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A slow air is a type of tune in Irish traditional music, marked by the absence of strict metre or structure, melodically "open ended" and generally derived from the melody of a sung song but instead played on a solo melodic instrument. [1] The melodies are often drawn from the sean-nós solo singing tradition. [2]
19 Fiddle - Slow Airs (Fidil/Veidhlín - Foinn Mhalla) 20 Uilleann Pipes ... Irish Minstrels Branch, Glasgow, Scotland; 2008, CCÉ, Teampall an Ghleanntáin, County ...
Reference to the Irish fiddle can also be found in John Dunton's Teague Land: or A Merry Ramble to the Wild Irish (1698) he says “on Sundays and Holydays, all the people resorted with the piper and fiddler to the village green" Thomas Dineley visited Ireland in 1680 he says in regards to music "with piper, harper, or fidler, revell and dance ...
The Early Days of Irish Music in London (TSCD679T) [1] is the first album in the fourth series of The Voice of the People from Topic Records and comprises three CDs. The selections are taken from Topic Records back catalogue, the Peter Kennedy archive in the British Library [ 2 ] and many private collections.
James Kelly (Irish: Séamus Ó Ceallaigh; born 1957) is an Irish fiddler, composer, collector, researcher and teacher from Dublin. [1] [2] He is the son of County Clare fiddler, John Kelly, and has played with various groups including Patrick Street and Planxty. [1]
Li Lianjie (courtesy name Yangzhong; born 26 April 1963), [2] better known by his stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese-born Singaporean martial artist, actor, and philanthropist. After three years of training with acclaimed wushu teacher Wu Bin , Li won his first national championship for the Beijing Wushu Team in 1974, winning the first of five men ...
16) Slow Air : The Brown Thorn 1) Two Reels : Music at the Gate; The Pigeon on the Gate . 2) Two double Jigs : The Blooming Meadows; Kitty's Rambles 3) Slow Air : Ned of the Hill 4) Two single Jigs : Smash the Windows; The Dark Girl in Blue 5) Two Hornpipes : The Derry Hornpipe; The Cuckoo's Nest
The Donegal fiddle tradition is one of the distinct fiddle traditions within Irish traditional music. [1] The distinctness of the Donegal tradition developed due to the close relations between County Donegal and Scotland , and the Donegal repertoire and style has influences from Scottish fiddle music .