Readers can search to discover my contribution to Irish music, but I'm not Irish myself, only a music participant, tinkerer and supporter. This type of presentation is a rather modern branch of Irish trad: arrangements of the music orchestrated to be thoughtfully listened to in concert, but played in very traditional style that was once for dancing or jam session playing. Thanks for this offering. If I were younger and mobile, I'd love to sit in with them after hours, but I suspect the queue for that would be long.
Those are most certainly 3 fine young players, and well done to them. However, the arrangement of this set of tunes puts me in much sympathy with all the people who say that the diddly diddly music all sounds the same. I play a great deal of Irish music, and also much Scottish and English, and American Old Timey, but even I, not knowing any of these three tunes, couldn't make out when one stopped and the next one started. Irish music, like some other styles, and Bluegrass springs to mind, can disappear into the bubble of it's own excellence and cease to be accessible to ears from outside the genre. I hope that these fine young folk can also learn to create more variation in what they do, and draw from other styles. Sermon ends!
@@fiddle18 I'm wondering if you are the Ken Maher I know personally? Now, I've been professionally playing ceilidhs for over 40 years, with a mixed repertoire of Irish, Scottish, English and American tunes, so I reckon my ear is pretty good. On a second listening to this set, I did indeed pick the first change, but I'd need a third listening to pick the second with certainty. But all that is beside my point, that I don't think an ear developed on a diet of a single musical style should be a prerequisite for enjoying and understanding it (to a reasonable degree). All the renowned trad bands over the years (to cite just two - The Bothy Band and Capercaille), have understood this. Sets of tunes should be compiled with some variation built in, be that changes of key, instruments coming and going, changes from jig to reel, etc.
The dynamics and innovation will kick in the longer these young players stick with it. Though many never leave the " bubble" of preprogrammmed formulas .Tunes played like old war planes loudly charging down the runway that never take flight.
@@captaccordion I think so but here 4 inst, cappercaillie 7 inst, Bothy Band 6? add a bohran and a uillean pipe and they probably will sound bigger/louder. if not, you are definitively right! 😀
With all due respect the 3 tunes are fairly clearly distinct, to my ear at least. The only thing I think would be nice would be to incorporate the more traditional changes and variations you'd get in a seisiun with some differences each time you go around the tunes. They played the 3 beautifully but they were all straight through and keeping identical to each other which can cause some monotony to the ear. That being said, they're very good players and I doubt need any feedback from us.
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It is nice to see the youth of Ireland to continue playing traditional Irish music.
Just the way traditional music should be played, without hype or ostentation. Beautiful
Readers can search to discover my contribution to Irish music, but I'm not Irish myself, only a music participant, tinkerer and supporter. This type of presentation is a rather modern branch of Irish trad: arrangements of the music orchestrated to be thoughtfully listened to in concert, but played in very traditional style that was once for dancing or jam session playing. Thanks for this offering. If I were younger and mobile, I'd love to sit in with them after hours, but I suspect the queue for that would be long.
Shoutout to Sean Gavin, from our hometown of Detroit! ❤ Excellent playing.
Am tapping my toes with skegs on me boots!!!👢🎶🤘💃 they fly beautifully to you guyz thank you! Xxxxx
My heart & soul are dancing! Beautiful!
Great tunes, played well.
Fair play to ye!! Mighty music
Well done ...great to see and hear this.
Wonderfull amazing blessing ❤❤❤❤❤thanks
very good..
Excellent!
I personally didn't mind that I didn't find the breaks from one tune to another tune, hell I just enjoyed the music.
Fantastic!
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Poor not naming the musicians.
They are introduced in the short text before the footage! 😉
Those are most certainly 3 fine young players, and well done to them. However, the arrangement of this set of tunes puts me in much sympathy with all the people who say that the diddly diddly music all sounds the same. I play a great deal of Irish music, and also much Scottish and English, and American Old Timey, but even I, not knowing any of these three tunes, couldn't make out when one stopped and the next one started. Irish music, like some other styles, and Bluegrass springs to mind, can disappear into the bubble of it's own excellence and cease to be accessible to ears from outside the genre. I hope that these fine young folk can also learn to create more variation in what they do, and draw from other styles. Sermon ends!
Maybe, you should develop your ear and don't give advice until you have, because it is perfectly clear where the changes are.
@@fiddle18 I'm wondering if you are the Ken Maher I know personally? Now, I've been professionally playing ceilidhs for over 40 years, with a mixed repertoire of Irish, Scottish, English and American tunes, so I reckon my ear is pretty good. On a second listening to this set, I did indeed pick the first change, but I'd need a third listening to pick the second with certainty. But all that is beside my point, that I don't think an ear developed on a diet of a single musical style should be a prerequisite for enjoying and understanding it (to a reasonable degree). All the renowned trad bands over the years (to cite just two - The Bothy Band and Capercaille), have understood this. Sets of tunes should be compiled with some variation built in, be that changes of key, instruments coming and going, changes from jig to reel, etc.
The dynamics and innovation will kick in the longer these young players stick with it.
Though many never leave the
" bubble" of preprogrammmed formulas .Tunes played like old war planes loudly charging down the runway that never take flight.
@@captaccordion I think so but here 4 inst, cappercaillie 7 inst, Bothy Band 6? add a bohran and a uillean pipe and they probably will sound bigger/louder. if not, you are definitively right! 😀
With all due respect the 3 tunes are fairly clearly distinct, to my ear at least. The only thing I think would be nice would be to incorporate the more traditional changes and variations you'd get in a seisiun with some differences each time you go around the tunes. They played the 3 beautifully but they were all straight through and keeping identical to each other which can cause some monotony to the ear. That being said, they're very good players and I doubt need any feedback from us.
Too repetitious.
Many folk say that about Irish trad and I can see where they are coming from .