Irish Traditional Dance Music

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Left to right, Scoil Eigse Tutors,

Finbar Mc Greevy and Fiona Doherty

playing the Irish Traditional Dance Jigs;

"Contentment Is Wealth", "The Man In The Bog", and "The Westering Home".

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[Duncoman]

Very nice music, though I can't help pointing out that the latter piece "Westering Home" is a Scottish song about the beautiful island of Islay. Not heard such an uptempo version before.

[no5eyparker]

Indeed you are correct, and I see on one website the notation to the song is very close to what these good folks are playing.

There are, of course, many dance tunes which began as songs.

[Housey1985]

The ammount of Scots music labelled as Irish is quite staggering. Although to be fair it's normally the Americans who can't seem to distinguish between the two nations and cultures, which though similar, are also distinct.

[no5eyparker]

Indeed, I once owned some of Kerr's Merrie Melodies Books,you may know it?, and found in it many an Irish tune there; and, in O'Niell's many a fine old Scottish dance tune forgotten at home, but played in Aaron's Isle as if it was their own. Then the genetic and cultural ties, much suppressed by the canny English, suggest that there is far more than mere similarity of taste in this sharing of themes. Perhaps the Harpers of Ireland brought with them to Scotland more than we realize?

[UISTMAN59]

Surely you mean "Erin's Isle" not "Aaron's Isle"?

[no5eyparker]

The earliest known name of the Island is roughly expressed in the latin script as "Gwrddn", and it has no vowel! I suppose the Anglo apologists whom desire to totally annihilate the Gaelic culture would find this a far harder pill of truth to digest? In the new script it's still correct to call the Island "Aaron's Isle".

[CursedSeraph]

wow. ur really good at the fiddle. i play the violin but really wish to learn the fiddle style. thx for the vid.

[HEADSUPBERKELEY]

Irish for violin is fidil and that is how you play the lovely music, you are probably classically trained where the elbow has a different position for each string, anyway it is different form and playing style. Good luck to your observations

[dwaynedibbly]

nice but the fiddle is getting drowned out by dudes flute, camera fail. otherwise good.

[7100545]

@Duncoman i do the violin and that is not how you move your arms neither is it the right notes so she is a faker

[tomoole]

@Duncoman True, but the song celebrating the Isle of islay, is actually based on a much more ancient Gaelic melody, predating that well known song.

The traffic between Eire and Scotland and their common heritage led to much cross-fertilisation (Thank goodness ! ). Dig deep - the mine is rich !!!!

[mojoj87]

Really really nice :)

[TaintedChozo]

Very pretty!

[SG77com]

Fantastico