Irish Fiddle - King Of The Fairies

[honeyion]

Very clever, the man playing the fiddle doesnt quicken his bow too much but slurrs the music and quickens his fingers to give that feeling of fast irish music

[GUKLASMYD]

This over 4 years old now and I am resisting Neal's requests to take it down. Neal is still making music. See the video response above and several clips on my Channel, especially have a look at Tri's "The A Set" - never said his titles were original. As well as Irish band Tri he plays with acoustic band The Fallows. Regards

[Kuwasgirl]

@GUKLASMYD Please don't ever take this down. I listen to it when I have a bad day, and it cheers me up and makes me smile

[lilleelee55]

I adore this tune...honestly the best version I have heard <3

[mkailburn]

Sounds like the tangled dance scene! :D <3 they probably just changed it for copyright purposes... O.o

[hotbike12]

What a classic... Bród na hÉireann

[Mattlover0]

Makes me SO pround to be Irish <3's to Ireland!!!!

[poffercake]

i love irish fiddle music, i used to learn the violin but i was forced to play crappy classical music all the time so i quit. now i just play fiddle tunes on my own :]

king of the fairies is one of my favourite songs and this is a beautiful rendition of it!

[dombon6]

I've listened to this video ~94-95 thousand times now...

[delorfinde]

Ah, I LOVE this tune. It used to be my friend's set dance, and it's also used as Bernadette Flynn's solo in Feet of Flames, am I right? I love this tune so much :D The lyrics, though, are even better ... "... We can't go a-hunting for fear of little men. Wee folk, good folk, trooping all together..." 

[Xskillna]

Kid in the middle looked bored XD

[GUKLASMYD]

@Xskillna this was the first time they had played together. They played some tunes as a duo, this was one of the solo sets. I think Matt was trying to work out the chords/tune for another time. They have certainly passed a fair few tunes between them.

[YoujiNoTsuki]

i like the song of the fairy king Oberon! well done and tasteful<3

[Titaniachkt]

Perfectly executed

[dnaivnae]

ah, i love this song and i love being a full blooded irish lass^x^

[crankylobster]

waylander does an awesome version of this song

[eggibiggi]

I'm guessing your Irish am I right in this assumtion?

[GUKLASMYD]

Great Grandparents only.

[eggibiggi]

@GUKLASMYD Well then good fiddle playin to ya laddy.

[kinyune]

ah....nothing's better than a clear sound of an irish fiddle....:o

[LoganThomsen]

this was great!

[MrZX11R]

It's very nice.:) Try searching on youtube Amadeus- King Of The Fairies, you won't de dissapointed. The band is from Romania,cheers !

[oshiningone]

great!

[SlaughterTheFrail]

Way too fast for my liking.

[gnagno3000]

Folk music in churches... that's the reason why almost all irish people are fervent catholics!

[naruto0950]

SWEET i like it because i watched The Great Kodo tho : /

[bobjob777]

@naruto0950 same xD

[xsuggarplummx]

love the way everyone in church starts clapping hah

[WTFAANU]

Simply Awesome :)

[styfler131313]

Great! Simply amazing.

It's strange that i like Irish music, because i am Russian, but i realy love it!

[iWannaMove2NewZealan]

I'm in love with this. I can't get it to play on repeat... can anyone send me an mp3 of the recording? or another one thats very similar?

[gk10002000]

there are several youtube downloaders online for free. Get one on your computer and then you can download songs from here

[iWannaMove2NewZealan]

beautiful... we need that in our church haha

[nacho1560]

Now, if we got that in church every Sunday the numbers would go up. Superb,

[Azuriitko]

Very nice. What is the name of the song or where can I find a sheetmusic?

[BlackFolkAndPiano]

@Azuriitko I suggest to go by hear... Anyway the title is written on the vid: The King Of Fairies... It's an Hornpipe, a traditional dance (it cannot be called song).

Here it's performed in a very beautiful way.. :) try to learn it and enjoy it (PS this version is full of embellishments so you can't hear the melody very well... If u try a more simple version you will learn it more easily)

[photoshawn801]

@Azuriitko One resource for finding nearly every traditional piece of music you'll here is called JC's ABC Tune Finder. Search for it on Google. I go there all the time when I hear a tune I want to learn on fiddle. Good luck!

