Galway City is da bomb for a lively busking scene. I recommend budgeting some time there for anybody going to the Emerald Isle. It's crowded though.
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The structure is similar to traditional American Bluegrass, with the alternation between lead singing, chorus singing, and the music solos.
Nice. Really nice.
The structure is similar to traditional American Bluegrass, with the alternation between lead singing, chorus singing, and the music solos.
Nice. Really nice.
We get some really music shows on NPR and one of them, Shamrock and Thistle I think, did a segment on American music, including Blue Grass. They said it originated from the music brought by Irish and Scottish immigrants who settled in large numbers in the mountains of Appalachia.
You are quite a musical scholar Pogo!
What about the tune ? The girl (Arianna Coleman) has a nice touch on that pennywhistle doesn't she ?Galway City is da bomb for a lively busking scene. I recommend budgeting some time there for anybody going to the Emerald Isle. It's crowded though.
Do you know 2 Scottish tunes called "Sweet Molly".......and ......"the Mullin Dhu" ?I'm one of the few people I know who's been part of both a Scottish strathspey-and-reel band, and a Brazilian percussion band. My two muse-nodes And of course all those years playing both on the radio.
Even used to dog-sit for Mick Moloney up in post 45. A German Shepherd named "Clancy".
When our Scottish ensemble played "De'il Among the Tailors" I'd just play my part as "Devil's Dream" for a layer of complexity --- the difference is only a couple of notes at the end of the phrase, otherwise it's identical.
I'm a bluegrass musician (mandolin, fiddle, and guitar), and have played professionally for 44 years. Irish and Scottish music did have an influence on the creation of Bluegrass by Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass boys in 1945, but BG (traditional) is still actually a true American art form, with its own consistent structure, and is very heavily influenced by the blues also.We get some really music shows on NPR and one of them, Shamrock and Thistle I think, did a segment on American music, including Blue Grass. They said it originated from the music brought by Irish and Scottish immigrants who settled in large numbers in the mountains of Appalachia.
Do you know 2 Scottish tunes called "Sweet Molly".......and ......"the Mullin Dhu" ?I'm one of the few people I know who's been part of both a Scottish strathspey-and-reel band, and a Brazilian percussion band. My two muse-nodes And of course all those years playing both on the radio.
Even used to dog-sit for Mick Moloney up in post 45. A German Shepherd named "Clancy".
When our Scottish ensemble played "De'il Among the Tailors" I'd just play my part as "Devil's Dream" for a layer of complexity --- the difference is only a couple of notes at the end of the phrase, otherwise it's identical.
I'm a bluegrass musician (mandolin, fiddle, and guitar), and have played professionally for 44 years. Irish and Scottish music did have an influence on the creation of Bluegrass by Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass boys in 1945, but BG (traditional) is still actually a true American art form, with its own consistent structure, and is very heavily influenced by the blues also.We get some really music shows on NPR and one of them, Shamrock and Thistle I think, did a segment on American music, including Blue Grass. They said it originated from the music brought by Irish and Scottish immigrants who settled in large numbers in the mountains of Appalachia.
Anyone who has ever tried to make the transition from playing Irish and American fiddle (ie dance) tunes to Bluegrass (as I did), knows the shock of suddenly having to really put some improvisation and creativity into their fiddling, rather than just playing a rote tune according to its prescribed melody.
Bluegrass is an interesting combination of Country, Folk, and Jazz.
I've never played Celtic music WITHOUT improvisation and ventures outside the prescribed box.
Perhaps what you're trying to say is that bluegrass features rounds of solos much more than traditional Celtic music does. It's like I tell people who don't see the difference between"country" and "bluegrass" --- you have to be an actual musician to play bluegrass.