Thanks, George. I have tons of tunes and tune books and have often used these sites. I also like to play my whistle along with the BBC virtual session site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/folk/sessions/
Thanks for the list of what you play on the hg. Barbara On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 7:30 AM, George Leverett-Altarwind Hurdy Gurdies < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Barbara: > There's a website that has loads of Irish & Scottish tunes at: > trillian.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/tunefind > I believe that many songs on this site are offered in various keys, so you > can find the version you like best. > > You could also try: www.ceolas.org/ceolas.html > > Another good place to find Irish music arranged in the key of 'C' is harp > music; many folk harps favor the key of 'c' (like the hurdy gurdy in C/G) so > there are many books of harp music which are specifically rearranged for the > key of C. > > Some of my favorites on the hurdy gurdy are Road to Lisdoonvarna, Merrily > Kiss the Quaker, Mairi's Wedding, Skye Boat Song (Ok, a Scottish song), > Sheebeg Sheemor, and Planxty Irwin. > > Happy St. Patrick's Day (a day early) > George > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Barbara Currier <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, March 15, 2010 10:13 PM > *Subject:* [HG-new] Irish tunes > > Hi, folks, > > Do you have any Irish tunes you like playing on the G/C hurdy gurdy? > > No, I'm not going to insensitively invade some unsuspecting Irish session > this Wednesday, I just want to play something fun on St. Patrick's Day. > Sonny's Mazurka is pretty good, but honestly doesn't sound very Irish to me. > Sounds Scandinavian. > > All the Best, > Barbara > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "hurdygurdy" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<hurdygurdy%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy > > The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at > http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from > new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "hurdygurdy" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<hurdygurdy%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy > > The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at > http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from > new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster.
