winter School.
This year is off to a fine start with a similar format to last year - Steve Cook conducting most classes with Jem Dunlop joining us from time to time sharing some of his great tune collection. We are excited to be trying something new - Maleny legend Cath Ovenden, winner of a 2014 Golden Guitar award for her Tunes of Joe Yates album, is teaching us a swag of traditional Australian tunes which she has collected from isolated communities for over thirty years. Cath will be presenting some of them in concert in May with our ceili band backing her.
No player of Irish tunes would miss St Patrick's Day so we will be fully immersed in the music at Finbar's 15th to 17th March. From 2pm to 7pm on Saturday and Sunday the session players will be exploring every tune they can think of, then sitting back for the evenings to enjoy the bands Buckley's Chance and Barleyshakes. There may even be another session on Monday evening. It's always good craic at Finbar's so come along.
Our Wednesday classes continue, occasionally adding additional workshops such as guitar accompaniment. Each Sunday from about 5pm you'll find many of us playing at Finbar's and on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month there is a session at Maleny Hotel from 1pm until about 4pm. New members are always welcome at the classes and sessions. The Maleny Celtic Winter School will be held on 11th to 13th of July this year providing a weekend of solid tuition. Why not start now and reap the full benefit at the Winter School.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Maleny Music Weekend
A huge thank you to the organisers of The Maleny Music Weekend, what a huge success it was!
Members of the Maleny Tunes Class, in their guise of The Maleny Ceili Band, were programmed to perform a selection of tunes in the Platypus venue on Sunday. The wonderfully supportive audience was soon on its feet dancing so it turned into a mini ceili, much to our delight. Thank you to Steve Cook and Jem Dunlop for keeping us all on track.
The weekend of May 4th and 5th will see the Maleny Wood Expo at the Maleny showgrounds. The Maleny Ceili Band will be playing there on both days for some more fun.
The action will continue in June when, on the weekend of 21st to 23rd, the hugely popular Maleny Celtic Winter School will again take place. So, if you have an instrument, (everybody does - your voice is an instrument) and would like to learn something Celtic, come along. Not only will there be instrument and singing classes during the day but also a tutors' concert on Friday, and Ceili and Trad Disco on Saturday evening. All the details may be found at http://www.malenyceltic.org/
And of course, if you want to prepare yourself for the Winter School, or want to be sure of developing what you learn there, come along to the Maleny Tunes Class on Wednesday evenings.
Members of the Maleny Tunes Class, in their guise of The Maleny Ceili Band, were programmed to perform a selection of tunes in the Platypus venue on Sunday. The wonderfully supportive audience was soon on its feet dancing so it turned into a mini ceili, much to our delight. Thank you to Steve Cook and Jem Dunlop for keeping us all on track.
photo by Ros Brawn. Thank you Ros!
The weekend of May 4th and 5th will see the Maleny Wood Expo at the Maleny showgrounds. The Maleny Ceili Band will be playing there on both days for some more fun.
The action will continue in June when, on the weekend of 21st to 23rd, the hugely popular Maleny Celtic Winter School will again take place. So, if you have an instrument, (everybody does - your voice is an instrument) and would like to learn something Celtic, come along. Not only will there be instrument and singing classes during the day but also a tutors' concert on Friday, and Ceili and Trad Disco on Saturday evening. All the details may be found at http://www.malenyceltic.org/
And of course, if you want to prepare yourself for the Winter School, or want to be sure of developing what you learn there, come along to the Maleny Tunes Class on Wednesday evenings.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
The St Patrick's weekend is always a busy one for Irish musicians. The Tunes Class weekend starts at Eudlo on Saturday. In the Eudlo Hall Nicole Murray and Emma Nixon will run a tune workshop from 1:30pm to 2:30pm. From 3:00pm to 4:00pm there will be a concert which will include the amazing duo Rhiannon and Monique. From 4:00pm to 5:00pm the Maleny Ceili Band will play for a family ceili. That was heaps of fun last year - don't miss this one!
There is a probability that a group from the class will play at Caloundra markets for an hour on Sunday morning. If you want to take part let Kate know.
The rest of the weekend will probably contain a lot of session playing centered around Finbar's in Maleny.
On March 20th there will be a rather special concert at the Danish Club in Newstead. Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas will be supported by our own Wish List (Emma Nixon and Nicole Murray) . Several of the Tunes Class members will be attending that so there will be no tunes class that evening.
