The Fairy Dance
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- Опубліковано 5 гру 2009
- In 1809 Nathaniel Gow printed a four-page foolscap sheet called "Largo's Fairy Dance", a suite of two tunes: The Fairies Advancing - a slow march - and The Fairy Dance, composed for the Fife Hunt Ball of 1802. The former tune is forgotten now, but the latter has become a standard tune in Scotland, as well as many other countries.
The chords in this tune are not hard, but keeping the flow of the melody going is tricky! Note, by the way, the sunlight shining through the bars of my prison cell at 0:16"... ;-)
You can find some tab for this on my website at:
www.mjra.net/WillFly/
It's got a fabulous acoustic sound and listeners comment on its power, brightness and projection wherever I play - plus its looks. When I bought it, it had a Fishman Ellipse stalk mic/piezo in it - not a particularly reliable model, in my view (crackled here and there) - so I replaced it with a Baggs iBeam. It's the iBeam you hear on this record
It's only practice... Start slowly and work up speed a bit at a time. :-)
There's a famous orchestral arrangement of The Fairy Dance which I first heard as a child on the radio. I know the tune now as one of those played in sessions. I've no idea what the other piece sounds like. :-)
Great Will! thanks. I can play with the music but have to try and memorise it. Getting a bit better everyday. Thanks Jackie134
I've been trying yesterday for a long time, I can't pass the Dm change :) It's hard to keep with the spirit of the song but it sounds so nice.
Good on you - keep practising...:-)
Almost there, I would say 3 more days and I'll have it :)
This is cool, i have never heard it. So is this the second of the two pieces? I would be interested in hearing the first as well.
That's the XC1T Ellipse, right? Any complaints/comments about it? I'm thinking about getting a similar one (OMCX1KE, has the wider fingerboard), just wondering if there's anything I should know that Martin doesn't want to tell me.
I've played a reel called "Miss Macleod's" - is this the same? :-)