ABOUT THE PIECE
Reel
By Adam Sutherland (current)
Elsewhere says traditional Irish
COMMENTS
I've played this piece quite a lot of times but find it quite fiddly, and don't always remember the structure (A-BB-A)
I picked it out because it seemed like good match for the merry blacksmith.
ABOUT THE PIECE
Reel
Irish
Traditional
COMMENTS
I didn't know this piece at all so I had to familiarise myself with it first. I could remember most of it on the first day but then forgot how it started and needed to keep coming back and refreshing my memory. I like how it goes down the octave in an arpeggio at the end of the lines.
To organise my practising as I get more tunes I have made some revision cards. On the front they have the title and composer and on the back they have a bar or 2 of the tune either to remind you or so you can test yourself.
I have a little box with dividers to store them in. You can move them back a section as you remember them better. Then you practise those ones less frequently than the ones at the front, but if when you come to them you can't remember them after all, you can move them forwards again. Or if you still remember them, you can move them back another section etc etc
ABOUT THE PIECE
Jig
By Liz Carroll
Irish
Liz Carroll is an Irish-American fiddler and composer, born 1956
COMMENTS
I should look Carroll up on Spotify - there are some amazing reviews of her fiddling on the internet.
I have played Anlon McKinny often in the band, following on from Jamie Rae, so I tried not to play them in that order.
This worked ok:
Swallowtail
Anlon McKinny
Tripping up the Stairs
Jamie Rae