March 27th will see Kate conduct her steady pace class then a number of us head to Canberra for the National Folk Festival.
There is a probability that a group from the class will play at Caloundra markets for an hour on Sunday morning. If you want to take part let Kate know.
The rest of the weekend will probably contain a lot of session playing centered around Finbar's in Maleny.
On March 20th there will be a rather special concert at the Danish Club in Newstead. Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas will be supported by our own Wish List (Emma Nixon and Nicole Murray) . Several of the Tunes Class members will be attending that so there will be no tunes class that evening.
March 27th will see Kate conduct her steady pace class then a number of us head to Canberra for the National Folk Festival.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
The festive, or festival, season is here
The last couple of months have been busy for the Tunes Class and it has been great to see many new players join us. Kate Fraser's steady speed class has proved to be popular and it won't be long before we hear more of her students joining us playing in sessions.
With Christmas just about here the Tunes Class term has come to a close, the last couple of weeks having been dedicated to practicing our dance sets for the Woodford Folk Festival ceili. Many members will be away during January, some at the the Celtic Summer School in Victoria and others at various festivals. The Tunes Class will restart on 6th February. Those that remain in town are sure to find a session or two around the place.
The next term will bring in a few changes. Nicole Murray has handed over the running of the group to the members themselves with the various tasks being shared. Kate Fraser will continue to run the Steady Tune Learning fortnightly while the intermediate group will move their emphasis towards developing skills and creating more sets. There isn't much point in developing these skills without putting them to good use so plans are afoot to run more ceilidhs throughout the year, including one during the Maleny Celtic Winter School of course.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everybody, keep those tunes coming! We look forward to seeing all the regulars, and hopefully some new faces, on the 6th.
Kate's classes-
February 6th, 20th, March 6th, 27th (change of date due to Alasdair Fraser concert).
With Christmas just about here the Tunes Class term has come to a close, the last couple of weeks having been dedicated to practicing our dance sets for the Woodford Folk Festival ceili. Many members will be away during January, some at the the Celtic Summer School in Victoria and others at various festivals. The Tunes Class will restart on 6th February. Those that remain in town are sure to find a session or two around the place.
The next term will bring in a few changes. Nicole Murray has handed over the running of the group to the members themselves with the various tasks being shared. Kate Fraser will continue to run the Steady Tune Learning fortnightly while the intermediate group will move their emphasis towards developing skills and creating more sets. There isn't much point in developing these skills without putting them to good use so plans are afoot to run more ceilidhs throughout the year, including one during the Maleny Celtic Winter School of course.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everybody, keep those tunes coming! We look forward to seeing all the regulars, and hopefully some new faces, on the 6th.
Kate's classes-
February 6th, 20th, March 6th, 27th (change of date due to Alasdair Fraser concert).
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
New Slow Tunes Programme
Maleny Tunes Class continues to develop and nurture community music. This week, fiddler Kate Fraser offered to formalise the beginners' class a little more, in addition to the patient work of Tania Owens, by running a series of programmed nights where you can be sure there will definitely be a beginners' class. Pop them into your diary, come along and really make some progress!
Kate will work on tunes over several weeks, giving you a good chance to work on them, and the repertoire will be selected from tunes the intermediate class is playing. The aim is to create a wider community of players who share each other's tunes.
Kate has also started a moderately paced session every second Sunday at the Maleny Hotel. Its on early in the afternoon, so you can still head on over to Finbar's at 4 for the session there too!
Kate's Dates (Slow speed beginners' class):
Kate will work on tunes over several weeks, giving you a good chance to work on them, and the repertoire will be selected from tunes the intermediate class is playing. The aim is to create a wider community of players who share each other's tunes.
Kate has also started a moderately paced session every second Sunday at the Maleny Hotel. Its on early in the afternoon, so you can still head on over to Finbar's at 4 for the session there too!
Kate's Dates (Slow speed beginners' class):
September 5th & 19th
October 3rd & 17th
November 14th & 21st
December 5th & 19th
See you there!
Nicole
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
The Maids of Mitchelstown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4iPD6Epl4w
We also revised The Leprechaun, a tune Steve taught and which we are combining with The Kesh and Biddy the Bold Wife for a new céili set. For those who asked, here is a basic version of the dots.
Next week Nicole will run Tunes from the Vault, so send her the tunes you would like to revise. If there is the demand, Tania will run a slow class too.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Tunes Class Cranks Up Again!
