Here We Go Up

This slip jig is in O'Neill's 1001 (alternative title Up and Down Again), but is apparently Northumbrian in origin (known as The Peacock and the Hen, or variants thereof. I am playing the version on ‪@TheIrishMandolin‬ 's website, which is in Am, though O'Neill's is in Em.

[@richardcarver6849]

I would say deceptively simple. A tune with as few notes as this presents two challenges - getting the notes right and making it sound interesting.

[@TheIrishMandolin]

One of those tunes which is commonly played in either E Minor or A Minor. I much prefer playing the A Minor setting ... just a personal taste thing. Interesting to contrast how I play the tune with your approach. Your take is much straighter than the way in which I would approach it but then I *do* have an over-fondness for swing (or so I've occasionally been told...) This is one of those tunes which regularly appears in lists of "the easiest tunes in the world to play". However I often find that these supposedly "easy" tunes - despite, or perhaps because of their inherent simplicity - require surprising amounts of concentration and effort.

[@richardcarver6849]

Oops, above was obviously a reply to you, Aidan.