What are your favorite tunes in keys other than D?
There are lots, but the one that comes immediately to mind is O’Carolan’s #171, which is in A minor and makes a really good C whistle tune.
Charlie
The Chicago Reel and The Trip to Cullenstown are two favorites of mine. I’m not sure what key they’re in, but The Chicago Reel has an Fnatural (starts and ends on A though) and The Trip to Cullenstown has a couple of G#'s (A major maybe). They tend to play a lot of tunes in A at our slow session, so I’ve gotten pretty good at half-holing the G#.
-brett
The first that comes to mind is:
Ashokan Farewell that’s played on an A whistle.
Julia Delaney and Fahey’s both in Dminor (one flat) which can be played on a C whistle.
Enjoy Your Music,
Lee Marsh
[ This Message was edited by: LeeMarsh on 2001-11-29 00:00 ]
It’s not written in stone a tune must be played in a given key.Oshakan sounds great on a D whistle in key of G for session convenience.Peace,Mike:)
A long and separate thread could be started about the F natural in the Chicago and other tunes. Suffice here to say it doesn’t need to be there and a lot of people would not use it (eg a recording of Bobby Casey and Willie Clancy show them only using it the second time and it isn’t a dead rstraight Fnat either, Noel Hill used an F sharp, I played it with Concertinaplayer Gerald Haugh recently and he was sharp) It’s a choice and one that should maybe be made informed rather than at random.
To go back to the subject : What about the Humours of Scariff on a D whistle?
On 2001-11-28 21:02, trek wrote:
What are your favorite tunes in keys other than D?
Why on earth are you asking this question?
I haven’t a lot of experience playing-so far just tunes in D on a D whistle -and want to try something new. I was trying to get a list of new songs which would be as fun to play as to listen to .
On 2001-11-29 18:40, trek wrote:
I haven’t a lot of experience playing-so far just tunes in D on a D whistle -and want to try something new. I was trying to get a list of new songs which would be as fun to play as to listen to .
Ah! Now we understand. Hope you realize you are not confined to playing tunes in D on a D whistle.
I’d suggest you move first to trying some tunes in E dorian (which is like E minor, only the C is a C#). This means all the fingering is the same as tunes in D, but the feel is quite different.
Then you could go on to tunes in G major and A dorian. For these tunes you’ll need to master the C-natural.
Tunes to play in E-dorian: I The Star of County Down? Familiar, and easy. You won’t need any Cs actually - nor any Gs for that matter.
The Road to Lisdoonvarna (jig, not the reel of the same name) is in E dorian and is very popular with beginners, because it’s easy and has a very attractive melody.
I don’t know if this is the kind of thing you want. Good luck.
Steve
PS Based on what you say, I think you can safely forget about The Chicago reel for a while!