Tonight is the first Maleny Tunes Class for 2012. There will be carrot cake and a slow reel!
This Wednesday, 1 February, 7pm - 9pm, we're back with our friendly combination of Irish tunes and supper. Bring your instrument, learn tunes by ear, and join in a growing community of musicians enjoying tunes together.
This year the class will be taught by class founder Nicole Murray, with excellent local musicians Steve Cook, Jeremy Dunlop and Tania Owens, to cater for slower players as well as more experienced players.
This week, Feb 1, Nicole will be starting up the year with a new tune, taught at quite a slow pace with lots of repetition of phrases. After supper we'll speed our new tune up a bit, and play a couple of tunes we've done before.
On Feb 8, Nicole will run Tunes From the Vault, where we revise tunes that have previously been taught. We'll work in longer phrases, still with repetition, and Tania will be available to work with slower players and those who have never met the tunes before.
Jeremy will teach a new tune on Feb 15, at a slow pace, with lots of repetition. After supper the tune will go a bit faster and he might visit a couple of other tunes too.
And on Feb 22, Steve will run the Ceili practice. This is a chance to put the tunes together into sets suitable for playing in sessions and for dancing. Steve will move a bit faster, but Tania will be available to coach slower players before supper.
There are 5 Wednesdays this February, so Nicole will finish the month with Tunes From the Vault.
Our planning has moved as far as March! So in March:
7 March - Nicole teaches a new tune.
14 March - Nicole visits Tunes from the Vault, with Tania helping out slower players
21 March - Jem teaches a new tune.
28 March - Steve runs Ceili practice, with Tania coaching slow players before supper.
The cost of tuition has not changed, its still $12 per class including supper. Please invite your musical friends who would like to play Irish tunes to come to the class. Its a tunes class, rather than an instrument class, so they will need to be able to play a few tunes on their instrument and know the names of the notes to get the most out of the class.
All of the teachers may be available for private and small group lessons if you and your friends would like to improve on your instrument.
See you on Wednesday!
Cheers,
Nicole
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Great Céili, and now an Accompaniment Workshop!
Huge thanks to everyone who came, played, danced and ate cake at last night's Christmas Céili! It was a joyful night and raised just over $500 towards the 2012 Maleny Celtic Winter School, a resounding success!
I especially want to thank those people who made cakes for the night, and gave their time and equipment to make it all work. Huge thanks to Davydd McDonald (our Irish caller) and Mary Davidson (our Scottish caller), without whom the dancing wouldn't have happened. Even though I brought party tooters, I totally forgot to announce its Davydd's birthday tomorrow (Monday), so HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVYDD!!!
Great news for Tunes Class - Jem Dunlop will run a workshop on accompanying Irish tunes at the Tunes Class on Wednesday 14 December, so if you would like to integrate some good ideas about accompaniment into your playing, DON'T MISS IT! We will be working from chord charts which Steve prepared for the ceili last night, and our sets will really blossom. There will be copies of the chord charts available this Wednesday for you to take away and play with. We will combine melodies and accompaniment by the end of the night. Tell all your strumming friends this workshop is on - of course everyone is welcome.
And wasn't it wonderful when we played for dancers last night, and the rhythm of their feet helped us find the groove and the tempo? That's what its all about!
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
The Christmas Céili!
Its Christmas Ceili Time!
Its Christmas, the time for dancing! And for all of us who meet each week to craft these beautiful tunes, its time to take them out and swing them around some real dancers.
The Christmas Ceili is on December 3, at the Maleny Primary School Hall, 13 Bunya Street, just as you enter town from the coast.
There'll be live traditional music played by the class and lots of our auspicious tune-playing friends, experienced dance callers, and a cafe for refreshments.
Everyone in the class is welcome to participate in the band. But don't forget to get down there and have a dance - its so much fun and it makes perfect sense out of all these tunes!
These are the sets we'll be looking at, with a special Ceili Practice tonight guided by Tania.
