The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #109537   Message #2295443
Posted By: Gulliver
22-Mar-08 - 06:17 PM
Thread Name: Origins: gander in the pratie hole
Subject: RE: Origins: gander in the pratie hole
I agree that the vast majority of Irish tune titles are just identifiers, but when I'm playing this tune, for example, the way it keeps returning to A and C, I imagine, when playing the tune, a gander stuck in a muddy hole and trying to get out, but keeps slipping back again. And when playing "Out on the Ocean", I imagine the waves lapping against a boat, with every so often a big wave--that's the ornamentation. Nearly every tune I play brings up a mind picture, and that also helps me remember the melody. Don