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On the Fiddle: Reels: Donal O'Riain, Matt Tarling, Clare Tarling, Colm Murphy

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On the Fiddle, 4th July 2009.

Clare and Matt Tarling organised a concert held in the small church in Winterborne Monkton in Dorset, UK, of some of the top fiddle players in the South (Donal O'Riain, Colm Murphy, Clare and Matt Tarling with Don Oeters, Rick Foot and Andy Stone). "An evening of uplifting traditional fiddle music from Ireland, America and Eastern Europe."

In this video Donal, Matt, Clare and Colm take turns in showing their prowess on the fiddle, each playing a lively reel. Donal plays The Star Of Munster reel; Matt plays the Scottish Wedding Reel; Clare plays Dr.Gilbert's reel and Colm finishes with Pachelbel's Frolics reel. They all join together to finish off playing the Cape Breton reel, Trip To Windsor (composed by Dan R. Macdonald).

Fiddle - Donal O'Riain
Fiddle - Matt Tarling
Fiddle - Clare Tarling
Fiddle - Colm Murphy
Guitar - Don Oeters
Bass - Rick Foot

Clare and Matt's Homepage:
http://www.fiddleworkshops.co.uk/

Colm Murphy's Homepage:
http://www.myspace.com/colmfiddle/

Don Oeter's band The Pure Drop:
http://www.thepuredrop.co.uk/

Rick Foot's Homepage:
http://www.rickfoot.co.uk/

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  • that guys having way too much fun with that fiddle at the beginning lol. just got a ukulele but really want a fiddle and I've got the money for one. Any suggestions on a good fiddle for beginners? send me a link or just give me a good brand name. much appreciated. awesome video. keep up the good work.

  • @Ominix301 Hi. Sorry I didn't reply earlier. To be honest, there's no specific good fiddle for beginners. The ones coming out of China are pretty good now and will get you a long way before you'd need to upgrade.

  • Awesome!!!

  • Thanks for the comment! That was my 100th comment :)

  • Incredible fiddling and great accompaniment. Been listening to this all afternoon.

    One question though, is the Scottish Wedding Reel known with another name? I've heard it before but can't find the tune anywhere?

  • Hey pinklicker. I asked Matt about the reel, and he said this:

    "Aha! It comes from a compilation that i got in the early '90's called Scottish Fiddle tunes. Pretty sure it's no longer in print but you never know....! And that's the only name I know it by and I'm fairly certain that it's quite old, the Irish wedding reel is much more recent and is also called the Madonna reel according to a friend."

    Matt's offered to post another version of it; I'd certainly like to learn it!

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  • Great set 'o tunes, well played! Pachelbel's Frolics is a fave of mine. Seems to often be named and played as a reel, but I understand that it's actually a Scottish hornpipe - Koehler's Hornpipe. Hmmm....maybe should be McKoehler's Hornpipe?? :)

  • woaw...thats amazing!! I really look up to these people! *W*

  • AWSOME!!!!!!!!

  • Thats it, I need another life. borne with a fiddle beside me. Not fair. Thanks to all you deliciously tallented people for making the world a better place for us. Breathtakingly loverly and lively. thankyou again. Australia, please visit soon.

  • Hi there, just a quick message to any of you who loved this, our next concert is this Saturday 22nd Oct same place, same time!!! We still have tickets left so if you don't live too far away and fancy coming seeing us then contact me soon!!!! Matt

  • What a gift to the fiddling community. Thanks!

  • @pintlicker Came across this tune again and just thought id clear up the name thing a bit. Its called the Brides reel.  Its been driving me mad off and on for a while!

  • really nice stuff .... and its possible to WATCH the technique .... thanks

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