Barn Dances
Thadelo's/ Campbell's/ Terry Tehan's
Jigs
Tatterjack Walsh/ Pipe on the Hob/ Nora Crionna
Willie Coleman's/ Black Road/ My Darling Asleep
Reels
Peelers Jacket/ Miss Monaghan/ Banshee
Musical Priest/ Monaghan Twig/ Star of Munster
Plough and the Stars/ Bank of Ireland/ Wind that Shakes the Barley
Dick Gossip/ St Anne's/ Masons Apron in G
Polkas
Rakes of Mallow/ Egan's/ Finnish/ Bill Sullivan's in D then A
Waltz
Josefin's
Extra homework if you're keen
Polkas: Walsh's/ Ballyvourney/ Johnny Leary's
Reels: Brenda/ Scholar/ Dinkies
Jigs: Kerfunten/ Eddie Kelly's/ Give Us a Drink of Water
Monday, October 10, 2011
And its GOLD in the Ring! Plus the Colliers Reel.
The Gold Ring in all its seven part glory has been thoroughly played by Maleny Tunes Class last Wednesday night. If you weren't there and want to catch up, all the parts are below, with the usual instructions on how to listen to a horrid midi file of them as well!!
The other great achievement of the night was the Collier's Reel. By special request and most unusually, the dots are attached as a gif below. The versio
n is based on the playing of Joe Fitzgerald, a Clare box player from Melbourne.
Regular super-slow-paced classes are now a feature of Maleny Tunes Class, and run simultaneously with the intermediate class. There will definitely be a Slow and Supportive Class on Tunes From the Vault night (the second Wednesday of the month, this week) and on Céili Practice Night (the fourth Wednesday of the month), and there may be a slow class every week if there is the demand. The patient and encouraging Tania Owens will be teaching regularly, ensuring more and more people start to enjoy playing Irish tunes.
If you would like to hear the melody, copy and past the text including the header into http://www.folkinfo.org/songs/abcconvert.php, select abc2mi
di and click on "submit".
X: 1
T: Gold Ring, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
|:BAG A2d|cAF G2A|BAG A2d|cAG FGA|
BAG A2d|cAF GBd|~g3 afd|cAF G3:|
|:~B3 Bdc|A2A dcA|~G3 GFG|Add cAG|
B2B Bdc|A2A dcA|FDE F2d|[1 cAF G2A:|[2 cAF ~g3 |
|:fdd edd|fdd edd|fdd ed=c|dcA Geg|
fdd edd|fdd edd|dfa gfd|[1 cAF G2g:|[2 cAF G3 |
|:~g3 f2d|cAG GBd|~g3 f2d|cAG FGA|
~g3 f2d|~g3 f2d|[1 ~g3 afd|cAF GBd:|[2 gab afd|cAF GFE|
|:DBB DBB|DAA DAA|~G3 GBd|cAG FGA|
DBB DBB|DAA DAA|G2G GBd|cAF G3:|
|:~B3 ~D3|~A3 ~D3|~G3 GBd|cAG FGA|
~B3 ~D3|~A3 ~D3|~G3 GBd|cAF G3:|
|:B2G A2G|d2G G2A|B2G A2G|cAG FGA|
BAG AGF|GFD FAd|~f3 fed|cAF G3:|
Thursday, September 29, 2011
New Ceili Reels and Six Parts of Gold Ring.
At Ceili practice last night we put together a fab new set of reels:
X: 1
T: Gold Ring, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj |:BAG A2d|cAF G2A|BAG A2d|cAG FGA|
BAG A2d|cAF GBd|~g3 afd|cAF G3:|
|:~B3 Bdc|A2A dcA|~G3 GFG|Add cAG|
B2B Bdc|A2A dcA|FDE F2d|[1 cAF G2A:|[2 cAF ~g3 ||:fdd edd|fdd edd|fdd ed=c|dcA G2g|
fdd edd|fdd edd|dfa gfd|[1 cAF G2g:|[2 cAF G3 ||:~g3 f2d|cAG GBd|~g3 f2d|cAG FGA|
~g3 f2d|~g3 f2d|[1 ~g3 afd|cAF GBd:|[2 gab afd|cAF GFE|
|:DBB DBB|DAA DAA|~G3 GBd|cAG FGA|DBB DBB|DAA DAA|G2G GBd|cAF G3:|
Dick Gossip (D)/ St Anne's Reel (D)/ The Mason's Apron (G).
Loads of fun, especially that run up from d to g to begin the Mason's Apron.
And we visited the sixth part of the Gold Ring, which required a look at crans on D for the flute and whistle players, and rolls on B, A, and G for everyone.
Here is the Gold Ring right up to part six. Next week - the long awaited finish to this well loved epic saga....
