A Reel I wrote and recorded--feedback much appreciated

Irish Flute
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Hi All,

I just completed writing and recording this reel I’m titling the “Fox Reel”. I think it’s pretty cool, but I’d love to get some feedback from you.

[I re-recorded the tune a bit later on a different flute and think it came out a bit cleaner, so here’s that link:

2nd recording http://www.box.net/shared/hoyd1qb7v1 ]

Thanks.

Jason

[[ original recording http://www.box.net/shared/0rby4k9jvm ]]

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Nice tune, I’d like to learn it can you post an abc? {helps me to pick it up quicker} I enjoy your playing.

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Thanks, Dunnp.

Here’s a link to the dots:

http://www.box.net/shared/c4e5v3r2qt

If I get a chance, I’ll translate it to basic abc.

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Dots are fine too, cheers

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Pretty foxy, if you ask me.

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Great tune! I enjoyed it.

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That sounds fantastic. It had a very modern feel. It sounds like you’ve combined traditional and contemporary music by using a scale not usually used in Irish music, but otherwise going for a completely traditional approach. I don’t understand how to recognize different modes, however, so I can’t say for sure. Am I completely off the mark?
-Tom

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Cool tune, it would be nice to hear some backing with it.

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Thanks, Tom. Yeah, I am trying to combine traditional with contemporary elements. The scale is used in Irish Trad music (A mixolydian), but I use certain melody lines, particularly at the end of the phrases, that are not common to trad music. I love the key of A mix and was trying to create something a bit original.

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I like it. Interestingly (to me, at any rate :wink: ) it has the same sort of feel as an A mix tune that I wrote about 8 or 9 years ago, which I don’t have a name for. They would go together, but I think they might be too similar in feel to make a really decent pairing - you’d need more contrast. Still, I might try later … Here are the dots:

X:1
T:BH Reel 2
M:4/4
R:
K:Amix
cBAG ~E3E | GEAE BEAE | cBAG ~E3E | GABG A2AB | cBAc dB~B2 | cA~A2 BAGA |
cBAG ~E3E | 1 GABG A2AB :expressionless: 2 GABG A2cd || eA~A2 ~f2af | eA~A2 BAGA |
eA~A2 ~f2af | eaa^g a2af | eA~A2 fA~A2 | eA~A2 BAGA | cBAG ~E3E | 1 GABG A2cd :expressionless: 2 GABG A2 AB ||

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Excellent. Great job. I’ll learn it.

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Had another listen, the type of tune Mick McGoldrick would love.

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Great tune! I also love more modern themes coupled with traditional. (love Flook, Lunasa, et al). Congratulations!

Interesting, when I heard it and saw the score, thought that was in B minor. When I saw your answer, I re-read the score and it still feels like B minor! Not many diminished 4ths for Amix, methinks. Hey, but you’re the author, and I’m just a music aficionado :smiley:

[Oh and it looks that you have an unnecessary accidental in bar 25 - all Cs are sharp! :smiley: ]

–Andre

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Thanks. I’m glad you like the tune.

In the spirit of clarity, it definitely is in A mixolydian. Not sure what you mean by “diminished 4th”–here’s a definition of the mixolydian mode:

"The structure of the mixolydian mode is only different from the major scale by one note – the 7th. Compared to the major scale the mixolydian mode has a flatted 7th.

The scale degrees are R, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and b7."

It’s the 7th that distinguishes this scale, not the 4th. The mode is derived from the V chord in a major key which is a dominant 7 chord, i.e. the distinctive flatted 7th.

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Thanks for saying that–Mr. McGoldrick is having a major influence on me right now.

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Interesting tune, nice. Just played through it. Kept wanting to play it as A dorian, so was mixing up the modes, testing it out. Learned a tune that spiced Amix into Ador from Brian Finnegan, so it reminded me a bit of that.

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You are right! :blush: I guess too much Guinness from last night that not yet sank in! But the tune still looks in Bminor! And great as it is!

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great tune! it’s a keeper…thanks

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Would it be too cheeky to ask for a clip of you playing it? It’s a tune I play a lot in gigs (after a couple of other ones wot I wrote) so I’d really love to hear a different take on it.

I’ve had a go at yours on fiddle. It is a great fiddle tune. Seriously.

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Okay, I am late to the game folks, I know. Love the reels… so much in fact, that it inspired me to write this one!

X: 1
T: Why Fight It?
C: Modern Trad/ Arbo Doughty
M:4/4
K: D mix
L:1/8
Adde fded | dcAB 3(ccc c2 | Adde fded | dcAB c2 c2 | Adde fded | dcAB c3 g |
gedc AB c2 | Bcdc BA G2 :|| efge ce g2 | fd 3(ddd fg a2 | efge ce g2 | fedf e3 e|
efge ce g2 | fd 3(ddd fg a2 | gedg fedf | edce d3 z | efge ce g2 | fd 3(ddd fg a2 |
efge ce g2 | fedf e3 e | efge ce g2 | fd 3(ddd fg a2 | gfeg fedf | edce d3 z ||

It wasn’t meant to be part of a set with the other two… I didn’t try it. Perhaps it would work. Feedback appreciated.
Arbo