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I must be still basking in the glow of having been to Ireland for the first time! Here is another common tune shared both in the Irish and Cape Breton repertoire that I personally just discovered and I get very excited at those discoveries! The West Mabou Reel: I had always known the West Mabou [...]
Just back from my first trip to Ireland. What a fantastic time and of course lots of great tunes! I’m always fascinated at how much the Cape Breton repertoire shares with the Irish and how the tunes that we share have evolved in both traditions. Some tunes we share are played in different keys in [...]
Happy New Year everyone! No better way to start off the new year than by learning a new tune! This is another one of my favourites and of course it’s a pipe tune. I’m not sure of the name – if anyone knows, please let me know! I’ve included a version of the B part [...]
For many of us, finding the time to practice is challenging. Even for me, finding time for practice often takes a back seat to the business aspect of music and the many things we have to take care of in everyday life. Finding practice time is challenging in part because we think we need a [...]
I have a very special affection for pipe tunes and this is one of my favorites. This is the pipe version of ‘Caber Feidh’ or the Deer’s Antler’s. There is also a very common version in the key of C. What I find fascinating about this tune is that it is pretty much the same [...]
In my private lessons, I’ve been talking a lot about spotting chords in the tunes my students are learning. I’ve written in previous blogs about how I believe that knowing the shapes of the chords in tunes can help your ear training. Tunes are full of arpeggiated chords and chords form shapes on the fingerboard. [...]
You can easily spend hours on youtube watching clips of great Cape Breton music. While there are many current videos, what I think is great is that there are so many old clips- clips of performances from various concerts that I attended as a child, and also from television shows from an era when Atlantic [...]
I’m sure you have noticed that Cape Breton fiddlers, and the majority of traditional musicians of all genres tap their foot somehow when they play. This is a natural response to the music they are playing. However, when you are a learner of traditional music and from a different background like the classical musical tradition, [...]
Happy New Year everyone! I’ve been enjoying a very lovely time at home in Cape Breton over the holidays with lots of great music. One great night of music was at Rollie’s Wharf, a pub in North Sydney that hosts a session every Thursday night. It struck me at this session how truely diverse the [...]
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