If you would like to hear the melody, copy and past the text including the header into http://www.folkinfo.org/songs/abcconvert.php, select abc2midi and click on "submit".
X: 1
T: Gold Ring, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj |:BAG A2d|cAF G2A|BAG A2d|cAG FGA|
BAG A2d|cAF GBd|~g3 afd|cAF G3:|
|:~B3 Bdc|A2A dcA|~G3 GFG|Add cAG|
B2B Bdc|A2A dcA|FDE F2d|[1 cAF G2A:|[2 cAF ~g3 ||:fdd edd|fdd edd|fdd ed=c|dcA G2g|
fdd edd|fdd edd|dfa gfd|[1 cAF G2g:|[2 cAF G3 ||:~g3 f2d|cAG GBd|~g3 f2d|cAG FGA|
~g3 f2d|~g3 f2d|[1 ~g3 afd|cAF GBd:|[2 gab afd|cAF GFE|
|:DBB DBB|DAA DAA|~G3 GBd|cAG FGA|DBB DBB|DAA DAA|G2G GBd|cAF G3:|
|:~B3 ~D3|~A3 ~D3|~G GBd|cAG FGA|~B3 ~D3|~A3 ~D3|~G3 GBd|cAF G3:|
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Gold Ring gets to Part Five!
In Tunes from the Vault tonight we did manage to pull "Behind the Haystack" from the recesses of our minds, and we stood Leitrim Fancy back up on its legs too.
And we did Part Five of our epic journey through The Gold Ring.
Here is the whole tune up to part five:
If you would like to hear the melody, copy and past the text including the header into http://www.folkinfo.org/songs/abcconvert.php, select abc2midi and click on "submit".
X: 1
T: Gold Ring, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj |:BAG A2d|cAF G2A|BAG A2d|cAG FGA|
BAG A2d|cAF GBd|~g3 afd|cAF G3:|
|:~B3 Bdc|A2A dcA|~G3 GFG|Add cAG|
B2B Bdc|A2A dcA|FDE F2d|[1 cAF G2A:|[2 cAF ~g3 ||:fdd edd|fdd edd|fdd ed=c|dcA G2g|
fdd edd|fdd edd|dfa gfd|[1 cAF G2g:|[2 cAF G3 ||:~g3 f2d|cAG GBd|~g3 f2d|cAG FGA|
~g3 f2d|~g3 f2d|[1 ~g3 afd|cAF GBd:|[2 gab afd|cAF GFE|
|:DBB DBB|DAA DAA|~G3 GBd|cAG FGA|DBB DBB|DAA DAA|G2G GBd|cAF G3:|
X: 1
T: Gold Ring, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj |:BAG A2d|cAF G2A|BAG A2d|cAG FGA|
BAG A2d|cAF GBd|~g3 afd|cAF G3:|
|:~B3 Bdc|A2A dcA|~G3 GFG|Add cAG|
B2B Bdc|A2A dcA|FDE F2d|[1 cAF G2A:|[2 cAF ~g3 ||:fdd edd|fdd edd|fdd ed=c|dcA G2g|
fdd edd|fdd edd|dfa gfd|[1 cAF G2g:|[2 cAF G3 ||:~g3 f2d|cAG GBd|~g3 f2d|cAG FGA|
~g3 f2d|~g3 f2d|[1 ~g3 afd|cAF GBd:|[2 gab afd|cAF GFE|
|:DBB DBB|DAA DAA|~G3 GBd|cAG FGA|DBB DBB|DAA DAA|G2G GBd|cAF G3:|
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Jigs from the Vault
Oh, dear, it took me all week to put up Part Four of The Gold Ring, but here it is, just in time to learn Part Five tonight!
Its Vault night, when we excavate long buried tunes under cover of darkness and fuelled by biscuits and tea. This week we are excavating a few jigs; yes, a whole night of the time signature that swings along to syllables that sound like "pineapple underpants".
We will revise Behind the Haystack (also known as Munster Buttermilk, though another jig shares that name), and probably Kalyama unless there is a request for another jig.
See you there!
The Gold Ring Project, Part Four (with all the other parts)
Here are parts one, two, three and four. As before, if you would like to hear them, copy and past the text including the header into http://www.folkinfo.org/songs/abcconvert.php, select abc2midi and click on "submit".
