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15 Feb 05 - 10:54 AM (#1410462) Subject: Wedding Choons From: Scintilla Hi... I've been asked to play (fiddle) at my friend's wedding this Summer... at the bit where they sign the register, generally faff around, and guests start looking at their watches. I'd like to keep it English or subtle Irish (not diddley), and quite chilled - as it will be unaccompanied the tunes have to stand up on their own. But I'm at a bit of a loss because most of my repertoire is session-y and morris type stuff. I don't want to resort to classical, and I'm basically just a bit stuck. I know some beautiful aires but they are real weepies, not appropriate! I like the idea of mixing a few tunes up into a long-ish arrangement but it's the raw material I'm lacking. Grateful for any suggestions anyone has... on the tunes themselves and/or any advice generally on how to make it special? Also.... I've a few ideas, mostly blatant steals from a couple of cds, but is there a copyright issue here? Is this legal? (I won't be being paid.) Cheers Sx |
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15 Feb 05 - 11:01 AM (#1410468) Subject: RE: Wedding Choons From: Micca I would suggest you beg ,borrow or steal any or all Cara's CDs and ask that nice Mr Oakley if he will "lend" you a tune or 2 (maybe "Abbyfeale"?) and if you can do them justice you should be set up!! |
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15 Feb 05 - 11:16 AM (#1410486) Subject: RE: Wedding Choons From: Vixen Reynaud and I play these types of gigs and do very well with Playford "choons" and other music of that type. Faster than aires, not as "diddly" as jigs 'n' reels 'n' such. You can hear 'em on a variety of CDs and the dots for a lot of them are available at JC's "tune" finder. V |
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15 Feb 05 - 11:16 AM (#1410487) Subject: RE: Wedding Choons From: Scintilla Thanks Micca! Cara... right.... I'm on it!!! Do they have a website? |
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15 Feb 05 - 11:19 AM (#1410491) Subject: RE: Wedding Choons From: Scintilla And thanks Vixen! I'm pretty sure I have a copy of Playford's Dancing Master (think that's what it's called) somewhere so I'll dig it out. Actually - brain wave - I learnt a couple of 'Maggots' a while back, I'm sure I could recycle them. |
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15 Feb 05 - 11:25 AM (#1410496) Subject: RE: Wedding Choons From: Micca Scintilla, Try Her |
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15 Feb 05 - 11:53 AM (#1410535) Subject: RE: Wedding Choons From: Scintilla Ta Micca, I hope you're taking a cut... only went to have a look and ended up sticking my neck out and buying all three, I couldn't choose!! I'm sure me uncle Greg knows them so if they're alright by him...! I must stop impulse buying! Boredom at work costs me big time! |
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15 Feb 05 - 11:59 AM (#1410539) Subject: RE: Wedding Choons From: Tobyjug What's wrong with the good old "Haste to the Wedding" and "Getting Upstairs" as two appropriate morris tune between the sedate Playford melodies? You can always play them a little slower than required for dancing, or even improvise some variations in slower time to make them appropriate to the occasion. |
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15 Feb 05 - 12:04 PM (#1410548) Subject: RE: Wedding Choons From: Scintilla Two good tunes, and a good idea, thanks Tobyjug. I'll have a play around with them and see what gives. Knew you 'Catters would come up trumps! |
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15 Feb 05 - 01:58 PM (#1410717) Subject: RE: Wedding Choons From: GLoux I suggest some O'Carolan tunes: Hewlitt Lord Inchiquin George Brabazon -Greg |
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15 Feb 05 - 05:19 PM (#1410994) Subject: RE: Wedding Choons From: GUEST,Russ My daughter used "Washington's March" (WV fiddle tune) for the processional. Played by a fiddling friend. Don't know if there is an English/Irish version. Sounded great. Another friend used Haste to the Wedding played as a waltz at waltz tempo. Very nice. |
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15 Feb 05 - 09:41 PM (#1411362) Subject: RE: Wedding Choons From: GUEST,Julia We often play wedding ceremonies where diddly is not appropriate ....blush , I mean, where one needs more sedate but not sedated music. Waltzes are nice and middle of the road. You can usually get away with hornpipes played at a reasonable speed. There is a whole body of work published by 18th century Scottish musician James Oswald that was "drawing room" type music, Neil Gow is another one, and as noted, O'Carolan. No need to get classical here. We have recorded several CDs of instrumental music -"Tapestry" collection You can hear some of our music at http://www.cdbaby.com/all/castlebay Click on any of the Tapestry recordings Most of the music is public domain Good luck- I'm sure you will play lovely music and everyone will enjoy it Best- Julia Lane |
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16 Feb 05 - 10:35 AM (#1411748) Subject: RE: Wedding Choons From: Scintilla Lots of really helpful ideas - you clever people!! ;) Haste to the Wedding as a waltz - ooh I can hear it now and can't wait to try it out! And with the other ideas and Cara's CD winging their way to me I'm gonna be spoilt for choice! Thanks everyone :) |
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16 Feb 05 - 11:09 AM (#1411789) Subject: RE: Wedding Choons From: treewind Remind me at the next Whepstead White Horse session (I hope you're coming again!) - I can think of a few tunes that would do nicely. Two that Mary and I have recorded as a set would work well - "The India War/ Jack's Health" (both Playford-ish though the first was actually written by Michael Raven.) You're welcome to use them! Maybe some French-style Scottisches Like Frederic Paris's "Ganivelle" and "Le Canal en Octobre" which also work as a set. Or the Abbotts Bromley Horn Dance Tune... Anyways what's wrong with morris tunes? Many of the Fieldtown ones are terrific. These are all gentle dance tunes that steer a reasonable course between frenetic jigs and reels vs. weepy slow airs, if that's the kind of thing you are looking for. Anahata |
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16 Feb 05 - 11:12 AM (#1411794) Subject: RE: Wedding Choons From: Scintilla Thanks Anahata, you're right, there's nothing wrong with morris tunes, I suppose it's all in the way you play 'em! I'll pick your brains next time I see you (and yes - definitely up for the next session!!) |