[2MrLuka8]

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

[2MrLuka8]

zakon muzika

[Cemensulca]

My favorite song! And it's played beautifully :)

[tollyfy]

a great ENGLISH hornpipe

[LOAblue]

Excellent

[sakib1990]

this tune is totally sic man! love it! addictive man

[TVloverXx]

i have irish roots - very very far back in my family history but still - and listening to music like this does make me slightly proud

[fiddler1950]

it never left

[trousers1916]

english ??? they don t know what music is... its irish trad music

[tollyfy]

king of the fairies is an traditional english hornpipe

[Edward1Gaelin]

There are many Irish Pagans in Ireland, yes. The most predominant religion still is Catholicism.

[EshnaHere]

I thought King of the fairies was english... enlighten me someone...?

Anyway... the music is really good :)

[tollyfy]

yes it is english!! and very good!

[owlet1963]

"Booze in the pews" huh? Lol, wel, as long as it stays in the pews and the players don't get affected by it, I guess we can deal with it. :) Nice rendition of this wonderful piece of music. five stars!

[goshenviolinist]

love the song i wish everyone would stop clapping that must be annoying while playing... after 2 minues there's like one guy still clapping, o.k. enough guy...

[AleksDruid2008]

Agree. If you have an urge to accompany music (we all have I presume) do it with the low beat on the floor.

[lovewilltearusapart1]

A great piece! (even got me playing it)

[PoonBot5K]

Good stuff!

[4everProductions]

This is awesome! I found the free notes, but it doesnt sound like this xD

[goshenviolinist]

i'm sure the notes are correct as they're very simple, the trick is the articulation, slides, rolls, grace notes etc... this is what gives irish fiddle its distinct sound and makes playing the songs much more difficult.

[eduardoanamcara]

great !!

[sasko123456789]

this is one of hte most beutiful or the most beutiful irish songs i have ever heard.

[AbyssalLyrist]

Looove this song. Great video.

[Penduluus]

Wow, thats a pretty cool song

[NatureLover987]

awesome - did you know this tune and drowsy maggie inspired me to start learning fiddle 5 years ago???

[meroki13]

it is just beautiful

[Heath75032]

Sleepy...you are my kind of spoon player.

[sleepybear1966]

i would like the chance to join your band i am a left handed spoon player with one spoon at the moment but saving up for another one but i could play with just the one for now as two make a lot of noise i look forward to your reply

[GUKLASMYD]

Left Handed. Sorry! Now if you had been right handed...

[soulchild180]

@GUKLASMYD what's wrong with being left handed?

[kevin5749]

God made music for the Irish and the Irish for music

[holsteredcactus]

Damn straight He did!

[psychkoala]

Ha, ha.

Seems that way, doesn't it ?

[piratesgeek]

ive noticed that most fiddle players play with cw (collapsed wrists) and play on their chin and not on their shoulder. this causes them to lean down when they play, making it difficult to play. i personally dont see how you can play like that

[xheartwithaslash]

wat do u mean playing on there chin?

and colapst rist is like impossible to playiunno how ppl do it

[piratesgeek]

playing on their chin is when you hold the violin on your chest instead of your shoulder. as i said before, this causes you to lean down and play with cw's and plus, you cant see the conductor when he's conducting

[xheartwithaslash]

i say wen u "play on your chin" you get into the music more liek if your all liek poise and stuff well i tend to not get into it as much exspecialy with reels

[piratesgeek]

still, you play better when you hold the violin right

[xheartwithaslash]

well we dont have liek all these rules in fiddle on how to hold ur fiddle like wen i actually hold it liek im "supposed" to i play ike shit

[Fiddle315]

No Irish music player is looking for a conductor. Conductors have NO value to the players at all. They are a joke of the Orchestra crowd.

[piratesgeek]

actually, when you have a symphony, the conductor is an important part because he keeps everyone toghether

[ciaranalgar]

Im in trouble then cause I play with collapsed wrist and on the chin :s lol

[p3rdyp1nkr0ses]

its just the audience clapping?

[sallygardens]

at any Irish trad gig or pub session everyone listening will instinctively tap their foot and/or clap to the beat. It's an Irish thing and can be quite something when there's a huge audience and the steady rhythmic thud of several hundred feet can be heard as a base to the tune.

[lightthiscity11]

the irish were born to play music i think. few other forms of music can convey such memorable melody, substance and imagery yet provide a tune once can dance to so easily.

