What is it about slow airs?

[Kirk_B]

@Nanohedron

My bad - not The Half Door, but The Boys Of Tandragee. I always make that mistake for some reason.

A-ha! Apparentli also also known as the loveli Linnane’s Jig.

http://tinyurl.com/6sokbb8

Kirk

P.S. “Wi not trei a holiday in Sweeden this yer ? See the loveli lakes, the wonderful telephone system, and mani interesting furry animals including the majestic moose”

[Nanohedron]

@benhall.1

Lovely stuff there. I couldn’t see the difference between the “air” and the jig that followed apart from the speed. That’s the sort of thing that’s been done for ever. I do it when I play The Trumpet Hornpipe (aka Captain Pugwash). It’s surprisingly difficult for anyone to recognise what tune I’m playing. and yet all I do is play it slower, with one or two little passing notes thrown in. Makes a lovely slow air, in fact.

I do that, too. That’s why I say - IMHO, of course - they’re not the same tune. I agree there are points in common, but that’s as far as I go. We could do the civilised, intellectual thing and take it outside.

[Denny]

if ya stay here we could call it performance art

[benhall.1]

@Nanohedron

@benhall.1

Lovely stuff there. I couldn’t see the difference between the “air” and the jig that followed apart from the speed. That’s the sort of thing that’s been done for ever. I do it when I play The Trumpet Hornpipe (aka Captain Pugwash). It’s surprisingly difficult for anyone to recognise what tune I’m playing. and yet all I do is play it slower, with one or two little passing notes thrown in. Makes a lovely slow air, in fact.

I do that, too. That’s why I say - IMHO, of course - they’re not the same tune. I agree there are points in common, but that’s as far as I go. We could do the civilised, intellectual thing and take it outside.

Is SO the same tune.

[I’m not feeling too intellectual this evening.]

[Nanohedron]

Is not.

[Jon_C]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btsxy-pBc-M&feature=youtube_gdata_player
The poet lost his books when the ship sunk…

[Kirk_B]

@Nanohedron

Is not.

“Hey hey you two, stop arguing. Shimmer is a desert topping AND a floor wax.”

Thanks for the input everyone. I say they’re different versions of the same tune. The chords are the same in any event.

Looking at Jon’s link, I just saw Brendan Begley a few weeks ago and I think he sung Amhrán na leabhar. What was pissing me off though was that the younger crowd in the pub had no respect whatsoever and kept talking through Brendan’s airs. That wouldn’t fly too well in the old country.

Cheers,

Kirk

[benhall.1]

@Kirk B

Looking at Jon’s link, I just saw Brendan Begley a few weeks ago and I think he sung Amhrán na leabhar. What was pissing me off though was that the younger crowd in the pub had no respect whatsoever and kept talking through Brendan’s airs. That wouldn’t fly too well in the old country.

There’s precious little respect in “the old country” these days either. The last few times I’ve been over, not only can you not get any peace for an air, you can’t even get any for a decent bit of singing. Just 5 years ago, the pub would have gone quiet. But it’s changed.

[Kirk_B]

@benhall.1

@Kirk B

Looking at Jon’s link, I just saw Brendan Begley a few weeks ago and I think he sung Amhrán na leabhar. What was pissing me off though was that the younger crowd in the pub had no respect whatsoever and kept talking through Brendan’s airs. That wouldn’t fly too well in the old country.

There’s precious little respect in “the old country” these days either. The last few times I’ve been over, not only can you not get any peace for an air, you can’t even get any for a decent bit of singing. Just 5 years ago, the pub would have gone quiet. But it’s changed.

Sorry to hear that Ben. I guess that tradition is slowly slipping away everywhere one goes.

[Mettadore]

@Kirk B

@Nanohedron

Is not.

“Hey hey you two, stop arguing. Shimmer is a desert topping AND a floor wax.”

Oh my god! I was just trying to explain the hilarity of that SNL skit to my wife about a week ago. Awesome pop-culture reference!

[Kirk_B]

@Mettadore

@Kirk B

@Nanohedron

Is not.

“Hey hey you two, stop arguing. Shimmer is a desert topping AND a floor wax.”

Oh my god! I was just trying to explain the hilarity of that SNL skit to my wife about a week ago. Awesome pop-culture reference!

Yep, that was a classic. It’s been stuck in the back corner of my memory since the 70’s when it first “aired” pardon the pun.

Kirk

[jim_stone]

oh my. unpardonable.

[Flexismart]

I don’t know if most would consider this an air, but I like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZNU4sTsyo8

and now play it as an air/waltz