![]() The tune should transcend the player, and the dexterity requred to play the tune should be invisible. I don't want to hear how well someone can play, I want to hear a beautiful tune played well. So for example, a tune like Sally in the Garden, Wild Rose of the Mountain, or a great old waltz like Archibald McDonald Of Keppoch, at a reasonable speed, or even a little slower is much more to my taste than hearing Brilliancy, or Blackberry Blossom at full tilt. ![]() (I like to play with others much more than to play for others.) I don't care for a lot of pyrotechnics in playing - and I don't care for tunes that are mostly to impress others. So much else goes in to good musical playing, and the abiliy to play fast is often obtained at the expense of the other aspects of good playing. The OP was originally talking about speed, but speed by itself is a silly criteria. Have heard a few tunes from flute player Mike Rafferty's new CD, "The New Broom" as well and the tunes there are played in a similar fashion so it's definitely going to be by next purchase.īit more on topic - I have never been one for crazy speed meself - can completely appreciate the skill involved but it's just not my cup of tea. Just got the new CD by "Pride of New York", who's members are: Brian Conway (fiddle), Joanie Madden (flute and whistle) Brendan Dolan (piano), and Billy Comiskey (button box) and I really like it, tunes played at a good steady pace, rather than "breaking landspeed record" pace. Don't know if they're native to our wee island or not or just passing thru but they are most certainly there.īit more on topic - I have never been one for crazy speed meself - can completely appreciate the skill involved but it's just not my cup of tea. ![]() I pity Ireland for not having the wonderful little hummingbirds but they do have the european bumblebee Bombus terrestris there don't they? the pieces seems a better imitation of those wingbeats - you think? There does be hummingbirds all around my farmhouse back home.
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