<3

[thatcrazychick7]

that was great! my dad's an old time fiddle player and just recently got into irish music thanks to me (i play the bodhran) this is one of the first tunes he learned.

[silverlunastar39]

Well done bro, well done! keep it up!

[PeLYcAnOO]

i love irish and scottish music !

greetings from romania !

[KevKli3]

Fair dews to your elbow lad. Hope your talent stays with as you grow older.

[murf69]

fuck! your really good and your only like 13!!

good job mate!

[vestque]

I also do Irish fiddling. I want to learn this song based off of this video. Thats how I've always taught myself Irish fiddling, listening and playing it back. I'm originally a classical violinist but I was drawn to Irish fiddling through one of my teachers in high school....It's some very cool stuff!

[RioThaLeo]

nice i love irish fiddles XD

[DonnaAribella]

I love this song:).

the fiddle player is awesome!

[RioThaLeo]

lol i love the sound of this music :D

[tonugetwister007]

its really nice to see young kids playing this well! Im proud of him and I hope he doesnt give it up.

[jbc90666]

class act man good stuff for real but whats up with the kid and the accordion lol he coulda had a part

[GUKLASMYD]

They had only played together twice before and knew different tunes. At this concert they played both solo and as a duo. See The Banshee set on the "guklasmyd" site to see how well Matt can play.

[BeatleluvaEmma]

That's great!!! Reminds me of when i started to play the fiddle. My dad taught me when i was a little girl and taught me songs like Ashoken's Farewell, Cluck Old Hen, and Cacklin Hen. He taught me all of the classics. I'm looking forward to learning this one as well. My dad said I had potential so im going to state with a friend of mine as a guitar accompanice. Good work!

[Rhiannonlilfiddler]

Wow! Beautiful Playing! [Reminds me why I started playing] I am here in Newfoundland, I have Irish blood so i am trying to take up some irish tunes as well as Traditional Newfoundland. Keep up the good work!

[RuailleBuaille16]

how long has the guy on the fiddle been playing??hes brill!!!

[GUKLASMYD]

A couple of years on the Irish tunes.

[5000volts]

God Celtic Rock Rocks

[4096quagmire]

you are amazing i adore fiddle music and we have this piece in a book that was my dad's dad's. it is from 1943, the book.

anyway keep it up you are so cool!

irish people rule! wooooooooo (i'm a 1/16th!)

[vampiregurlz23]

you are amazing!! how lonog did it take you to learn and master this song? i just finished lerni9ng Dawning Of The Day, it wasn't hard, but it took me a few weeks, i'm still trying to learn to get the squeeks out:P

[GUKLASMYD]

2 years to learn the instrument. Now it takes a couple of weeks to learn a new tune.

[00wwnn44gg33]

hi neal its tom garvie, never heard you play before but oh my god your amazing!!

keep at it watever people say!

[Dunkelelf3]

hey i found your video cause i take a record of this song with a friend, wich is playin the fiddle to.. he just learn something bout rolls an grace notes and the technics used in irish fiddle playin.. but it seems to me that you really become a great fiddler in the future... keep on practising.. it's very great by now.. but you will really get a gigantic fiddler if you don't lay your bow down.. it would be a shame if you throw away your talent..

[delappen]

haar genau is voll genial

[madforreels]

Where in ireland are you from? That is really classy playing.

[GUKLASMYD]

Coventry - 300 miles East of Dublin.

[delappen]

cool kuhl kuhel doll toll nice and so on und so weita

[theaggers]

He sounds a mighty fiddler now. Hope to see you live at one of the festivals. Look forward to new posts mate.

[no5eyparker]

Well played :0)

Keep at it, in few more years you'll be a mighty fiddler!

[sligofiddle]

Stylish playing.I really enjoyed this.

[fiddleirish]

Really well played. Nice to see some controlled playing

[GUKLASMYD]

Search for User "GUKLASMYD" to see Neal playing other Irish tunes.

[arflar]

agreed. too many just speed through it with no depth. this was great form someone so young =]

[corpolio]

i love that tune i play that but i slightly different version well done

[hatec01]

I love the irish and their music and country!!

Adam from Hungary

[t4kne]

Nice rendition. Too bad people were clapping.

[GUKLASMYD]

This concert is known as "Booze In The Pews".By the second half the audience was getting involved.

[juegonggong]

Well done, lads. A lovely Irish set dance.