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Fairly standard hornpipe played on Rudall D Flute. |
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Standard fiddle Hornpipe played on Rudall D Flute. I let this one go as I like the way that the "wheels come off" steadily throughout the tune. What was actually happening was the spring was going on my B flat key. At the end of the set the key broke so that curbed my enthusiasm for using this for my CD. |
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A couple of standard reels played on Rudall D flute, a bit of messing during the recording of my CD - not to be taken seriously. This was my imitation of another flute player - can you guess which one - the clue is in the second tune. |
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Standard flute tune played on Rudall D Flute. I was initially going to record this for my CD but after thoughtfull discussion with Paddy Kerr, I decided against it. Don't know the name of the second jig. Played on the D Rudall. |
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Strathspey I learnt from the playing of Tommy Peoples. I did intend to record this for thr CD but after review decided there were just too many notes for flute and I wasn't happy with my rendition. Played on the D Rudall. |
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Again more tunes that I thought about recording for CD, however I decided against it. The first tune is from the playing of John Doonan and is a two part version of I think a four part hornpipe. The second tune is a version of the home ruler. The third tune is the sunshine hornpipe which I learned from a Dubliner's CD from the playing of John Sheehan. Unfortunately the runs in A Major were a bit too much for me and I didn't want to play the set slower. After two or three takes I decided to let it go and move on. Played on the D Rudall. |
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These were recorded as practise for my CD. The first tune I learned from the playing of Sean Larkin, banjo player from West Limerick whom I met on a Comhaltas tour of Ireland. The second tune I picked up from Des Hurley - I apologise in advance for the messing with the tune. The third tune I believe to be called Mullingar Lea - this tune actually makes it onto my CD but in a slightly different manner and also a different set. The slow air is called "Her Mantle so Green" and is taken from the CD by Jackie Daly and Seamus Creagh. Seamus plays it beatifully - I tried my best however my tone goes the second time around. Played on the D Rudall. |
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More tunes as practise. The first tune is called "Swinging on the Gate". I'm not sure of the name of the second tune but my playing is a bit erratic in places. The Bothy Band definitely recorded this before. Played on the Rudall D. |
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More tunes as practise. The first tune is a fairly standard tune - I just can't put a name on it at the minute. I'll update the page when I remember the name. The second tune is the pidgeon on the gate. Played on the D Rudall. |
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A couple of tunes played on my Chris Wilkes, Rudall design B Flat. I just bought this last year and tried recording a few tunes once I had got used to it. Unfortunately the second tune was a bit ambitious and I gave up after playing it once through. |
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A couple of tunes played on my Boosey E flat. The first tune is called "The Bank of Ireland" I think. The second tune is standard enough again but I can't remember the name. Again I'll update the page when I remember the name. |
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Another speculative practise recording trying out the new B flat flute. |
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Whilst searching through my hard drive to re-convert some wavs to mp3 format, I found the following audio files. These are either tracks that didn't make it onto my CD or tunes I was just messing around with. They are not to be taken too seriously as the standard of play on some of the tracks leaves a lot to be desired, however, they may be of some use to people looking for tunes to learn or examples of how not to play! (in some cases). I have detailed the filesizes to the right as they may be too large to play over a standard modem - probably better with cable/DSL access.
If you want to use the samples below as examples in technique (good or bad in some cases), teaching resources, please feel free. They are not to be used for any commercial recordings or any other activity in which my playing is re-sold commerically.
Please contact me by email and provide feedback if you found them helpful. I can be reached at tom@tommcelvogue.com.