I found these files and thought maybe some of you would might be interested to hear how Irish tunes sound on a recorder.
Follow the link below and go to the bottom of the page:
http://celtic.weblabs.com/
[ This Message was edited by: CraigMc on 2002-03-09 23:54 ]
That’s pretty bad.
The tunes wouldn’t sound so bad if the rhythm was right. I don’t know Irish music very well yet, but I know enough that it made me cringe.
Uhhh… What’s a Recorder?
McC… follow these links:
http://www.vonhuene.com/
http://members.iinet.net.au/~nickl/recorder.html
AHHHH! Tony!!! Don’t ever do that to me again! Those pages scared the #%?! out of me!
What ?!?!?
You mean $1,700 for a stinkin’ recorder??
Yeah, the prices shocked me too…
Wow! The filth on the internet these days… When I have kids I’m gonna have to get a program to filter those dirty sites out!
Net Nanny Anyone… Actually it would be funny…
You might be a Pennywhistler if:
You programed your internet filter software to filter any pages with the word “Recorder” on them…
I feel MUCH better about my playing now.
Charlie
All I can say (with out listening… I don’t want to assail my tender ears with such stuff…) is that recorder is NOT meant for Irish music. It doesn’t sound right.
It sounds heavy and ponderous and, and…
definitely NOT the way it should sound.
While this guy’s playing may still be in the early stages, I’m quite positive that much of it is better than the recordings I put on my website when I was ‘new’. Good thing I wasn’t on this message board to see myself get ripped to shreds back then 
I’m not snickering…
hey, don’t be too harsh on the guy.
Ya gotta suck before you can blow, right?
On 2002-03-10 13:52, TelegramSam wrote:
hey, don’t be too harsh on the guy.Ya gotta suck before you can blow, right?
Sam, how’d you get so wise?
really I should keep my mouth shut, but the Kesh jig was pretty damn funny.
Well, I gotta fess up. VonHuene is the uncle of one of my longest childhood buddies. - Joel
On 2002-03-11 10:45, Bloomfield wrote:
really I should keep my mouth shut, but the Kesh jig was pretty damn funny.
I guarantee you I sound funnier playing that thing. I tear it to peices, in fact. I should record myself and post it so y’all can laugh and point…
har har.
I want to apologize to everyone and to the person who made the recordings. Greg, Anna, and Sam, you are right–it’s not at all nice and it’s uncalled for for me (or anyone else)to criticize someone else’s playing. I am a rank beginner myself and I have no right to say anything about anyone else’s playing. Even if I was an expert, it still wouldn’t be nice. So I’m sorry and I thank you guys for teaching me to be a better person.
Well, I am not the one to throw the first rock either. I met Bill Ochs yesterday and played him my best reel. He started sighing, tapping his foot and shaking his head. :0 That rhythm thing is bloody hard.
Cees, I don’t think you need to be contrite or anything: Anyone who posts his stuff on the web knows it’s out there. And you weren’t being personal. Cheers!
/bloomfield
[ This Message was edited by: Bloomfield on 2002-03-11 11:36 ]
That rhythm thing is > bloody > hard.
Ugh. I know that for sure. That’s why my playing of Kerrigan’s Jig sucks so bad. I can’t get that springy jig rhythm thing going right. Plus, my fingers get a little confused in places…
pouts
Just so you know, there are actually people who play trad music quite well on the recorder. (Although for trad I like whistle better…)
Emma Christian in particular is worth listening to.
–James
http://www.flutesite.com