[NSP] Re: Gaelic Pronunciation

[Dru Brooke-Taylor]

Is this a version of tune on page 44 of book 2? If so, it's a great 
tune, and as far as I know, the title is pronounced Slievenamon, as 
Adrian says. It's a mountain. There's a lot of variation in the way it 
is sung, from an air, to a belter. But I think it may have got into the 
repertoire either from people listening to Radio Athlone or from a tune 
book published in Glasgow about 80 years ago.

There's a youtube of Maureen Hegarty singing a particularly attractive 
version at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NraclF8vRX8 , with a link to 
her own youtube with her singing a lot of other Irish classics.

Dru



On 5 Feb 2010, at 00:28, inky adrian wrote:




Billy got it wrong.
Slieve na whatever is not what Billy played, unless there is another 
tune with same title.
But that title, I've always pronounced it sleeve na mon.
see http://www.irishpage.com/songs/slevmoan.htm
Adrian


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