X: 1
T: Gold Ring, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
|:BAG A2d|cAF G2A|BAG A2d|cAG FGA|
BAG A2d|cAF GBd|~g3 afd|cAF G3:|
|:~B3 Bdc|A2A dcA|~G3 GFG|Add cAG|
B2B Bdc|A2A dcA|FDE F2d|[1 cAF G2A:|[2 cAF ~g3 ||:fdd edd|fdd edd|fdd ed=c|dcA G2g|
fdd edd|fdd edd|dfa gfd|[1 cAF G2g:|[2 cAF G3 ||:~g3 f2d|cAG GBd|~g3 f2d|cAG FGA|
~g3 f2d|~g3 f2d|[1 ~g3 afd|cAF GBd:|[2 gab afd|cAF GFE|
X: 1
T: Gold Ring, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
BAG A2d|cAF GBd|~g3 afd|cAF G3:|
|:~B3 Bdc|A2A dcA|~G3 GFG|Add cAG|
B2B Bdc|A2A dcA|FDE F2d|[1 cAF G2A:|[2 cAF ~g3 ||:fdd edd|fdd edd|fdd ed=c|dcA G2g|
fdd edd|fdd edd|dfa gfd|[1 cAF G2g:|[2 cAF G3 ||:~g3 f2d|cAG GBd|~g3 f2d|cAG FGA|
~g3 f2d|~g3 f2d|[1 ~g3 afd|cAF GBd:|[2 gab afd|cAF GFE|
Thursday, September 1, 2011
The Gold Ring Project Part Three!
Nicole is back from cloudstreet's great New Zealand tour, and back into the tunes!
Last night we revisited St Anne's Reel in D, and we did the third part of The Gold Ring, which is quite an odyssey. Only four more parts to go!
X: 1
T: Gold Ring, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
|:BAG A2d|cAF G2A|BAG A2d|cAG FGA|
BAG A2d|cAF GBd|~g3 afd|cAF G3:|
|:~B3 Bdc|A2A dcA|~G3 GFG|Add cAG|
B2B Bdc|A2A dcA|FDE F2d|[1 cAF G2A:|[2 cAF ~g3 |
|:fdd edd|fdd edd|fdd ed=c|dcA G2g|
fdd edd|fdd edd|dfa gfd|[1 cAF G2g:|[2 cAF G3 |
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Jem Dunlop teaching this Wednesday!
While Nicole is away on tour in New Zealand with cloudstreet, Steve and Jem are teaching the class. This week, its Jem, the beautiful fiddle player from Witta. Don't miss this rare class!
And before Nicole went to New Zealand, we managed to get to part two of the Gold Ring. Here is part one and part two. As before, if you would like to hear them, copy and past the text including the header into http://www.folkinfo.org/songs/abcconvert.php, select abc2midi and click on "submit".
X: 1
T: Gold Ring, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
|:BAG A2d|cAF G2A|BAG A2d|cAG FGA|
BAG A2d|cAF GBd|~g3 afd|cAF G3:|
|:~B3 Bdc|A2A dcA|~G3 GFG|Add cAG|
B2B Bdc|A2A dcA|FDE F2d|[1 cAF G2A:|[2 cAF ~g3 |
And before Nicole went to New Zealand, we managed to get to part two of the Gold Ring. Here is part one and part two. As before, if you would like to hear them, copy and past the text including the header into http://www.folkinfo.org/songs/abcconvert.php, select abc2midi and click on "submit".
X: 1
T: Gold Ring, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
|:BAG A2d|cAF G2A|BAG A2d|cAG FGA|
BAG A2d|cAF GBd|~g3 afd|cAF G3:|
|:~B3 Bdc|A2A dcA|~G3 GFG|Add cAG|
B2B Bdc|A2A dcA|FDE F2d|[1 cAF G2A:|[2 cAF ~g3 |
Friday, August 5, 2011
The Gold Ring Project Part One. And the Orphan.
The Tunes Class has begun an odyssey. We are learning the seven-part jig, The Gold Ring. To make each part more separate and more memorable, we are only doing one part a week. This week was the beginning of the journey, with Part One. We thought about naming each part after the colours of the rainbow (ROYGBIV, there are seven refracted wavelengths, oh shut up Nicole), or the seven Chakras, or John suggested the four horsemen of the apocalypse, and three of their wives-or-girlfriends, but in the end simplicity won.
The Gold Ring, Part One.
