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Learning by Ear | Slowplayers.org
As someone who’s learned mainly by ear for 20 years, I can vouch that it does get easier the more you do it. But even the best aural learners get stumped now and then (usually on some simple…
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Modes & Keys | Slowplayers.org
Introduction All about Keys What in the heck is a mode? Figuring out Keys and modes Whistle Modes 1. Introduction Understanding music theory is not a prerequisite for playing any type of tradition…
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Tunes and Info | Slowplayers.org
This list of chunze is for those who want to pack just an essentials session kit. There are thirty-six tunes: 11 reels, 10 jigs, 2 hornpipes, 3 slip jigs, 3 polkas, 2 slides, 3 waltzes, and 2 sing…
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MP3 | Slowplayers.org
March 30, 2015
This jig has been around a long while, and has a number of titles. It’s tune tune #969 with the title “Three Little Drummers” in O’Neill’s 1850 (1903) — i.e., O’Neill’s Music of Ireland...
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Willafjord (D) | Slowplayers.org
Willafjord is the Shetland reel often played in Scottish sessions with Spootiskerry. This tune is in Tom Anderson’s Haand me doon da fiddle (1981) tune book, where he writes (in dialect): If du im…
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SCTLS Advice | Slowplayers.org
SCTLS Advice on Learning tunes by ear, and on Teaching Tunes How to Learn (by Ear) It’s especially hard if you began by learning off of music (the dots, as many players call them). You’…