Listen to Silver Spear
Listen to Silver Spear (slow, from last class)
Category Archives: BRIMS Intro Fiddle
Tunes from Alex Caton’s Intro to Fiddle Class (BRIMS)
Fall 2009, Spring 2010
Cliffs of Moher
Listen to Cliffs of Moher
This is one of my all time favs! Sorry that I don’t have Alex playing it as I forgot my recorder the day we learned this one, so it is from memory. I may have missed a few notes and it doesn’t include the accents. Also the notation (below) does not include the F natural in the B part… but that is a wonderful addition to the tune.
Rocky Road to Dublin
Joe Bane’s (from Martin Hayes)
This came from Katherine the day she substituted for Alex. She learned this tune in Martin Hayes advanced fiddle class at the Swannanoa Gathering in 2008. I’m afraid I couldn’t find the sheet music on the web. Seems that Joe Bane was a fairly prolific tune writer and a big influence on Martin Hayes. Love the F natural in the b part of the tune. Tough to finger though.
Lilting Banshee
Britches Full of Stitches
Road to Lisdoonvarna
Fairy Dance
Connaughtman’s Rambles
John Walsh #1 and #2
Listen to John Walsh #1
Listen to John Walsh #2
Note: Alex taught us 1 and 2 reversed from how Tes taught the tunes back when Katherine and I were playing in BRIMS trad. At the time Alex taught them, I wasn’t sure which was “right”. After a bit of recent research, I believe that what Alex taught as John Walsh’s #2 is John Walsh’s and that what she taught as John Walsh’s #1 is known as John Brosnan’s (also John Clifford’s and a few others). I think generally, people are less concerned with names of polkas, but given that there was quite a bit of uncertainty around this particular tune, I thought I’d attempt to at least raise the level of uncertainty to a higher level 🙂