This is the abc notation for the first part. If you would like to hear a midi file of it (how cool is this...) copy it including the header section and paste it into this link:
http://www.folkinfo.org/songs/abcconvert.php
Select abc2midi and click on "submit". It will create a sound file so you can hear the tune. I know its old-school, but its pretty cool.
X: 1
T: Gold Ring, The
M: 6/8?L: 1/8?R: jig
K: Gmaj
|:BAG A2d|cAF G2A|BAG A2d|cAG FGA|BAG A2d|cAF GBd|~g3 afd|cAF G3:|
I'll put an actual recording up asap, along with a recording of the main tune we learned, The Orphan, a jig in Em.
Nic
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
We Rocked!!
The Maleny Celtic Winter School has been and gone and we squeezed every last drop of fun out of it!! At one point during the Ceili, I counted twenty-six musicians on the stage, and more than a hundred dancers! Congratulations to all the Tunes Class players who flexed their fine repertoire on the night!
Since then we've taken it on the road, playing at the Maroochy Bushland Botanic Gardens on Sunday. Big thanks to the eleven members of the band, Mal, Kate, Keith, Philippa, John, Tania, Peter, Miggy, Steve, Nic and Jem, who delighted the crowd with six sets of tunes, one of which we learned last week. The event was run by the Sunshine Coast Council and is was part of a series called Sundayze. The other acts on the day were John Thompson and Steve Cook, Cloudstreet, and Ironstone.
Last week's tune was Inisheer, a beautiful waltz named after an island off the west coast of Clare. We played it with a harmony line, it sounded luscious.
This week is the wild card class, the fifth class in a month. We might do a new tune, or we might play through a bunch of our favourite tunes. It will depend completely on who comes to class and what they need or ask for. There will be cake. And if its as chilly as last week, we may squeeze into the smaller room for warmth!
See you there
Nic
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Maleny Celtic Winter School, THIS WEEKEND!
This is it, the weekend we've all been waiting for, when a hundred fine musicians crowd into Maleny for wall to wall tunes and fun. Classes, sessions, dancing, sessions, and more sessions.
So this week's Maleny Tunes Class is all about practising for the Céili on Saturday night. Tania has graciously allowed us to use some terrific arrangements she's done of some of the reels, so we have a simplified part for those who would like to participate, but are finding the tunes a bit fast at dance speed, or for those who just enjoy sitting on the groove! For the rest of us, the melody and groove await. The sets we will practise are listed below.
See you for tunes and supper at 7pm!
Reels.
The Peelers Jacket (G)/ Miss Monaghan (D)/ The Banshee (G)
The Plough and the Stars (G)/ The Bank of Ireland (Am/D)/ Wind that Shakes the Barley (D)
The Musical Priest (Bm/D)/ The Monaghan Twig (Amixo)/ Star of Munster (Am)
Jigs.
Willie Coleman's (G)/ The Black Road (D)/ My Darling Asleep (D)
Tatterjack Walsh (Dmixo)/ The Pipe on the Hob (Dmixo)/ Nora Crionna -aka Lilliburlero (G)
Polkas.
Rakes of Mallow (G)/ Egan's (D)/ Bill Sullivans' (D or A/ Finnish Polka (Bm/D)
Barn Dances.
Thadelos (D) /Campbells (G)/Terry Teehans (A)
Here's the ad that's in the Range News this week, do pass it on!
Thursday, May 19, 2011
New Tune - The Woman of the House
On Wednesday night we had a new reel, The Woman of the House. Its a beauty, and I promised to put a slow practice version up on the blog by the weekend, so here it is, in the tunes sidebar to the right.
Its been a massive couple of months, with members of the class attending the National Folk Festival in Canberra and playing their heads off. So many good tunes, so little time. Steve has been taking the class quite a bit because Nicole (me, this is hard to write between first and third person) has been back and forth to Townsville. Sadly, my mother died from her ovarian cancer on April 24 in Townsville, and the month has been full of much loving family time and of course the funeral.
I'm back in the teaching seat, though, and Steve and Jem (with John and Jenny) have all gone on a Musica Viva tour of schools in the Northern Territory. Next Wednesday is Ceili Practice, where we take sets of tunes we have learned and get them going at a more danceable speed.
And with only 29 sleeps (I think) to the Maleny Celtic Winter School and our chance to play at a real ceili (or ceilidh), we'd better get that groove going!
see you on Wednesday,
Nic
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