Posted by Steph, September 10, 2011
This year at Sidmouth Folk week we ran a new workshop strand called “Tunes From…”, where we invited a few expert tutors to share tunes in a particular style with us. It worked really nicely and you can see all the tunes and scores online here…
Matt Norman did tunes from Dartmoor with us…
http://shootingroots.org/2011/09/day-1-for-tunes-from-dartmoor/
Rob Ryan brought us tunes from Ireland:
http://shootingroots.org/2011/08/day-2-for-tunes-from-ireland-2/
Marit Fält and Rona Wilkie brought us tunes from Scandinavia:
http://shootingroots.org/2011/09/day-three-of-tunes-from-scandinavia/
Ruth Ball came with tunes from Northumberland:
http://shootingroots.org/2011/09/day-4-for-tunes-from-northumbria/
Posted by Steph, September 7, 2011
Our tutor for the last day of Tunes From was Ruth Ball, fiddler for the Newcastle Kingsman. She brought us three tunes from Northumberland: Dear Tobacco, The Peacock Follows the Hen and the Dunstanburgh Rant.
Dear Tobacco
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The Peacock Followed the Hen
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Dunstanburgh Rant
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This recording also includes Ruth explaining the different between a reel, a jig and a rant.
Posted by Steph, September 6, 2011
Marit Fält and Rona Wilkie joined us to share some Scandinavian tunes. We learnt two polskas, the first is a Slängpolska from Småland. It doesn’t have a name but is often referred to at ‘Nu skall mormor bada’ which translates into ‘Now grandmother shall have a bath’. The second polska is from Leksand in Dalecarlia in tradition of Rolig Pers, so it’s usually called ‘Rolig Pers Polska’.
Nu skall mormor bada (G major)
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Rolig Pers Polska (A major)
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Posted by Steph, September 5, 2011
We’ve just completed our first year as the new Shooting Roots team.
We want to say a huge THANK YOU to all our tutors and participants. You’ve all been ace, and this year has gone really well.
It’s been a really exciting year for us as the new team. We’ve got a lot to learn from and hope to make next year even better.
Keep your eyes open for photos and festival reports on our website… send us your stories!
Look forward to seeing you next year!
Cal, Maia & Steph
Posted by Steph, September 3, 2011
Mandolin player Matt Norman did us a lovely session on Dartmoor tunes in the Pixie band style.
We worked on a tune called Redwing, an American tune that’s become popular in Dartmoor.
Here Matt’s Dartmoor style version, recorded in the Blackmore Gardens at Sidmouth on his banjo!
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You might notice there are more notes in Matt’s audio version than in the score. The score is what we started with, then we had fun adding turns, slides and other ornaments. To make it particualrly dancey, if there were any long notes on beats 2 & 4 with split those up (nn dugga nn dugga). Last of all we had a go making a simple bassline and using that “nn dugga nn dugga” rhythm in the accompaniment.
