One for the budding musicians

[Silkie]

rareTunes

The Birlin Reels on this page is jist the very dab for aspiring fiddlers.

[tcm]

can you direct me to the sheet music at all?

[ash]

can you direct me to the sheet music at all?

I'm not at all musical. If you google 'free sheet celtic music for fiddle' then a number of sites come up

eg

FootStomping

A Sample

St Kilda



Ash

[tcm]

ok. Tho for birlin reels i am gonna have to transcribe it, then play it enough times (about 1,000 i usually reckon) so i don't need the music. I'm not gonna try doing the fancy fiangly bits, just the main reel which erm the player on silkie's ref whacks through in about twenty seconds.... budding musicians indeed!

[Silkie]

I had a good search for sheet music for Birlin Reels but couldn't find anything free online.

[ljs]

C, G and D7.
Then smash the amp and set fire to the American flag.
Hey it worked for the Who/Jimi Hendrix/Emerson, Lake and Palmer....

[Daveanmucker]

Thanks fer the thread Silkie, just the sort of music I go for, and I was able to download into I tunes. Hope I'm not admitting doing something not right.

[tcm]

i think you are talking guitar, which might work except in this instance the fiddle has to carry the tune, actually hitting all those little notes and without the cheaty fret things to show where fingers go.

Anyway, i have managed to write out the music! But abridged so it will only take about two months to learn instead of being a lot better at playing, like wot the guy in the recording is.