Irish Fiddle Tune - 99 and 98 Marches

[chevyaveo05]

I always enjoy this video....Amazing!

[RedHyuuga]

Irish music is LOVE~<3

[bradygeoffrey]

Up Cork! Remember Daniel O'Connell !

[TheRealGaffer]

I wish I could find a violin player in my locale to jam with. Everyone I know, including myself plays guitar. 

[dakotastreet]

Gorgeous fiddle tunes, and love the guitar backup. Is that played in standard or DADGAD tuning?

[mcmanustony]

@dakotastreet

neither. its dropped D.

[evilchimp77]

MAKES ME PROUD TO BE IRISH! =)

[mcmanustony]

@evilchimp77

why? the fiddler's American and the guitarist Scottish

[traveler1938]

A trully beautiful music!

Thanks for posting it!

[Andymac175]

aha! found it.. i was looking for this video.. shame on the poster who stole it.. i wanted to see it bad enough to dig though comments though

[Jarvicini]

What else is to be said? I am so happy that we have this opportunity to listen to those who love to share this kind of wonderful music and their love of it radiates. Thanks for sharing. I am learning and I can hardly wait to give this gift back in turn.

Angel

[LiveFromScaffolding]

If souls could sing... I want mine to sound like this.

The 99 March is my absolute favourite piece of music, and this is the only place I can find it. I hope neither Randall nor Tony ever stop playing.

Cheers.

[indigoblue89]

such control, excellent ornamentation. just lovely.

[Azuriitko]

Did anybody know if I can find somewhere the sheetmusic on this song on violin, but exactly this version?

[MindLaboratory]

@Azuriitko Have a look at my videos, I show it note for note

[prunch72]

'That rake up near the rafters, why leave it there so long? with a handle of the best of ash so smooth and straight and strong'. 'And mother will you tell me, why did my father frown when to make the hay last summer i climbed to take it down'

She looked into her husbands eyes while her own with light did fill....

'You'll shortly know the reason boy', says Rory of the Hill. (C J Kickham, Knocknagow and the homes of Tipperary. Rory of the Hill and his war pike hidden in the cottage 1798)

[2MrLuka8]

I could listen too dies the whole day beautiful music and a song by the way hi from Croatia

[2MrLuka8]

preljepa pijesma ps hi from croatia

[audioman205]

so beautiful. i love this video!

[scath7]

I always just keep coming back to this video...

[imatumer]

your not the only one.

[TheCapone13]

lovely! absolustly beautiful!

[onquious]

beautiful

[TheLibertyProduction]

Amazing

[malleyog]

Definitely a gift and just the kind of hidden gem that makes youtube so brilliant.

[HrRonaszeki]

Anyway. This video is a gift.

[malleyog]

Apparently this was originally posted by someone who taped it without permission. It was a sensation for a while and had 200,000 views, but there was a dispute over the poster's refusal to acknowledge the guitarist and it was taken down. It was reposted by (I think) the fiddle player, and there's an interesting page on his website about the history behind it. I first saw it a couple of years ago, was and still am blown away by the power in it.

[Xerxes4242]

@malleyog It wasn't filmed without permission, as far as I can tell - Tony's always very open about letting you film. He just wishes you to ask him, and (obviously) at mention him. The old poster was extremely stupid, as I'm sure it would have been able to be kept up.

[almister999]

deserves more views

[Xerxes4242]

@almister999 Add 200k and you have the true view count;)

[malleyog]

No they're not the same tune at all but are certainly members of the same melodic family. It's the second bar of the second half of the tune that suggests "Oro Se", but you'd be hard put to find any traditional melody that doesn't share some DNA with other tunes. These are two related and excellent airs, wherever they came from, and the fiddling is brilliant.

[bluezgun]

sounds an awful lot like

Oro se do bheatha bhaile to me.......

a jacobite song that was rewritten by Paddy Pearce around the time of the Easter rising of 1916

wish the mic on the guitar had been turned up a bit

[dan3832]

It dosn't sound anything like it. What are you tone deaf

[bluezgun]

sadly I was born with absolute pitch

I didnt say it was a note for note rendition

try reading malleyog post also

he has a better way with words than I do

[fiddleclif]

I was in the audience for this!

[GunnBoy7]

This makes my inner irishman come alive... it's in our blood!

[goshenviolinist]

i love this song... gonna go learn it...

