Ashokan Farewell

[ourpeoplesvoice]

ps.Brilliant Playing , lovely balanced vibretto , too often its over played but youve got it bang on the money, thanks for posting .

[ourpeoplesvoice]

i play low whistle & would love to give this wonder a try, would you have the notes you could post up for me ?

[TheGummug]

Excellent! :)

[meganbaynesx]

how do you get your tone so flawless?

[OneMaikeru]

@meganbaynesx I played along with Sir James' recording until I liked how I sounded.

[TeaCupDreamer]

This sounds so beautiful! I love it :D

[SaraLynn25830]

Im in 8th grade i was going to upload a video of me playing this song because we played it at band camp over the summer. I dont think i want to upload it now that i have watched this because my playing is not even close to how good yours is. Im shur you have been playing alot longer than the 4 years i have :D

[OneMaikeru]

@SaraLynn25830 You should upload it! I'm no where near as talented as James Galway (who first inspired me to play the piece) but I still wanted to share what I could :)

I'd like to see your version. Please tag me and I'll make sure to comment.

ー龍

P.S. I've been playing for 11 years.

[DarkSakuraVII]

Nice job ^_^

[OneMaikeru]

@DarkSakuraVII Thanks for watching. I really like this piece.

[DarkSakuraVII]

@OneMaikeru No problem ^_^

[thesweetestsin92]

That was absolutely beautiful..your tone is flawless :)

[OneMaikeru]

@thesweetestsin92 Thanks TheSweetSin!

[gracefulfish]

Nice Job. I like it in D.

[OneMaikeru]

@gracefulfish

Hey now. Thanks for the comment!

[teusner]

very nice indeed lovely tune do you have tabs for this if so could I possibly get a copy with the words as well all the same beautiful indeed.

[scatmanscott]

great tone and interpretation, can i just ask what key this is in?

[OneMaikeru]

Thanks for commenting, scatmanscott. I played it in the key of D major.

[sumersig]

The overly vibrato'd on every note killed it for me.

[Lisnageeragh]

@sumersig Yes,classical players are bedevilled with too much ''learned'' vibrato in all sorts of places and throw it around like snuff at a wake! It can sound so artificial. In trad we also have players who put on so many ornaments that it would be difficult to discern the original tune.

[sumersig]

@Lisnageeragh You never needed to respond, as i stated it was in my own opinion, i don't care about the learned vibrato or classical whatever.

[lilyaoifan]

Beautifull ^_^ I heard this song on an album of SIr James Galway that I just *had* to have. ^^" I think you did verry well with it. A personal favorite of mine..I've actualy been trying to find it out by ear... Aaaah well. I can do with listening to you! XD Thank you for the post!

[rockgor]

Just beautiful. I used to play the flute about half a century ago. Not so well

as you, however.

Thanks for the melodic post.

[OneMaikeru]

@rockgor

That really means a lot to me :)

[OoMrBenoO]

You have an AMAZING tone!

[OneMaikeru]

@OoMrBenoO

Well, it's taken me an entire month to reply, but thanks for watching and commenting!

[perfectlyEquestrian]

nice!  good vibrota. i'd have to agree though, it can be a bit heavy sometimes and almost sound hallow if u know what i mean. also try and relax your flute so your shoulder isnt over rotated and ur not holding the flute so high,

[OneMaikeru]

@perfectlyEquestrian

People have commented on the elevation of my flute before. It's something I need to work on. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

[Rexicano]

The tune is already pretty sappy so take it back a notch with the syrup.

When you play with that over done vibrato is sounds like melodrama and intonation problems.

[OneMaikeru]

@Rexicano

Thanks for the advice.

[picc86]

your vibrato is lovely and even, idk what powell is talking about, u did awesome on this song! very beautiful tone as well, and ur pleasing to look at ;)

[dlh975]

Nicely done. I was hoping to find a vid of this tune on the flute!

[powellpicc1985]

Good job. The vibrato is a little heavy at times, but you've got a really nice tone. Great 'ease' to the sound.

[batrflaj7]

*grab

[batrflaj7]

GREAT interpretation,I love your vibrato and the sound is great :) makes me go and drab my flute and play some,I haven't played for few years,too bad:P