14-11-2007 Teetotalers Reel in G

Accompanied by Richard Ward.
Thanks to Radio 2 Virtual Session for the tune.
Apologies for the video quality, courtesy of Panasonic TZ2.
Out of focusness courtesy of me.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• harmonica
• guitar
• teetotalers
• reel
• folk
• irish
• blues
• concertina
• melodeon
• world
• celtic
• acoustic
• roots

[Oisin69]

Thanks for that. I've been trying to pley this but havin trouble finishing the first phrase.Are you playing a bent 3rd draw?

[theloveboxquartet]

I play it on the high register starting on 7 hole blow so I don't have to worry about bends. The second part of the tune starts on 5 blow to 6 suck. To play on the low register you would have to do a super-quick bend on 3 suck after the 5 blow, which is really difficult. Have a look at some earlier version of this tune on theloveboxquartet2 where I try the jump down to the low register.

[Oisin69]

Great stuff. Are you playing crossharp on a C or straight on a G?

[theloveboxquartet]

That would be straight on the G harp,

Cheers,

theloveboxquartet.

[Heath75032]

This piece really suits the harmonica! Nice job.

[Oisin69]

Thanks a million, got it now but I'll need a few years practice to get near your standard.

I've being playing blues/crossharp for a few years which is quite easy to blag but with these boys you've got to learn the feckers. But this tune and your playing have inspired me to get back to my roots. Keep up the good work and thanks again for the tip. Oisin

[puffling]

Come on Rich!