[murf69]

love to know how many times iv watched this video... lol

its alot :P

[samblackoncrack]

same here. always showing others this song!

[Vec0valla]

wow!

es ist wunderschön! where cann i get thes song

[humanity4408]

He recorded it on his album The Salmon's Leap

[dan3832]

me to! great tune

[cleardrops]

Lovely lovely marches. I'm so glad they are back up, I too missed them. Thanks.

[articraider]

Of course the music never left us, it will always be with us, fair play to you kind sir for bringing this to my ear and admiration in abundence to the players. Oh to hear them play in an intimate setting. 1798 made imortal.

[articraider]

Thanks for bringing this music back, I have sorely missed it, there is something about it that moves me to another dimension, Something that we have lost along the way. Are the musicans Irish?.

[yekdeli]

Randal Bays is from the U.S. Pacific Northwest, Tony McManus is from Scotland...both are amazing

[assbut84]

wow

[TsukiShia]

Where do I find the sheet of this version? :O

[remyjames00]

sorry i can't find it right now, but if i do i will post it for sure. I am working on it by ear right now and if i get it done i will put a video of it to help out. I love this piece and i will be happy to help you learn it if i can first.

[vierge99]

Please do! Message me when you've done this. Im working on the same. I found the sheet music and wrote the numbers in it but it needs a lot of work to sound like this. Lots of ornamentation

[nr367]

try searching at thesession(dot)org

[remyjames00]

I found it on the session but it is not quite right. It gives me a good start though. I have been getting side tracked with another song. I am learning the version of Jerusalem Ridge off of casey driessen's 3D album.

[scath7]

hey, make sure you tell me when your done! ^^ i've listened to this video sinc before i owned a violin....  ive gone a looong way since then ^^

[MindLaboratory]

Check my videos for the complete sheet music

[finkleneinhorn]

moving.

[NYAPPYzombiexx]

i can't w8 to learn it on my violin!

it's beautiful

[afunk909]

omg, superb!!

[tullochgorum]

What a fine tune - an instant classic. And flawless playing... The truly great musicians make it look so easy - if only it was!

[murf69]

omg... i just cant get over how amazing this piece is

this is my most watched video on youtube by FAR

[murf69]

THANK GOD! HERE IT IS!

i would go INSANE if they came to australia...

*****

[landoncrosby]

Ok I thought I was going crazy not being able to find this, I had it in my favorites and kept looking but couldn't find it. Thank you for reposting it, I love this tune!

[GlennWalshDenHaag]

Here Here! Kudo's to the retard taking this off youtube...

[obar12]

Yes, me too. Every day without this movie was like frost in the summer.

[uncleandy182]

I agree! This has been in my favourites for ages, I was very annoyed when it got taken away. Thanks for putting this one up.

[LaurelsAppaloosas]

This is really fantastic

[p0sn]

glad to see it back on the internet mate! well done! :)

[arakeoftunes]

This video was up for about a year and half, with nearly 180,000 views. I received emails from people all over the world who were moved by it, even though no contact information was listed in the post. Nor was there any mention of Tony's brilliant playing. Music does not "belong" to anyone, but musicians should be honored for what they do. Many thanks to all those who've posted such kind comments about this music.

[scath7]

I've been meaning to comment on this for some time......Absolutely amazing playing. When Tony and Randal play together, something magical almost certainly happens. I am so glad That you reposted this properly, Includeing the names of the songs. I have already gotten the sheet music, and learned to play it...Absolutely brilliant...

[Xerxes4242]

I'm glad this is up again, I'll have to save it to my computer now so I don't lose it. I had wanted to learn the 2nd tune, so I'm glad it's back!

[malleyog]

I noticed this had been taken down for some reason. Many thanks to you for reposting, it's one of the most brilliant things on the tube and I'd be very sorry if it went missing.

[McMonster65]

the original was filmed and posted without permission being asked and when I questioned him about it I got no response. Finally I sent a personal emial which merited the most ill mannered response. For a day or so he made the clip "private" then his infantile spite got the better of him and he took down the video and another of randal and I flatpicking some jigs. pure childishness as he still has at least 3 videos of me STILL uncredited.

anyway, kudos to Randal for keeping it available.

[TheBigBopperBob]

Shall I call the waaaa-mbulance?

[McMonster65]

Well done Randal! And a substantial "up yours" to the ill mannered gobshite who posted the original without seeking permission or even crediting the musicians involved.