Fiddle & Accordion - Reels: Silver Spear / Pigeon on the Gate / Father Kelly's

Here's three common session reels for you. Sorry about the bum notes but despite re-recording the accordion part I still managed to mess it up a bit.

The first is called The Silver Spear and is in D major:
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/182

The second is called The Pigeon on the Gate in E minor:
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/517

The last is called Father Kelly's in G major. This reel was written by Father P.J. Kelly a missionary who also played traditional Irish music. Although it's more commonly known as Father Kelly's, Father Kelly himself named this The Rossmore Jetty after a pier down on the Shannon River.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/791

The guitar is tuned Open-G and I'm using a Quick Draw capo.

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[twangalot]

Nice one Dave, good band you've got there. Think you need to get more though!! Any good sessions down your way or little festivals coming up?

[davedupplaw]

@twangalot Hey twangalot. There's only one open session around Bournemouth on a regular basis (actually in Ringwood on a Thursday). There's some in Southampton that are more regular. As for festivals, the two main ones I go to have been already (Wimborne and Wessex) but there's the Swanage Folk Festival in September and the Purbeck Folk Fest in August. Swanage is an open fest around the town, Purbeck a pay-and-sit-in-a-field type. Let me know if you're going to be down at some point.

[CadyFinlayson]

I love the sound of fiddle and accoridian together, nice job! THe split screen is cool too.

[jimguitarfan]

Great work ! Excellent sound balance between the three instruments as well.

Thanks for posting,

Jim

[dulahanirl]

Very nice Dave, Well done!

[JimBell1984]

Another video that is a pleasure to watch/listen too!